Russians use Ukrainian prisoners of war as a living shield on the battlefield - isw

ISW analysts have noted that Russian troops continue to mock Ukrainian prisoners of war and to execute them. Russian invaders, after capturing Ukrainian fighters, use them as a live shield on the battlefield, which violate the Geneva Convention. This is stated in the report of the American Institute of War Study (ISW) of June 3, 2024.

"ISW has recorded evidence of large -scale violations of the Geneva Convention on the Prisoners of Pursuing by the Russian military in recent months, including the execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war and the use of prisoners of war as living panels on the battlefield," the report reads. Analysts have specified that Russian troops continue to mock Ukrainian prisoners of war, despite all possible international standards and rules.

In particular, the ISW recalled that on June 2, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Dmitry Lubinets, published a video on which a group of three Russian servicemen beats, threatens and mocks a group of four Ukrainian prisoners of war, captured. "The video shows how one Russian serviceman shoots in the ground next to the head of the prisoner of war, as well as Russian servicemen force prisoners of war to sing the Russian national anthem," the report reads.

The Institute of War Study noted that the Russian opposition edition "Important History" identified a Russian serviceman who made a video as Alexei Kiprin, a former soldier, storm formation of far -right "Rusich". In addition, ISW analysts mentioned the Ukrainian Human Rights Center ZMINA, which reported that the Russian authorities also cruelly behave with Ukrainian prisoners of war in Russian detention facilities and beats them.