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To spread: in the Pokrovsky direction in the Donetsk region, the Russian militar...

They were shot from machines: the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation executed captives of the Armed Forces in the Donbass

To spread: in the Pokrovsky direction in the Donetsk region, the Russian military executed unarmed Ukrainian prisoners. On the fact of the next war crime, law enforcement agencies have already opened criminal proceedings. This was reported by the Prosecutor General's Office on Telegram on Friday, May 23.

It was stated that in the morning of May 22, the invaders attacked the positions of the Ukrainian military near the village of Podachne in the Pokrovsky district, where there were four fighters of the Armed Forces. During the storming of two unarmed defenders, they were captured and then shot from machine guns in the forest belt. The fate of the other two defenders is currently unknown.

"The premeditated murder of prisoners of war is a gross violation of the Geneva conventions and qualifies as a serious international crime," the Attorney General's office emphasizes. Under the procedural leadership of the Donetsk Regional Prosecutor's Office, a pre -trial investigation under Part 2 of Art. 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Law enforcement officers are currently finding out all the details of the incident and identify the persons involved in the crime.

We will remind, in early May Russian occupier Yuri Abayev, who shot Ukrainian prisoners, received the post of Minister of Labor in North Ossetia and the title of "Hero" from Putin. In March, Ukrainian journalist Andriy Tsaplienko announced the next crime of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - the execution of captured Ukrainians in Kursk region. According to the journalist, the crime was committed by the Kadyrivtsi from the regiment "Akhmat".