Russians execute two Ukrainian POWs in Pokrovsk district

In the village of Shakhove, Pokrovsk district, Donetsk region, Russian invaders executed two servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who had been taken prisoner.

As reported by Ukrinform, the Prosecutor General's Office announced this on Telegram.

“On 27 December, during an assault on positions in the village of Shakhove, Pokrovsk district, representatives of the aggressor state captured two servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who were carrying out a combat mission at one of the positions,” the statement reads.

Threatening them with firearms, the invaders forced one of the servicemen to partially undress, after which they shot both unarmed defenders. After seeing that the prisoners of war were dead, the Russians removed the clothing from the second defender, who had already been killed.

The deliberate killing of prisoners of war constitutes a grave violation of the Geneva Conventions and qualifies as a serious international crime, the Office of the Prosecutor General stressed.

Under the procedural supervision of the Donetsk Regional Prosecutor’s Office, a pre-trial investigation has been launched in criminal proceedings into the commission of a war crime resulting in the death of a person (Part 2, Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

Urgent investigative (search) actions are being carried out to establish all the circumstances of the incident and identify the specific individuals who committed the crime.

As reported by Ukrinform, in the Siversk sector, Russians shot dead a Ukrainian defender who had emerged with his hands raised to surrender.