Investigative Committee opened a case on the fact of execution of Russian prisoners of war

The Investigative Committee of Russia (Investigative Committee of Russia) opened a criminal case on the fact of the execution by representatives of Ukraine of captured Russian soldiers, transmits the press service of the department in the Telegram channel.

The report says that the criminal case was initiated on the grounds of a crime under the following articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation: the murder of two or more persons committed by a group of persons in connection with their official activities and ill-treatment of prisoners of war, the use of prohibited means and methods in an armed conflict.

“At the moment, military investigators of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation are taking measures to identify the persons who filmed the brutal video. Other investigative and operational measures are being carried out in full to establish all the circumstances of the incident, ”the department noted.

Earlier, two videos appeared on Telegram channels, which allegedly depicted the execution of Russian prisoners of war by soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At the Russian Ministry of Defense called these shots are a confirmation of the “knackering nature of the current Kyiv regime.” The department stressed that this case is not the first war crime committed against Russian prisoners of war.

Thereafter became It is known that the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has begun studying video recordings of murdered Russian prisoners of war. The head of the Human Rights Council (HRC) under the President of Russia, Valery Fadeev, also said that he would send a video of the alleged execution of Russian prisoners of war in Makeevka to various international organizations.

Earlier in October, the Investigative Committee of Russia started a criminal case due to the shelling by the armed forces of Ukraine (APU) of the crossing in Kherson, as a result of which civilians were killed. According to investigators, the citizens were moving from Kherson to the other side of the river when the Ukrainian military “deliberately attacked the crossing from the American HIMARS MLRS.” According to preliminary data, then 4 people died, 13 more were injured. It is specified that among them there are children and representatives of the media. The TFR reported the death of two journalists.

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