The Commander of the Center of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Andriy Modvichev reported on February 24, before the head of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Defense Sergei Shoiga about two hundred military personnel of the Armed Forces, who were allegedly captured in Avdiivka. The Russian minister in response said the need for "humane attitude towards prisoners of war", the press service of the Russian defense department said.
"You heard that the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation said," humanely, as it was always, "said Shogu. Commenting on the statements of the Russian Federation's military command on Ukrainian prisoners of war, analysts of the Institute for War Study (ISW) suggested that in this way the Kremlin generals try to lift responsibility for the high -profile military crimes of Russia and transfer it to Russian middle and lower units.
According to experts, the above command of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is probably concerned about the response of the international community to the criminal acts of Russian soldiers operating on the Ukrainian Front.
"Shoigu, like Russian President Vladimir Putin, is probably concerned about the international consequences of his subordinates in connection with obvious Russian military crimes and perhaps specifically turned to Ukrainian prisoners of war, given the recent attention of the international community to Russian atrocities in Ukraine. " .
The ISW staff apparently referred to the recent events in Avdiivka, where the Ukrainian fighters who defended the Zenit stronghold, were surrounded by the Zenit, and were subsequently shot by the occupiers. According to the Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmitry Lubinets, the Ukrainian command contacted the Russian side with a request to evacuate the seriously wounded unarmed military and provide them with assistance.
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