Russian troops shoot two captured Ukrainians at close range in Kursk Oblast. Commissioner appeals to UN and ICRC
A video of the shooting of two Ukrainian prisoners of war in Russia’s Kursk Oblast has spread on social media, announced the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets.
"According to information circulating on the Internet, Russian troops probably shot at close range at least two unarmed Ukrainian prisoners of war in Kursk Oblast," he wrote.
The ombudsman emphasized that prisoners of war must always be protected, in particular from acts of violence. Instead, Russia once again committed a war crime, which is a serious violation of the Geneva Convention and international humanitarian law.
Lubinets said that he sent letters to the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross regarding this crime.
"The international community must immediately react to this act of cruelty in order to stop Russia's aggression! How many more lives must be lost for the world to act? Russia must bear responsibility for every crime and every broken life," he wrote.
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