Suspicion was reported to the head of the group for work with the personnel of the military unit 5389 376 of a separate operational battalion of the Russian Guard in the fact of poor treatment of prisoners of war.
Suspicion was reported to the commander of a National Guard division that fired on Ukrainian-speaking prisoners of war of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was reported to the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.
Suspicion was reported to the head of the group for work with the personnel of the military unit 5389 376 of a separate operational battalion of the Russian Guard in the fact of poor treatment of prisoners of war.
“According to the investigation, at the beginning of April 2022, in one of the settlements of the temporarily occupied Zaporozhye region, a suspect, acting as one of the leaders of a military unit, simulated the murder of a captured serviceman of Armed Forces. of Ukraine due to communication in the Ukrainian language. As a result, the Ukrainian military received a contact, shot in the leg. At the same time, the suspect acted deliberately and reliably knew that he was a participant in an armed conflict and was acting in the conditions of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. And his actions are contrary to the provisions of the Geneva Convention on the Treatment of Prisoners of War of August 12, 1949,” the statement read the message.
In the future, in order to frighten other Ukrainian prisoners of war, the Russian asked to speak to him only in Russian, and in case of failure to follow the instructions, he threatened a worse attitude towards the prisoners of Ukrainian speaking war. – up to and including execution.
“Prosecutors of the Prosecutor General’s Office continue to collect evidence of ill-treatment of prisoners of war in Ukraine. According to the standards of international humanitarian law, such actions qualify as war crimes,” said of the report.
Recall that on June 11, Ukraine brought home 95 prisoners of war, including fighters from Mariupol, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Snake Island, Bakhmut, as well as the defenders of Azovstal.
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Source: korrespondent
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