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UN accuses Ukrainians and Russians of “summary executions” of prisoners of war

A video frame (right) showing the alleged execution of a Ukrainian prisoner of war by Russian soldiers in Bakhmut and a video frame (left) filmed in the city of Makiivka, Luhansk region of Ukraine, showing Russian soldiers facing the alleged execution. | Fountain: AFP

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On Friday, the UN accused Ukrainian and Russian forces of carrying out dozens of summary executions of prisoners of war since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

“We are deeply concerned about the summary execution of 25 Russian prisoners of war and disabled,” as well as “15 Ukrainian prisoners of war,” said Matilda Bogner, head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission. Ukraine.

According to Bogner, executions of Russians by the Ukrainian armed forces were carried out “often immediately after being captured on the battlefield.”

UN five Kyiv investigations are known regarding 22 victims, but “we do not know that the perpetrators have been brought to criminal responsibility,” said a representative of the prosecutor’s office. UN.

15 documented executions of Ukrainian POWs were also carried out “shortly after their capture,” and 11 by the Russian paramilitary group Wagner, the agency added.

With the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, kyiv and moscow accuse each other of mistreating prisoners.

mock execution

The Monitoring Mission stated in its report that members of the Ukrainian armed forces threatened to kill or rape Russian POWs and staged executions, in some cases as a form of “retaliation.”

“Sometimes officers beat prisoners of war, saying: ‘This is for Bucha’,” the mission noted, referring to the city near Kiev, where Russian troops were accused of atrocities.

“Before interrogation, I was shown a bloody ax handle as a warning,” said a Russian prisoner of war quoted in the report, who claims he was tortured with electric shocks.

The report also denounces the mistreatment of Ukrainian prisoners of war, such as torture, denial of medical care, sometimes leading to death, sexual abuse, and deprivation of water and food.

Ukrainian prisoners of war claimed that they were tortured and ill-treated in order to obtain information or as punishment. They described beatings with shovels, stabbings, electric shocks and strangulation.

“Some lost teeth or fingers, they had broken ribs, broken fingers or noses,” the report says.

In early March, a video of the alleged execution of a Ukrainian prisoner of war by Russian soldiers was blown up. Ukraine.

In November, the Kremlin was outraged by two videos allegedly showing the execution of a dozen Russian soldiers who had just surrendered to Ukrainian forces.

(According to AFP)

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