Kyiv renews its accusation that Russian forces executed Ukrainian prisoners of war

Ukrainian Human Rights Commissioner Dmitry Lobinets accused Russian forces of again shooting indiscriminate Ukrainian prisoners of war.
Lobinets explained in a post on the Telegram application that a video clip showed 5 Ukrainian prisoners being shot by the Russians.
Lobinets added: “Russian war criminals who shoot Ukrainian prisoners of war must be referred to an international court and receive the harshest punishments provided by law.”

War crime

Killing prisoners of war is a war crime, and Russian forces have repeatedly been accused of committing this crime.

In an interview in mid-December, Lubinets said the number of confirmed killings since the start of the war had reached 177, with the number rising rapidly.
He added that 109 executions were carried out this year alone.