UN Verifies 129 Ukrainian POW Executions as Kyiv Reports More
Kyiv says the real toll is higher as investigators open 116 cases and report more than 900 military personnel killed in over 340 incidents.
- A report from last month verified 129 executions of Ukrainian POWs, while Ukrainian intelligence officials told AFP they have tracked more than 900 military personnel killed in more than 340 incidents since 2022.
- Ukrainian prosecutors allege these killings stem from a deliberate Russian policy encouraging such crimes, with commanders issuing orders that drove a marked increase in executions starting in 2023.
- Andriy Atamantchuk, an official with the Ukrainian Prosecutor-General, said Kyiv has opened 116 investigations into the killings, though documented cases of beheadings and shootings remain difficult to prosecute due to lack of access to combat zones.
- After her husband Andriy Dubnytsky, a soldier with the 110th, disappeared during the 2024 withdrawal from Avdiivka, Lyudmyla Dubnytska recognized his body in a social media video showing a group of killed Ukrainian troops.
- Moscow consistently rejects these war crime allegations, while Ukrainian authorities have secured only five convictions against Russian soldiers, leaving families struggling to find justice for their loved ones.
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The exact number is unknown - it varies according to different Ukrainian and international sources - but Kiev claims that the executions reveal a deliberate policy of Moscow.A UN report last month cited 129 verified executions of Ukrainian prisoners of war, and the organization had already warned last year of a "marked increase" in the cases.
The number of victims identified varies, but all Ukrainian sources see it as a deliberate Moscow policy.
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As Ukraine records a sharp spike in executions of prisoners of war by Russian forces, which Kyiv calls a deliberate policy by Moscow, hundreds of families are facing a horrific reality - they are learning about the murder of their loved ones in captivity from videos distributed on social media.
In his last message, Liudmyla Dubnytska's husband warned him that he would probably be captured by Russian forces. Two days later, she recognized him in a video...
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