From: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty By RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service
Ukrainian soldiers who had surrendered were “shot dead on the spot.” Others were killed despite being unarmed or injured, according to witness accounts. And prominent Russians have publicly called for the execution of captured military personnel.
Those are some of the details described by a UN mission in a statement on an “alarming rise” in reported executions of Ukrainian soldiers in Russian custody in the last six months or so.
The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine has recorded 79 such executions in 24 separate incidents since the end of August 2024, it said on February 3. It said it had also documented the execution of a wounded Russian soldier by Ukrainian troops in 2024.
The mission’s conclusion was based on its assessment and verification of multiple videos and photos published by Ukrainian and Russian sources depicting the killings or dead bodies, as well as on interviews with witnesses.
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