The UN mission reported 25 cases of massacre of Russian prisoners in Ukraine
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The UN human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine revealed at least 25 cases of Ukrainian soldiers massacring Russian prisoners of war, said the head of the mission, Matilda Bogner.
“We are deeply concerned about the cases of arbitrary execution of approximately 25 Russian prisoners of war and persons who ceased to participate in hostilities by the Ukrainian armed forces, which we have documented,” quotes Bogner AFP. According to her, these murders were often committed immediately after being taken prisoner.
On February 16, Tatyana Moskalkova, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, received a response from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, to an appeal on torture of the Russian military by the Ukrainian side. “Our common goal is to prevent any act of violence and criminal acts against Russian prisoners of war and their relatives,” the ombudsman noted. Moskalkova also stated the importance of dialogue with the UN and noted the readiness of the organization to cooperate to solve the problem.
In February, the 235th Garrison Military Court in Moscow arrested in absentia two commanders of the Ukrainian nationalist battalion Azov (recognized as a terrorist organization in the Russian Federation and banned) Konstantin Nemichev and Sergey Velichko. It was reported that, according to the preliminary investigation, the suspects tortured Russian servicemen and killed them with extreme cruelty.
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