Russians behead Ukrainian soldier in Donetsk Oblast

Ukrainian authorities opened an investigation after Russian soldiers beheaded a serviceman of Ukraine's Armed Forces in Donetsk Oblast. Source: press service of the Office of the Prosecutor General; Ukraine's Prosecutor General Andrii Kostin on Twitter (X) Details: On 17 June 2024, the Ukrainian military got information that soldiers of one of the Russian forces' units in the Volnovakha district of Donetsk Oblast had ordered their subordinates not to take prisoners and instead behead Ukrainian soldiers.

During aerial reconnaissance at one of Donetsk Oblast's combat sites, Ukrainian forces spotted a damaged armoured vehicle belonging to the Ukrainian defence forces.

It had the severed head of a Ukrainian defender lying on top of it. Such actions constitute a clear violation of the Geneva Convention on the Treatment of Prisoners of War and the Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions Concerning the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts. Within the scope of the investigation, all essential steps are being taken to determine the facts of the incident.

The role of particular Russian Federation military members in the perpetration of this crime is now being investigated.

Quote: "This is a dreadful barbarism that has no place in the 21st century. This is further confirmation that the aggressor's war crimes are not isolated instances, but rather a part of the Russian regime's planned policy. These criminal orders were issued by the occupation forces' battalion and company commanders.

We will not let these crimes go unpunished.

I urge the entire civilised world to isolate and punish the terrorist country."

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