20 minutes agoUkraine seeks investigation after allegations that Russians are killing prisoners of war
Periskopi(3 years ago)
(3 years ago)Ukrainian authorities called for war crimes investigation after publishing a video on social media, which seemed to indicate Russian forces killing a Ukrainian war prisoner. “The hunt of a Ukrainian captured military is a violation of the Geneva Convention”, said the Telegram Dmytro Lubinets, the human rights commissioner in [...]
“The dawning of a Ukrainian captured military is a violation of the Geneva Convention”, said in Telegram Dimytro Lubinets, the human rights commissioner in the Ukrainian parliament.
The video showed an unidentified Ukrainian soldier who was shot dead with automatic weapons after saying: “Glory to Ukraine”
According to the Geneva Convention, of 1949, which was signed by Russia and Ukraine by torture, the deliberate causing of wounds, the killing of prisoners of war, the deliberate target of the civilian population, and the destruction of property without military need, considers war crimes.
Even earlier, Ukraine has accused Russia of mistreating and killing prisoners of war.
While Kiev has launched investigations into alleged war crimes from its launch on 24 February last year. / REL
