war crimes

Russian commanders ordered invading troops to use civilians as human shields during an assault on the Donetsk Oblast city of Pokrovsk, intercepted radio communications show, Ukraine's Security Service and Donetsk regional prosecutors reported.

Russian troops executed five civilians in Zvanivka village, Bakhmut district, Donetsk Oblast, on Monday, Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office reported.

A video is circulating on social media showing the alleged execution of at least five unarmed Ukrainian soldiers who were captured by the Russian troops, as reported by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Dmytro Lubinets.

A video of the alleged execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russian soldiers is spreading on social media, as reported by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Dmytro Lubinets.