The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are moving in the Bakhmut area: there are cases of execution of the Ukrainian military - ISW

It is noted that on February 9, frames made of UAVs of the Russian Federation, which can be seen that the Russian military executed Ukrainian prisoners of war near the Tickyevka in the Bakhmut direction. "The footage shows how the Russian soldier executes the unarmed Ukrainian prisoner, who gave up with his hands raised and killed the second Ukrainian prisoner, throwing a grenade in Blinda.

The ISW stressed that the attack on soldiers who intended to be captured is a violation of Article 41 of the Geneva Convention for the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflict. Earlier, cases where Russian invaders were executed by Ukrainian prisoners of war near the robot in the west of the Zaporozhye region and near the Stepov in the Avdiivsky direction in December 2023.

It is also reported that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation advanced near Bakhmut against the background of positional battles in the area on February 10. According to Russian military bloggers, units of the 98th Airborne Division of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation advanced in the forest area south of Bogdanivka (northwest of Bakhmut).

According to the Ukrainian side, positional battles lasted northeast of Bakhmut in the Razdolivka area, northwest of Bakhmut in the Bogdanivka area, west of Bakhmut in the Ivanovsky area, southwest of Bakhmut in the Kingshiivka and Andreevka area, south of Bakhmut. South and Shum. It should be reminded that at the end of December it became known that the military of the Russian Federation shot the Ukrainian soldiers of the 117th separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces.