Russia invites U.N., Red Cross experts to probe Ukraine jail deaths

Russia invites U.N., Red Cross experts to probe Ukraine jail deaths

By Natalia Zinets and Pavel Polityuk

Russia invites UN, Red Cross to probe Ukraine jail deaths

Moscow called for an international investigation by U.N. and Red Cross experts following the killing of dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war in the front...

Russia invites U.N., Red Cross experts to probe Ukraine jail deaths

Russia on Sunday invited United Nations and Red Cross experts to probe the deaths of dozens of Ukrainian prisoners held by Moscow-backed separatists, while Ukraine's president ordered the evacuation of residents in the eastern region of Donetsk. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said hundreds of thousands of people were still exposed to…

Russian Defense Ministry Invites UN, Red Cross To Investigate Site Where Ukrainian POWs Killed

Russia's Defense Ministry has invited the United Nations and the International Red Cross to investigate the prison site where dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) were killed this week in an attack in territory controlled by Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine.

Russia-Ukraine updates: Moscow says it has invited UN, ICRC to probe POW jail deaths

Moscow says the invitation was extended "in the interests of conducting an objective investigation." The Ukrainian president, meanwhile, has ordered residents to leave the eastern Donetsk region. DW rounds up the latest.

Russia invites UN, Red Cross experts to probe Ukraine jail deaths

Ukraine and Russia have traded accusations over a missile strike or explosion that appeared to have killed dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war in the front-line town of Olenivka.