US EditionUkraine Sentences Russian Soldier for Allegedly Executing Ukrainian POW
Dmitry Kurashov was sentenced for killing a surrendered Ukrainian soldier under orders forbidding captives, amid documented executions of over 320 POWs since 2022, prosecutors said.
- On Nov 6, a Ukrainian court in Zaporizhzhia sentenced Dmitry Kurashov to life in prison after finding him guilty of killing a Ukrainian prisoner of war, marking Ukraine's first such ruling since Russia's invasion.
- Kurashov had joined the Russian military under an amnesty and was placed in the Storm V assault unit, whose commanders ordered troops not to take Ukrainian soldiers captive during 'meat grinder' assaults.
- Court evidence shows the victim Vitalii Hodniuk emerged unarmed with hands raised before Kurashov fired point-blank with a Kalashnikov, supported by witnesses and scene evidence in Pryiutne village, Zaporizhzhia region.
- Kyiv's prosecutors say the ruling sets a precedent and Ukraine's Prosecutor-General's Office has opened 75 investigations into 268 POW executions and probes 322 alleged murders this year.
- UN and HRMMU reports show an alarming rise in credible executions with at least 79 cases since August 2024, while a 2024 UN report found 95 per cent of released POWs endured systematic torture and Russia denies such atrocities.
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The reports of arbitrary executions of Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russian soldiers are increasing, but the punishment of these crimes is difficult. Now it has come to a first verdict.
Russian Soldier Found Guilty of Shooting Ukrainian PoW in Unprecedented Ruling
A Russian soldier was sentenced to life in prison after he was found guilty of shooting dead a Ukrainian soldier who surrendered during fighting, in what was the first ruling of its kind in Ukraine. Police in Zaporizhzhia, in the southeast of the country, said “expert examinations, witness testimony, and video footage from the scene confirmed that the Russian soldier deliberately killed the prisoner of war on the orders of his command, which had…
A unit of Russian soldiers attacked Ukrainian troops in the Zaporizhia region on the morning of January 6, 2024.
It is a frequent and widely documented crime, but difficult to prosecute
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