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Posted on February 3, 2025

UN body reports 'alarming rise' in Russian execution of captured Ukrainian soldiers

KYIV (Reuters) - The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission has recorded an "alarming rise" in reported executions of Ukrainian soldiers captured by Russian armed forces during the war in recent months, it said on Monday.

The mission in Ukraine said it had received reports of 79 executions in 24 separate incidents since the end of August 2024. International humanitarian law prohibits the execution of prisoners of war and the wounded, and regards it as a war crime.

"Many Ukrainian soldiers who surrendered or were in physical custody of the Russian armed forces were shot dead on the spot. Witness accounts also described the killings of unarmed and injured Ukrainian soldiers," the mission said in a statement.

Reuters has requested comment from the Russian defence ministry and from Ukrainian officials, but has yet to receive any response.

The UN body obtained and analysed video and photo material published by Ukrainian and Russian sources showing executions or dead bodies and conducted detailed interviews with witnesses.

It said the reported executions took place in areas where Russian offensive operations were underway.

Danielle Bell, head of the mission, said some Russian officials "have explicitly called for inhumane treatment, and even execution" of captured Ukrainian soldiers.

The mission said it also documented the execution of a wounded and incapacitated Russian soldier by the Ukrainian armed forces in 2024, but gave no details.

The Ukrainian prosecutor's office earlier said it was investigating dozens of cases of executions of Ukrainian military personnel by Russian forces.

(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; editing by Barbara Lewis)

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