Occupants shot Ukrainian prisoners of war in Zaporizhzhia: Prosecutor General's Office opens criminal proceedings
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Another video emerged showing the shooting of unarmed Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russian troops, prompting the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine to open criminal proceedings for gross violations of the Geneva Conventions and international law.
Another video of the shooting of Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russian occupiers has appeared online. The Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine has opened criminal proceedings in this regard. This was reported by UNN with reference to the statement of the PGO.
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The agency said that on July 10, a video of the shooting of two Ukrainian defenders taken prisoner by Russian army soldiers was circulated on the Internet.
According to Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin, the crime was committed in June 2024 near the village of Robotyno, Zaporizhzhia region.
A video of the killing of two captured Ukrainian soldiers by the Russian military. The footage clearly shows that the defenders of Ukraine laid down their arms and did not offer any resistance. The occupiers are cynically shooting unarmed people. (...) This is a deliberate policy of the Kremlin's criminal regime to destroy everything Ukrainian
The OGPU emphasizes that the killing of prisoners of war is a gross violation of the Geneva Conventions and is qualified as a grave international crime.
Under the procedural supervision of the Zaporizzhya Regional Prosecutor's Office, investigators of the SBU Office in the region conduct pre-trial investigation in the criminal proceedings under Part 2 Art. 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine
Recall
Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets said that Ukraine does not expect a large-scale exchange of prisoners in the near future due to a significant difference in the number of citizens held. According to him, there are many more Ukrainians in Russia than Russians in Ukraine.
