US EditionUkraine Intercepts Russian Orders to Execute POWs
Russian forces executed at least 147 Ukrainian prisoners of war this year amid intercepted orders and evidence suggesting a systematic policy of killings, Ukrainian officials report.
- Major Oleh Shyriaiev said intercepted communications show Russian military leadership ordering executions of surrendering Ukrainian servicemen, stating, `In the wiretaps and radio communication that we intercept, we routinely hear their military leadership giving orders to execute our servicemen who are trying to surrender.`
- Yuri Belousov, head of the war crimes department at the Ukrainian Prosecutor-General's Office, said the upward trend surged this summer and autumn, while Danielle Bell reported a rise in alleged Russian war crimes since mid-November.
- Video evidence suggests a drone clip filmed on November 19 near Pokrovsk allegedly shows a soldier firing at four unarmed men lying face down, then shooting at a fifth man trying to flee.
- Under the Third Geneva Convention and international humanitarian law, execution of prisoners is a war crime, and Ukraine's prosecution service recorded at least 147 executions this year.
- Human Rights Watch found systematic torture in Russian detention facilities, and OSCE data show at least 13,300 detained, 6,300 still in custody, and 169 killed or died while detained.
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