Ukrainian POW executed

Russian troops execute two captured Ukrainian guardsmen near Dobropillia

Russian troops executed two captured Ukrainian National Guard soldiers near Dobropillia in Donetsk Oblast. Law enforcement opened a war crimes investigation, the Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor’s Office reported on Sept. 11.

11 September, 07:18 PM

Russian troops execute Ukrainian POW after interrogation in Donetsk Oblast

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.

24 July, 02:53 PM

Russian forces execute unarmed Ukrainian POWs near Pokrovsk

Ukrainian prosecutors have launched an investigation into the execution of two captured Ukrainian soldiers by Russian occupation forces, Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor’s Office reported on Dec. 29.

29 December 2025, 12:10 PM

Russia executed five Ukrainian POWs in Zaporizhzhya Oblast, prosecutors say

Russian troops shot and killed five Ukrainian soldiers shortly after they were captured near Huliaipole in Zaporizhzhya Oblast, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office stated on Nov. 27.

27 November 2025, 10:10 PM

Russian forces executed five unarmed Ukrainian POWs on the front line — DeepState video

Russian occupying troops executed five unarmed Ukrainian prisoners of war on the front line, according to footage published by the DeepState monitoring project on Nov. 22.

22 November 2025, 05:04 PM

Russian commanders increasingly ordering Ukrainian POW executions

The number of executions of Ukrainian servicemembers by Russian troops has increased in 2024 and 2025, according to the Aug. 23 report by the U.S.-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

24 August 2025, 12:25 PM

Russian soldier admits to executing five Ukrainian POWs on orders from female commander

A Russian assault soldier has confessed to executing five captured Ukrainian service members in May 2024 in the village of Karlivka, Donetsk Oblast, according to an interview with a journalist from the media project Vot Tak.

22 August 2025, 03:50 PM

SBU identifies Russian commanders in Ukrainian soldier’s beheading

Служба безпеки України у середу, 30 квітня, повідомила, що ідентифікувала російських командирів, які віддали наказ обезголовити бійця ЗСУ. Про це повідомили у Telegram відомства.

30 April 2025, 04:55 PM

Russia accused of executing unarmed Ukrainian POW in occupied Donetsk

Russian forces executed an unarmed Ukrainian prisoner of war (POW) in the Donetsk region, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office reported on April 16.

16 April 2025, 05:33 PM

Ukrainian POW executed