In Ukraine, the Prosecutor General announces that he has opened a new investigation into the alleged execution of Ukrainian soldiers by the Russian army, this is not the first time that such videos have circulated and kyiv warns of the increase in crimes Russian war against its soldiers.
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The images are unbearable. They show 16 Ukrainian soldiers on the ground, having surrendered their weapons in the Pokrovsk sector, in the Donetsk region, all of them summarily executed by Russian soldiers, reports our correspondent in kyiv, Emmanuelle Chaze. Russia claimed yesterday Saturday the capture of a new village near Pokrovsk, a logistical and strategic node for the Ukrainian army in the east of the country, and to which Russian forces have been gradually approaching for weeks.
According to Andriy Kostin the Prosecutor General from Ukraineit would be the largest mass execution committed by the Russians against Ukrainian soldiers, directly on the front line and these facts correspond to a military and political desire on the part of Moscow to torture and kill, in defiance of Geneva conventions regularly raped on Ukrainian territory.
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Another video made the rounds on media and social networks this weekend. It shows a Ukrainian soldier in his underwear in a field, also put to death by his executioners. This type of execution has increased this year, sparking outrage and shock here in Ukraine.
According to kyiv, at least 93 soldiers were executed in similar conditions, more than fifty investigations have already been opened to determine the circumstances of these murders, and identify the victims as well as the culprits in order to be able to bring the latter to justice.
In March 2024, the International Criminal Court issued two arrest warrants against Russian officers. Lieutenant Sergei Kobylach and Admiral Viktor Sokolov, commander of the Black Sea Fleet, are suspected of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in Ukraine between October 2022 and March 2023.
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