By Eliza Popova
In the public footage, it is recorded how each captive is killed in the eyes of others. The invaders are ordered to "lie down and close their mouth", and the "operator" of the crime is voiced "by one", before releasing the bullets in the back of an unarmed Ukrainian fighter. The video is broken at the moment when the seventh prisoner of war remains on the ground. His fate is currently unknown.
"The Russian army has never been famous for its worthy treatment of prisoners of war and has once again demonstrated its helplessness and crime," Lubinets said. The Ombudsman reported that he had already transmitted information about this crime to the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). According to him, the lack of responsibility has transformed the crime into systematicity.
The Office of the Prosecutor General reported that an investigation into the fact of the commission of a martial crime, which caused the death of people (Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine), was initiated. According to preliminary data, during the storming of the positions of Ukrainian troops in Donetsk the invaders captured six servicemen of the Defense Forces of Ukraine and subsequently shot them.
The prosecutor's office reminded that the execution of prisoners of war is a serious violation of the Geneva Convention on the treatment of prisoners of war and is classified as a serious international crime. Investigative actions are currently being conducted, the circumstances of the crime and the person involved in its commission are being established.
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