Russians have executed 177 Ukrainian soldiers in three years, most in 2024 – Ukrainian Human Rights Commissioner

Dmytro Lubinets, the Ukrainian Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights, has said that the number of cases of executions of Ukrainian soldiers by the Russians in 2024 was nearly double that of the preceding two years of the war. Source: Lubinets in an interview with Ukrainska Pravda Quote from Lubinets: "As of now [the interview was recorded on 13 December - ed.], 177 cases of Ukrainian prisoners of war being executed have been confirmed over the three years of the full-scale war.

The situation has deteriorated dramatically, as 109 executions have been officially confirmed in 2024 alone."

Details: Nevertheless, Lubinets added, Russia continues to wage a hybrid war against Ukraine, and he feels this directly in his work as human rights commissioner.

As examples of psyops that Russia has launched to discredit the Ukrainian government and the negotiation process, Lubinets cited the story of the error-ridden lists of prisoners of war provided by his Russian counterpart, Tatyana Moskalkova, Russian claims about the Il-76 plane crash, and the public execution of Ukrainian soldiers in Olenivka.

Background:

• Assessing the results of the Ukrainian offensive in Kursk Oblast, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted that the operation "has significantly aided Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression and has provided one of the largest contributions to Ukraine's prisoner exchange pool".
• Admiral Rob Bauer, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces' operation in Kursk Oblast had created a strategic problem for Kremlin ruler Vladimir Putin.

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