Ukraine 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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On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Prisoners of war are being systematically executed by Russian forces, according to one of Ukraine’s most decorated soldiers. Major Oleh Shyriaiev, who was awarded the top national decoration of Hero of Ukraine for his leadership on the battlefield, told The Time…
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