Occupants shoot three captured Ukrainian defenders in Donetsk region
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- Yuliia Boichenko
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20:00, 06 May, 2025
On 3 May, the Russian occupiers captured Ukrainian soldiers who were performing tasks at a position near the village of Novopil in Donetsk region. The Russians later shot the prisoners.
This was reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General.
Three servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were performing combat missions at a position near the village of Novopil, Velyka Novosilka community, Volnovakha district.
During the assault, the occupiers surrounded the Ukrainian defenders, forced them to lay down their arms and surrender. Realising that the Defence Forces were unable to resist, the Russians shot them with automatic weapons.
The intentional killing of prisoners of war is a gross violation of the Geneva Conventions and is classified as a serious international crime.
Law enforcers have launched a pre-trial investigation in criminal proceedings over a war crime that resulted in the death of people (Article 438 (2) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). Currently, urgent investigative (search) actions are being taken to establish all the circumstances of the incident and the people involved in the commission of the crime.
In April, the Associated Press cited data from the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office, according to which Russian troops had killed at least 245 Ukrainian prisoners of war since the start of the full-scale invasion.
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Heorhii Tykhyi stressed that such executions had become systematic.