The United Nations on Friday (March 24) accused Ukrainian and Russian forces of carrying out dozens of summary executions of prisoners of war during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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“We are deeply troubled by the summary execution of 25 Russian prisoners of war and combatants.” as well as “15 Ukrainian prisoners of warsaid Matilda Bogner, head of the UN human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine.
We are not aware of any lawsuits against the authors.
Head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, Matilda Bogner
According to Matilda Bogner, the UN has documented these executions of Russians by the Ukrainian armed forces.often“done”immediately after being captured on the battlefield“. The UN is aware of five investigations carried out by Kiev involving 22 victims, but “We are not aware of any lawsuits against the authorsof these crimes, he added.
Regarding the executions of fifteen Ukrainian prisoners of warimmediately after their captureby the Russian Armed Forces,Eleven of them were carried out by the Russian “Wagner” military groupsaid the manager. Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of prisoner abuses that amount to war crimes since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022.
The “Wagner” group is at the forefront of the battles for the city of Bakhmut, the epicenter of military operations in the east of Ukraine. In early March, a video showing the alleged execution of a Ukrainian prisoner of war by Russian soldiers caused shockwaves in Ukraine. In November, the Kremlin was outraged by two videos purportedly showing the execution of a dozen Russian soldiers who had just surrendered to Ukrainian forces.
Source: Le Figaro
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