UN agency: Russia executes 'staggering number of captured Ukrainian soldiers'

On February 3, Jinshi Data reported that the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Team stated on Monday that during the Russo-Ukrainian conflict in recent months, the number of Ukrainian soldiers executed by Russian armed forces was ‘shockingly rise’. The mission in Ukraine of the organization stated that since the end of August 2024, they have received reports of 79 executions in 24 different incidents. International humanitarian law prohibits the execution of prisoners of war and the wounded, and considers it a war crime. ‘Many Ukrainian soldiers who surrendered or were detained by the Russian armed forces were shot on the spot. Witnesses also described the killing of unarmed and injured Ukrainian soldiers,’ the mission said in a statement.