Occupants shoot six captured Ukrainian servicemen in Pokrovsk sector: investigation launched
Kyiv • UNN
The Russian military shot six Ukrainian prisoners of war in the Pokrovsk sector. Three soldiers were killed on October 23 near Selydove, and three more on November 1 during an assault on Ukrainian Armed Forces fortifications.
In the Pokrovsk sector, Russian troops shot dead six captured Ukrainian soldiers, an investigation has been launched, UNN reports citing the Prosecutor General's Office.
...pre-trial investigations into war crimes that resulted in the deaths of prisoners of war (part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine) have been initiated
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According to operational data, on October 23, 2024, during an offensive on the town of Selydove, the Russian military captured three Ukrainian soldiers. After some time, the occupiers shot unarmed prisoners of war.
On November 1, during the storming of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fortifications in the same Pokrovsk direction, three more prisoners of war were killed by Russian representatives using automatic weapons.
The Prosecutor General's Office emphasized that these actions are a violation of the Geneva Conventions and qualify as an international crime.
The investigation is being conducted by SBU investigators in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
