“The number of executions on the battlefield increases, in many cases fixed direct orders to kill prisoners, they say in GUR”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“The number of executions on the battlefield increases: in many cases, direct orders are recorded to kill prisoners. These crimes are not isolated cases, but a component of purposeful policy by the leadership of the aggressor state-Russia, ”the department said.
GUR emphasized that this trend is confirmed by the Independent International Commission of the UN for investigation of the situation in Ukraine – in its report of March 19, 2025, the commission recorded an increase in the number of cases where “Russian military purposefully killed or crippled Ukrainian fighters who seemed to be captured.”
“Several Russian deserters confirmed that they were ordered not to take prisoners, but to kill them. One of them cited the words of the deputy commander of the brigade: “The captives are not needed – shoot on the spot,” – the document reads.
The Office of the Prosecutor General reported on May 23 that in Ukraine, from the beginning of a full -scale invasion, 75 criminal proceedings on the facts of murder of 268 prisoners of Russian military will be investigated.
On May 21, CNN published an investigation, according to which, in particular, the Russian military receive orders from their command to kill Ukrainian prisoners of war.
In March 2025, UN representatives confirmed 27 cases of Russian troops, which died 84 Ukrainian soldiers since August 2024. Last December, Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets reported that 177 Ukrainian prisoners of war were executed during the full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation.
The reports of murder, torture and ill -treatment of Ukrainian prisoners of war are received regularly.
The American Institute for War Study (ISW) stated that it was observing an increase in the number of executions by Russian military Ukrainian prisoners of war, and emphasized that Russian commanders are likely to “indulge, encourage or directly ordered” shootings.