Shocking images show three unarmed Ukrainian prisoners of war executed by Putin’s forces.
In images, which are too graphic for MailOnline to share, Russian soldiers are said to be shooting dead unarmed, motionless soldiers in Krynky with what appear to be assault rifles.
The disturbing video shows the apparently dead soldiers lying against a wall, blood pouring from their wounds as repeated shots hit their bodies.
The very distressing case was reported to the United Nations by Kiev’s human rights commissioner Dmytro Lyubinets.
Lyubinets said: ‘(The images) should become an evidentiary basis for the tribunal against criminals… The killing of prisoners of war is a blatant violation of the Geneva Convention on the Treatment of Prisoners of War and a serious international crime.
In images, which are too graphic for MailOnline to share, Russian soldiers are said to be shooting dead unarmed, motionless soldiers in Krynky with what appear to be assault rifles.
The very distressing case was reported to the United Nations by Kiev’s human rights commissioner Dmytro Lyubinets.
Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office said Russia had ignored provisions of the Geneva Convention on the Treatment of Prisoners of War, which they said indicated “that such actions are supported by the top level of the Russian Armed Forces” (Photo: Russian President Putin)
‘Such cases are unfortunately not isolated and are a systematic practice of an insidious enemy…
“The world community must send a clear signal to Russia that the traces of war crimes cannot be hidden.”
Ukraine has launched a preliminary investigation into the violation of the laws and customs of war, combined with premeditated murder.
The Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office said: “Once again the representatives of the attacking state have flagrantly ignored the provisions of the Geneva Convention on the treatment of prisoners of war, which indicates that such actions are supported by the Supreme Command of the Russian Armed Forces. forces.’
Ukrainian investigative agency evocation.info has named the Hero of Russia, Lieutenant Colonel Sergei Ishtuganov, 37, as the one who ordered the alleged war crime.
He once told Putin that he was fighting “Nazi scum” in Ukraine.
The Russian Armed Forces’ 328th Airborne Regiment “wiped Krynki off the face of the earth and was involved in several war crimes,” the outlet said.
“The crime was committed by soldiers of the 328th regiment of the 104th division on the orders of the Hero of Russia Sergei Ishtuganov.
“This was done to intimidate the fighters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.”
The wounded prisoners of war were ‘killed with automatic weapons… the recordings were specially made in close-up.’
On December 8, 2022, Ishtuganov was awarded Russia’s highest honor by Putin.
The very distressing case was reported to the United Nations by Kiev’s human rights commissioner Dmytro Lyubinets (photo)
Ukrainian investigative agency evocation.info has named Hero of Russia Lieutenant Colonel Sergei Ishtuganov (pictured left next to Putin), 37, as the commander for the alleged war crime
The wounded POWs were “killed with automatic weapons… the recordings were specially carried out in close-up,” reports the Ukrainian research center evocation.info
Addressing Putin at the Kremlin award ceremony, the Colonel said: “Comrade Commander-in-Chief (Putin), it is a great honor for me to stand in the great hall of our country and receive the highest award of our Motherland. , the Gold Star Medal.
‘This is the merit of all my subordinate paratroopers, with whom we fight against the Nazi scum.
“Eighty years ago, our grandfathers and great-grandfathers also defended the independence of our native country and waged a ruthless struggle for the entire Russian world.”
He thanked Putin for his confidence in him and promised: ‘The enemy will be defeated, the victory will be ours. I have the honor.’