This year, 80% of the executions of Ukrainian prisoners took place. Law enforcement officials identified 93 cases of killing Ukrainian prisoners on the battlefield.
In Ukraine, the shooting of 16 captive soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by the Russians in the direction of Pokrovsky is being investigated. A unit of invaders has been identified that can carry out the killing. This was announced by the head of the War Department of the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Yuriy Belousov, in a telethon.
According to him, it is now known that as a result of the execution near Pokrovsk, soldiers of two units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces may have died.
“We know the numbers of these units we previously established the data of the fighters but we are checking this information in respect of their relatives, so as not to make a mistake with their names.
The official added that law enforcement officials already have information about the location of the execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war and a unit of Russian troops that may be involved in such atrocities.
As Belousov noted, requests were sent to military units, intelligence units, as well as international partners to collect as much information as possible about the new war crime in Russia.
According to the head of the War Department of the Prosecutor General’s Office, a sharp deterioration in the attitude of Russian soldiers towards Ukrainian prisoners has been recorded since November of last year. 80% of the executions of Ukrainian prisoners took place this year. Law enforcement officials identified 93 cases of killing Ukrainian prisoners on the battlefield.
“At the moment, we have 708 suspects, they are officially suspected representatives of the armed forces of the Russian Federation. In addition, we have thousands of those we work with who have been convicted,” he said. Belousov.
He added that there are large production facilities in places of detention on the territory of the Russian Federation, in the occupied territory. We investigate all of our returning POWs. All of them become victims of cruel torture. And during these tortures, unfortunately, some of our fighters died at the hands of either representatives of the Armed Forces of Russia, or at the hands of representatives of the FSB, or from zealous employees,” said the head of the War Department of the Office. of the Prosecutor General.
We remind you that on October 1 it became known that the Russian military shot 16 Ukrainian prisoners of war in the direction of Pokrovsky.
Earlier, near Robotinoy in the direction of Zaporozhye, the Russian military brutally shot two Ukrainian prisoners of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Source: korrespondent
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