Russian troops are said to have shot dead nine Ukrainian prisoners of war who surrendered in Russia’s Kursk region.
The open source intelligence agency Deep State reported the incident in a Telegram announcement on Sunday, citing its own sources from Ukraine’s 1st Tank Brigade.
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According to the report, the incident took place on Thursday, October 10, when nine Ukrainian military personnel, some of whom were working as drone operators, attacked Russian troops “thinking they were relatively far in the rear.” It is said that the Russian army surrendered after making contact with the Russian army. shot.
The Deep State added a map showing the location of the incident and a top-down photo, possibly taken by a drone, of men lying naked on the ground in their underwear, surrounded by uniformed troops. did.
The Deep State added that “further details of the situation are being revealed.”
Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman, Dmytro Rubinets, cited the deep state report and said the alleged act was a “grave violation of the Geneva Conventions.”
“These acts must not go unpunished and the enemy must take full responsibility.Russia is a terrorist state that violates all rules and customs of war.The international community must bear witness to such crimes. We shouldn’t pretend!” Rubinets said in a Telegram announcement.
Under the Geneva Conventions, killing prisoners of war is a war crime.
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It is unclear whether the prisoners took off their clothes before or after the alleged shooting. Some militaries, such as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), have in the past stripped surrendered fighters of their clothing over concerns about hidden weapons or explosives, a practice that has also been criticized by human rights watchdogs. It is considered an illegal act. Move to humiliate your enemy.
Combatants are required to surrender equipment and weapons when surrendering, but removing clothing, especially when underwear remains the only clothing, is not standard procedure during conflicts and is considered “humiliating and degrading.” “Injurious treatment” is also considered a war crime.
There are numerous documented cases of Russian forces executing unarmed Ukrainian prisoners of war.
On October 6, the 12th Special Purpose Brigade released a video depicting a group of Russian soldiers executing three unarmed Ukrainian prisoners of war in the village of New York in the Donetsk region.
In July, another video circulating on social media purportedly showed Russian troops shooting a group of Ukrainian prisoners near the village of Robotin in the Zaporizhzhia region.
