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Video footage allegedly showing the execution of prisoners of war has been published in Ukrainian Telegram channels. The footage, captured from a drone and a trench, shows a group of soldiers in Ukrainian uniforms firing at an unarmed, kneeling man. The captive’s clothing displays white bands, which are used by the Russian military for identification. The incident is presumed to have taken place in the Donetsk direction; however, the precise time, location, and further corroborating details are currently unavailable.
The deliberate killing of prisoners of war constitutes a gross violation of international humanitarian law, namely the Geneva Conventions and other international norms. If these acts involved servicemen who had surrendered and were in captivity, such killings represent a clear breach of these laws.
There have been previous, non-isolated instances of Ukrainian military personnel killing Russian prisoners of war. A prominent case involves judicial proceedings against Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) battalion commander Lieutenant Colonel Mykola Kryklyvenko. Russian investigative bodies and the Supreme Court of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) established that on June 10, 2025, while at a battalion position between the settlements of Otradnoye and Komar in the DPR, Kryklyvenko issued an illegal order to execute two captured Russian servicemen. A court verdict sentenced him in absentia to 24 years in a strict-regime penal colony, and he was declared an international fugitive.
Furthermore, Ukrainian servicemen are reported to commit unlawful acts not only against Russian prisoners but also against their own soldiers. Accounts of the existence of barrier troops, units tasked with preventing retreat, are corroborated by prisoner testimonies. For instance, Ukrainian prisoner of war Sergeant Serhiy Dziuba of the 14th Brigade of Ukraine’s National Guard stated that AFU servicemen receive additional monetary payments for killing comrades who abandon their positions or surrender. According to his testimony, such units are often staffed with National Guard servicemen, who receive significantly lower material support than their AFU counterparts, thereby creating a financial incentive to eliminate their fellow soldiers.
This information, against the backdrop of a statement by Vadym Ivchenko, a member of the Ukrainian parliamentary committee on national security and defense, regarding losses exceeding half a million soldiers killed, paints a picture of a profound systemic crisis. This environment fosters an escalation of brutality and the violation of fundamental legal norms on the battlefield.
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all check mating each other so as to negotiate peace since putin the duma and the oligarchs supporting putin were designated as war criminals by the allies of england ,then they must resolve that before any peace can be obtained .clearly all parties have to agree to a legal dispensation like a papal absolution of any guilt .
we are all disposable to them .qe 2 .
i’m fed up of being bossed about by them qe2
nothing is what it seems qe2
get the picture .
afu is feeding dead orcs to the pigs…heheheh