Ukrainian prosecutors have initiated an inquiry into potential war crimes following allegations that Russian forces executed an unarmed Ukrainian soldier who had been taken captive in the Donetsk region, as stated by the Prosecutor General’s Office on April 16.
Based on initial reports, the event occurred on April 11 close to the town of Rozdolne in the Donetsk region, involving three individuals.
Ukrainian soldiers
were taken prisoner during combat operations. One of the unarmed captives was shot and killed with automatic weapons by Russian troops, authorities said.
“Urgent investigative and search operations are underway to establish all the circumstances of the incident and identify the Russian military personnel involved in the crime,” the office said in a statement.
Executing prisoners of war violates the Geneva Conventions and constitutes a major international offense, officials pointed out. The probe is currently underway under the auspices of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).
Donetsk
and
Luhansk
oblasts.
Ukraine has previously
documented
extensive breaches of the Geneva Conventions by Russian troops, such as the killing of 177 prisoners
Ukrainian soldiers
as of mid-December 2024.
The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine noted a significant increase in
executions
of
Ukrainian POWs
, recording 79 extrajudicial killings spread over 24 distinct events since August 2024.
Visual proof of these horrific acts persists to this day.
emerge
,reinforcing worries about Moscow’s consistent breaches of international law.
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