Russian Soldiers Execute Captured Ukrainian Troops; Investigation Begins

Three Ukrainian troops who were taken prisoner in the Zaporizhzhia region during the ongoing conflict are purportedly shown being executed by Russian soldiers in a video that has gone viral on social media. The footage was shared by numerous journalists on social media after it was first uploaded on Telegram on Wednesday. The video shows the three troops being shot by their captors while they are kneeling and holding their hands behind their heads. The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine opened an investigation as soon as the video gained popularity.

Smoke is visible coming from the weapon that the Russian soldiers are allegedly holding after they fire the “Prisoners of War (POWs),” and then the men fall to the ground. Asserting that Vladimir Putin’s forces “are simply not human,” a number of Ukrainian news sites have denounced the incident. Three Ukrainian defenders were taken prisoner by the Russian army during a military skirmish close to the hamlet of Robotyne in the Zaporizhzhia region, according to a statement from the Prosecutor General’s Office in Kyiv.According to the Geneva Convention on the Treatment of Prisoners of War, the occupiers shot the prisoners one hour later, violating that clause,” the statement continued. According to the office, the SBU Department, the intelligence service of Ukraine, is conducting the probe. According to a story published by The New Voice of Ukraine, Russia had already executed Ukrainian soldiers who were held captive. Six similar occurrences were recorded by the UN in its report from October. Two Russian military officers are shown shooting two surrendering Ukrainian soldiers who have their hands behind their heads in a video that went viral on social media a few weeks ago. The Armed Forces of Ukraine subsequently verified this. According to a Ukrainian investigation, the incident happened close to Stepove village in the Pokrovsky district of the Donetsk Oblast region.