We consider the executions of prisoners as part of the Russian policy on Ukraine - the Office of the Prosecutor General

The Ukrainian side tries not only to establish performers, but the command involved in these crimes. There are already court sentences in some cases. Recently, more and more reports and videos on social networks have begun to shoot about the shootings of Russian military Ukrainian soldiers who were captured. In an interview with "Freedom.

Morning" the head of the GPU Department to counter crimes committed in the conditions of armed conflict, Yuri Belousov, told whether those who execute Ukrainian fighters find and why the number of cases of shootings of prisoners of war of the Armed Forces increased. According to him, the number of Ukrainian prisoners of war began to grow in geometric progression, starting in November 2023.

The Ukrainian side cannot visit the crime scene, so the information has to be collected from various sources. "We have reason to claim the involvement of a certain unit of the army of the Russian Federation, but we still refrain from calling it. When we are already sure, we will necessarily be published.

But we also want to point out that unfortunately, this is far away Facts - the execution of our prisoners of war took place from the very beginning of a large -scale invasion, " - says Yuri Belousov. He added that the increase in the number of executions of Ukrainian defenders indicates that this is definitely a policy supported by the highest leadership of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. "If these were isolated cases, you would, know, the actions of a particular soldier.

In this case, given the geography and the number of recent times, everything indicates that these shootings are supported by senior management. We have no doubt about this" , - said the head of the department. The expert says that the Russians themselves are removed and published in general, and the publication of such videos is an effort to demoralize the defense forces and weaken their resistance. "We consider it as part of Russia's policy on Ukraine, to conquer Ukraine.

And they use all possible means, including psychological measures. They would like to prevent these cases as they should act in accordance with the standards of international humanitarian law. But they not only prevent such practices, but apparently support them as much as possible and, most likely, even provide direct orders for the implementation of such Action, "Yuri Belousov said.

He noted that the Ukrainian side is trying to establish not only performers, but the command involved in these crimes. "We are interviewing our military, we interrogate Russian prisoners of war. We collect from other sources, open and closed, we take intelligence data and so on, so that in court our position is proven as much as possible. We understand that every thing is under the sight because they will try to refute our evidence. Therefore, we are very careful about it.

And this is very important, " - says Belousov. He cited an example that the personality of the major of the Russian army was established, who in March 2022 executed a Ukrainian prisoner of war near Chernihiv. There is a sentence of his life imprisonment. "We have cases in the courts about later cases. We have suspicions in the Kharkiv region as well. And we are now collecting materials on several recent cases. I think suspicions will be declared in the near future.

The evidence is collected, systematized, we will share information from Our international partners, with the International Criminal Court, which is in Ukraine. That is, we try to attract as many resources as possible, to show them what is happening, " - says Belousov. We will remind that Ukraine is investigating 18 criminal proceedings on the facts of murder by Russian invaders of 38 prisoners of war.