UN reports ‘alarming rise’ in Russia executing Ukrainian soldiers

Many Ukrainian soldiers who surrendered or were in physical custody of the Russian armed forces were shot dead on the spot,

the U.N. said

Combined with broad amnesty laws, such statements have the potential to incite or encourage unlawful behavior,

Bell said

Geolocated and chronolocated incidents indicate that the reported executions took place in areas where Russian offensive operations were underway,

the mission wrote in its statement

All allegations of execution of captured Ukrainian military personnel and public statements calling for, or condoning, such actions must be investigated,

said Bell

The shooting of prisoners of war is a serious violation of the Geneva Convention on the Treatment of Prisoners of War and is classified as a grave international crime,

the statement read

These incidents did not occur in a vacuum. Public figures in the Russian Federation have explicitly called for inhumane treatment, and even execution, of captured Ukrainian military personnel,

said Danielle Bell, head of the mission

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The situation is difficult, but we are fighting back with honour. We continue to effectively destroy the enemy’s military facilities in order to reduce its strike potential,

said Ukraine’s top commander, Oleksandr Syrskyi

Since the end of August 2024, the mission recorded 79 such executions in 24 separate incidents,

the UN human rights monitoring mission in Kyiv said on Monday, indicating

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