Moscow demands international condemnation of the execution of 11 Russian soldiers and considers it a war crime by Kiev

Russia’s Defense Ministry on Friday accused Ukraine of cold-bloodedly executing more than 10 Russian prisoners of war. It confirmed what Moscow has been saying that Ukrainian soldiers have been committing heinous “war crimes” and abuses throughout the war.

The ministry cited a video circulating on Russian social media showing the execution of Russian soldiers. Reuters could not immediately verify either the video or the defense ministry’s claim.

“This brutal killing of Russian servicemen is neither the first nor the only war crime,” the Defense Ministry said.

“This is common practice in the Armed Forces of Ukraine that is actively supported by the Kiev regime and is blatantly ignored by its Western patrons.”

There was no immediate response from Kyiv to Moscow’s claims. Ukraine has repeatedly accused Russia of war crimes, allegations Russia has denied.

The video appears to show Russian soldiers lying on the ground in Makeyevka, in eastern Ukraine’s Luhansk region, after surrendering to gunmen with yellow bands on their hands.

Then shots are heard and the video suddenly shows the bodies. About 12 bodies are visible. It was unclear when the video was shot or who shot it.

The Russian Defense Ministry said the video showed “the deliberate and methodical killing of more than 10 stationary Russian servicemen by degenerate Ukrainian soldiers.”

The defense ministry said the video was an indication of the “heinous nature” of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his “regime” in Kyiv and said he would “answer before the court of history and the people of Russia and Ukraine”.

Russia’s Investigative Committee, which investigates serious crimes, later said it had opened a criminal case into the execution of “at least 11 unarmed Russian servicemen.” In a statement, she said investigators are working to identify the people who shot the video.

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked international organizations to condemn the executions of Prisoners of War

Moscow demands that international organizations condemn the shooting of Russian prisoners of war and conduct a thorough investigation, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. Her words are given on the agency’s website.

“We demand that international organizations condemn this flagrant crime, conduct a thorough investigation into it,” the message reads.
According to the diplomat, Western countries did not pay attention to evidence of cruel and inhumane crimes by the Ukrainian side against Russian soldiers.

Such approval by American and European curators makes them complicit in what the Ukrainian neo-Nazis they love are doing,” he said.

Russia, in turn, has repeatedly highlighted this problem to the world community. The Armed Forces of Ukraine regularly distribute videos showing their killings and torture, Zakharova added.

“We are talking not only about the Azov militants* and other radical organizations, but about the military personnel of the armed forces of Ukraine, who carry out the official orders of their commanders. Their adherence to the neo-Nazi ideology and the implementation of the authorities in practice convincingly prove the criminal essence of the regime that exists in Ukraine, “explained the spokeswoman for foreign policy.

He stressed that all the perpetrators and those involved will be identified, “no one will escape retribution”.

Earlier on Friday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that the Ukrainian military had deliberately killed ten captured Russian servicemen. They noted that this is not the first and not an individual war crime, but a common practice in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

A video showing Ukrainian fighters shooting dead Russian soldiers lying on the ground, who have surrendered, surfaced online today. According to Valery Fadeev, President of the Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights, this is what happened in Makeyevka. The head of the HRC called this incident a demonstrably provocative crime and said it would require an international investigation. HRC sent the video to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the OSCE, the Council of Europe, Amnesty International, the International Committee of the Red Cross and other organizations.

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