The murder of the prisoners took place on Thursday near the village of Zeleny Shlyach, sources from the 1st Independent Tank Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said. The captured Ukrainian soldiers were on their way to their designated positions in an area that was considered relatively safe when the Russians surprised them, reports the Ukrainska Pravda server.
At first, the Ukrainian soldiers resisted, but in the end, lack of ammunition forced them to surrender to the enemy. The Russian soldiers then mercilessly murdered the surrendering Ukrainians. “Such actions are a gross violation of the Geneva Conventions on the treatment of prisoners of war!” Dmytro Lubinec wrote about the event in a telegram.
“I again sent letters to the UN and the International Red Cross about another crime committed by the Russians. These actions must not go unpunished and the enemy must be fully responsible for them. Russia is a terrorist state that violates all the rules and customs of war. The international community must not overlook such crimes,” he added.
Foreign Minister Andrij Sybiha also demands a strong response from the international community. “Russia’s brutal treatment of Ukrainian prisoners of war is absolute barbarism, a gross violation of international humanitarian law and the laws and customs of war,” he said.
According to analysts from DeepState, the situation in Russia’s Kursk region is currently generally unfavorable for Ukrainians. “The defense forces are taking stabilization steps, but it is extremely difficult to recover what has been lost. We discussed this situation with officers and commanders in other areas. “Drone teams should take the possibility that the enemy could break through their positions much more seriously and not neglect security,” the group of analysts evaluated.