Captured Russian marine executed Ukrainian commander on superior’s order, prosecutors say
The suspect is in custody as Ukraine steps up efforts to prosecute Russian troops accused of crimes against Ukrainian prisoners of war.
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“They laid down their weapons, raised their hands”: Russia has executed at least 345 surrendered Ukrainian soldiers on the ground
Dmytro Lubinets says the executions are a part of a systematic and rising pattern.
337 Ukrainian POWs “consciously and brutally” executed by Russia – nearly all others tortured
Ombudsman calls torture a state weapon at UN Human Rights Council session.
SBU captures Russian soldier behind mass execution of Ukrainian POWs in Kursk
SBU hunts down Russian who shot nine surrendering Ukrainian soldiers amid growing war crime epidemic.
Russian forces kill another surrendering Ukrainian servicemember, prosecutors say
Pretrial investigation launched under Ukraine's war crimes statute as prosecutors document yet another POW execution.
CNN: Intercepted Russian radio orders suggest systematic execution of surrendering Ukrainian POWs
CNN reports voice transmissions telling troops to kill surrendering Ukrainians six separate times.
Russian executions of Ukrainian POWs part of systematic policy, FT investigation reveals
FT identified a suspected Russian soldier from the 30th Brigade, and documented over 30 cases across the frontline since February 2022.
UN monitors report “alarming rise” in Russian executions of Ukrainian POWs
The UN says 79 cases of summary executions by Russians have been recorded since August 2023. Ukrainian authorities investigate dozens of such cases.
UN reports 574 Ukrainian civilians killed in fall 2024 by Russian attacks
OHCHR’s report also cites Russian attacks damaging infrastructure, grave humanitarian law violations, torture, and 62 executions.
Russians execute four more Ukrainian prisoners of war near Pokrovsk
Two days before this war crime, the Russian military killed two other Ukrainian POWs in the same area, per the Ukrainian PG Office.
Russian military execute five Ukrainian POWs in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
The investigators say the Russians committed this war crime near Novdarivka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast days ago - on 24 November.
Ukrainian intel: Russian forces executed five captured Ukrainian soldiers near Vuhledar
Ukrainian officials note that the number of executions of Ukrainian POWs is increasing in the last few months of 2024.
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 990: Russians execute Ukrainian POW, strike civilians in Kharkiv, Odesa as Europe’s air defense systems “stand idle”
A video emerged of Russian forces executing an unarmed, wounded Ukrainian POW on camera as international bodies struggle to respond to mounting war crimes, with Ukraine documenting over a hundred similar cases. Russian strikes with guided aerial bombs hit civilian infrastructure in Kharkiv and Odesa oblasts, killing multiple civilians. President Zelenskyy accused European partners of keeping vital air defense systems 'just standing there' instead of helping protect Ukrainian civilians from Russian attacks.