The United States has credible evidence of Russian executions of Ukrainians who tried to surrender in the Donetsk region.
As US Ambassador for Special Personal Affairs to Global Criminal Justice Beth Van Schaak said at a UN meeting on accountability in Ukraine, there is credible evidence that Russia took the lives of soldiers who tried to surrender near Donetsk.
It is reported by The Hill.
“Now we have reliable information that a Russian military unit operating in the vicinity of Donetsk executed Ukrainians who tried to surrender. If this is true, then this is a violation of the basic principle of military law: the prohibition of shooting civilians and combatants who left the – for surrender, injury or other forms of disability,” Beth Van Schaak said.
The executions are part of a growing list of war crimes of which Russia is accused, and others of attacks on civilians, kidnapping children, torture and rape.
Recall that the fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine captured five Russian servicemen , who are now testifying about the crimes of their commanders.
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