Russia kills 16 surrendered Ukrainian prisoners in largest summary execution of entire war

Ukrainian authorities are investigating an alleged execution by Russian soldiers of 16 Ukrainian soldiers who had surrendered on the axis of the Pokrovsk front, in the eastern region of Donetsk, as announced on his social networks by the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Andri Kostin.

If the facts and the identity of its protagonists – who appear filmed in a video posted on social networks – are confirmed, it would be, according to Kostin, the “largest case of executions of Ukrainian prisoners of war at the front” since the start of the war on February 24, 2022.

In the video you can see how the Russians line up the surrendered Ukrainian soldiers and shoot them down, later finish them off on the ground.

Since the beginning of the Russian military invasion, Ukraine has denounced the executions of dozens of unarmed soldiers who were wounded or had surrendered to Russian forces. Some of them were filmed in videos later spread on social networks.

kyiv insists that this is a Russian systematic practice.

Prosecutor General Kostin has stated that the alleged execution of the 16 Ukrainian soldiers is “another indication that the murder and torture of prisoners of war are not isolated incidents” but “a deliberate policy of the Russian military and political leaders.