Russian troops execute Ukrainian POW after interrogation in Donetsk Oblast
Russian forces shot and killed a Ukrainian service member (Photo: Chernivtsi Oblast Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center, via Facebook)
Russian troops captured a Ukrainian service member in the
Donetsk Oblast village of Yalta on July 13, interrogated him and then shot him
dead, the Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor’s Office reported.
Investigators said one Russian soldier ordered the
prisoner’s execution after the interrogation and another carried it out,
shooting him with a firearm.
The Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor’s Office opened a pretrial
investigation into a war crime resulting in death under Part 2 of Article 438
of Ukraine’s Criminal Code.
Investigators are conducting initial inquiries and searches
to establish all the circumstances of the crime and identify those involved.
The prosecutor’s office stressed that killing prisoners of
war is a gross violation of the Geneva Conventions and a serious international
crime.
Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Russian
forces have executed 129 Ukrainian prisoners of war and other people who were
no longer taking part in hostilities, a report by the UN Human Rights
Monitoring Mission in Ukraine published on June 29 found.
The findings were based on 1,926 interviews with witnesses
and victims, 180 site visits, 48 visits to detention facilities, 78 visits to
hospitals, transit centers and shelters for internally displaced people, 33
court hearings and reviews of official documents and other materials.
Separately, Ukraine’s parliamentary human rights
commissioner, Dmytro Lubinets, said in March that Russian forces had executed
337 Ukrainian prisoners of war by the end of 2025.
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