The Donetsk Regional Prosecutor's Office reported the information."In November 2025, during an assault on positions in the area of the village of Hnativka, Pokrovsk district, representatives of the aggressor state surrounded and captured a serviceman of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. One of the occupiers tied his hands, and another struck him several times on the head with a rifle butt. When the unarmed defender stopped responding, he was shot," the prosecutor's office said.They recalled that the intentional killing of prisoners of war is a gross violation of the Geneva Conventions and qualifies as a serious international crime."Under the procedural guidance of the Donetsk Regional Prosecutor's Office, a pre-trial investigation has been launched in criminal proceedings on the fact of a war crime that caused a person's death (Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine)," the statement says.Currently, urgent investigative (search) actions are being carried out aimed at establishing all the circumstances of the event and the specific individuals who committed the specified crime.On November 6, based on materials from the SBU and the National Police, a court sentenced 27-year-old Russian citizen Dmitry Kurashov, who shot a Ukrainian soldier in the Zaporizhzhia direction.