About 80% of the executions of Ukrainian servicemen by the Russian occupiers took place in 2024. This was announced by the head of the Department for Combating Crimes Committed in Conditions of Armed Conflict of the Prosecutor General’s Office Yuriy Belousov during a national telethon.
According to him, the death of 93 Ukrainian soldiers who were executed on the battlefield has already been confirmed. The most alarming thing is that about 80% of these executions took place in 2024, which indicates a sharp increase in cases of brutal torture.
Belousov also noted that since November 2023, the attitude of the Russian military towards Ukrainian prisoners has significantly deteriorated.
“Perhaps, the most resonant example of this is our prisoners of war who died in Olenivka. But such cases are also recorded in other places of imprisonment.”, – he emphasized.
In addition, the head of the department recalled the recent report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, which confirmed the execution of 10 prisoners of war in various places of detention. These crimes became the subject of large-scale investigations covering places of imprisonment both on the territory of Russia and in the occupied territories of Ukraine.
According to Belousov, all Ukrainian prisoners of war returning from captivity testify to the brutal torture they were subjected to. Many of them died at the hands of the Russian military, FSB and other power structures of the aggressor state during torture.
In addition, a few days ago, video footage appeared on the Internet, which recorded the shooting of 16 Ukrainian servicemen in the Pokrovsky direction. The video shows how the fighters come out of the plantation under the convoy of the Russian invaders, they are lined up and shot. The Attorney General’s Office opened an investigation into this heinous crime the same day.
