The most massive case: the Prosecutor General's Office confirmed the shooting of 16 Armed Forces Fighters by the Russians

The OGU stated that the killings and torture of prisoners were not a chance, but a purposeful policy of the Russian military and political leadership. Russian invaders shot 16 Ukrainian prisoners of war in the Pokrovsky direction. This was reported in the office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine. It is noted that the investigation into the fact of the next military crime of the army of the Russian Federation has begun.

"Under the procedural leadership of the Donetsk Regional Prosecutor's Office, a pre -trial investigation into the violation of the laws and customs of war, combined with deliberate murder (Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine)," - the message reads. The Prosecutor General's Office stated that information about the military crime of the Russian Federation began to spread on the network.

The Russians did it in the area of ​​the villages of Mykolaivka and the Sukhy Yar of the Pokrovsky district. It is reported that there was a video on which the Ukrainian military is captured from the forest. After they lined up in a row, the invaders deliberately opened fire on them. The wounded signs of life were reached close to the automatic queue. "Such actions are cynical and gross violation of the Geneva Conventions and qualify as a serious international crime.

It is the most common known case of the death penalty of Ukrainian prisoners of war on the front line," the Prosecutor General's Office said. Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin stated that the murder and torture of prisoners is not an accident, but a purposeful policy of the Russian military and political leadership. It is reported that measures are already being taken to check the published material.

Investigative and investigative actions aimed at establishing all the circumstances of this crime have been initiated. The Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmitry Lubinets also responded to the event. He wrote on Telegram in his Telegram that 16 soldiers were shot who, according to the Geneva Conventions, should have protection against the captive party.

"However, the country of the negotiate violated the IGP and the Geneva Conventions and with a new scale resorts to the execution of prisoners of war. I once again fulfill my mission and as the Ombudsman of Ukraine I inform letters about another Russian crime of the UN and ICCC!" Lubinets wrote. We will remind, earlier Focus wrote that the Russian military in the area of ​​Mykolaivka - Sukhoi Yar shot 16 Ukrainian prisoners of war.