The Russians shot Ukrainian prisoners of war in Zaporizhzhia: the Prosecutor General’s Office opened criminal proceedings

Another video appeared, which recorded the shooting of unarmed Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russian troops, which prompted the General Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine to open criminal proceedings for a gross violation of the Geneva Conventions and international law.

Another video of the execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war by the Russian occupiers appeared on the Internet. In connection with this, the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine opened criminal proceedings. This was announced by the Office of the General Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine.

The agency said that on July 10, a video recording of the shooting of two captured Ukrainian defenders by Russian army soldiers was distributed on the Internet.

According to Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin, the crime was committed in June 2024 near the village of Robotyne in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Video of the killing of two captured Ukrainian soldiers by the Russian military. The recording clearly shows that the defenders of Ukraine laid down their weapons and did not offer any resistance. Russians cynically shoot unarmed people. This is a deliberate policy of the Kremlin’s criminal regime to destroy everything Ukrainian, Kostin emphasized.

The Office of the General Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine emphasizes that the killing of prisoners of war is a gross violation of the Geneva Conventions and qualifies as a serious international crime.

Under the procedural guidance of the Zaporizhia Regional Prosecutor’s Office, investigators of the Security Service of Ukraine in the region are conducting a pre-trial investigation in criminal proceedings under part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – summarized in the Office of the General Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine.