According to article 23 of the Geneva Convention on the Laws and Rules of War, wearing the uniform of an enemy during war is a war crime, Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova reminds.
The Russian occupiers used the methods of NKVD detachments, who wore the uniforms of UPA soldiers and killed civilians, creating a legend about the “ferocity of the Bandera”. This was reported by Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova.
“In Tokmak, Zaporozhye region, temporarily occupied by Russia, the Russian occupiers began to extensively sew the uniform of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and replace it. Provocations on their part to compromise the Ukrainian military in the occupied territories and DRG attacks on the demarcation line are not excluded, ”Denisova said.
The Ombudsman recalled that according to Article 23 of the Geneva Convention on the Laws and Rules of War, wearing the uniform of an enemy during war was a war crime and appealed to the UN Commission of Inquiry into Human Rights Violations during Russia . military invasion of Ukraine with a call to consider this fact a war crime Russia in Ukraine.
Earlier it was reported that Gostomel residents captured how the occupiers wore the Ukrainian military uniform.
News from Athletistic in the Telegram. Subscribe to our channel Athletistic
Source: korrespondent
