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The Russian army has never been famous for its dignified treatment of prisoners of war, and here it once again demonstrates its helplessness and criminality.”
Lubinets stressed
The lack of responsibility has turned these crimes into a system. We cannot turn a blind eye to this!”
the ombudsman said
During an assault on the positions of Ukrainian troops in the Donetsk region, the invaders captured six servicemen of the Defense Forces of Ukraine and subsequently shot them,
the Prosecutor’s Office said in a statementRussians are either trying to tie all Russian soldiers by blood so that they did not surrender to Ukrainians or they are trying to show complete disregard to the international law,
Lubinets told journalists in November 2024.The execution of prisoners of war is a serious violation of the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War and is classified as a grave international crime,
the prosecutors addedI am once again sending information about this crime to the UN and the ICRC [International Committee of the Red Cross]. These facts must be recorded,
Lubinets added
In the video, the occupiers themselves recorded their own crime - the shooting in the back of six Ukrainian soldiers who were captured
Ukrainian human rights ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said