An investigation has been launched into the shooting of two Ukrainian prisoners of war by the occupiers in Volnovakha district of Donetsk region. According to Ukrainian law enforcement, the Russians executed two Ukrainian soldiers.
This was reported by the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office.
According to the investigation, on January 3, during an assault on the positions of Ukrainian troops near the village of Vremivka, Volnovakha district, the occupiers captured two Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen. The prisoners were taken out of the dugout at gunpoint and shot point blank in the head. To make sure they were dead, the enemy made several more shots.
Under the procedural guidance of the Donetsk Regional Prosecutor’s Office, a pre-trial investigation into the criminal proceedings over the commission of a war crime that resulted in the death of people has been initiated.
Investigative actions are underway to establish the circumstances of the crime and identify all those involved.
As a reminder, today DeepState analysts reported that this is probably the case of the execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Donetsk region near the village of Neskuchne, near Vremivka, which was reported by the Prosecutor General’s Office.