Russians shot dead a group of Ukrainian prisoners of war

Russian occupants have shot another group of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Bakhmutskyy district. This was reported by the Prosecutor-General's Office on 25 February.

on 24 February 2024, a video recording was published in one of the Telegram channels, where it is recorded how Russian army men during the storming of our positions between the villages of Ivanovskoye and Khromovoye in Donetsk region shoot 7 captured Ukrainian servicemen," the report said.

The drone camera footage shows the Russian military ordering our defenders to get out of the trench. Having collected all Ukrainian military in one place, the Russians shoot them.

The military of the aggressor states deliberately finished wounded and unarmed Ukrainian soldiers, ignoring the norms of international humanitarian law, - stressed in the Office of the Prosecutor General.

It is noted that a total of 19 criminal proceedings are being investigated over the killing of 45 Ukrainian prisoners of war.

Such a shooting is a war crime! Now we also know from which military unit of the Russian army the military men who mercilessly executed Ukrainians are from," ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said.

He said that he would immediately send official letters to the UN and the Red Cross to have these organisations record and publicly acknowledge that the Russian military killed Ukrainian prisoners.