Since the end of August 2024, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine has recorded 79 executions of Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russian occupiers in 24 separate incidents. This was reported by the UN press service.
The organization “expressed concern about the sharp increase in reports of executions of Ukrainian military personnel.”
The monitoring mission stated that many Ukrainian soldiers who surrendered or were captured by the Russians were shot on the spot. Witnesses also reported that the occupiers killed unarmed and wounded soldiers.
During 2024, the UN witnessed at least three such calls from Russian officials and found several posts on social media by military groups affiliated with the Russian Armed Forces calling for or approving executions.
At the same time, the Monitoring Mission documented one execution by the Ukrainian military of a wounded Russian soldier in 2024.
