Russians executed 109 Ukrainian prisoners of war in 2024 – Ukraine's Human Rights Commissioner
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Tue, 10 Dec 2024 22:12:28 +0200
Dmytro Lubinets, Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, stated that 109 executions of Ukrainian prisoners of war by the Russians were officially confirmed in 2024.
Source Lubinets during the national joint 24/7 newscast Quote We are increasingly able to officially document violations of the rights of Ukrainian prisoners of war, including executions cynical, closerange executions, unfortunately.
In 2024 alone, we managed to officially confirm that the Russians executed 109 Ukrainian prisoners of war.
Details Lubinets revealed that during the previous years of the fullscale war, 177 cases were recorded in total.
He also emphasised that intelligence and law enforcement agencies have repeatedly provided information about frequent violations of POWs rights by the Russians.
Unfortunately, I couldnt go public with these blatant violations of international humanitarian law and the Geneva Conventions when we managed to document them but we are doing so, the ombudsman noted.
Background On 24 November, Russian forces executed five captured soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the village of Novodarivka in the Polohy district of Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
A criminal investigation has been launched.
The Office of the Prosecutor General reports a monthly increase in executions of Ukrainian prisoners of war.
In OctoberNovember, the prosecutors office opened 13 cases regarding the execution of 54 Ukrainian prisoners of war, accounting for a third of all such investigations in 2024.
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