The Donetsk regional prosecutor's office is investigating the fact of the shooting by the occupiers of 5 captured servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Pokrovsk Axis.
This was reported by the press service of the prosecutor's office.
It is reported that on November 13, 2024, the occupiers began an assault on the positions of the Defense Forces of Ukraine in the area of the village of Petrivka, Pokrovsk district. 5 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, having retreated, took refuge in a private house, which after some time was surrounded by the enemy.
Representatives of the occupation army took them prisoner and forced them, unarmed, to come out of the shelter and lie on the ground. After that, the invaders shot the defenders with automatic weapons.
"Urgent investigative (search) actions are being carried out to establish all the circumstances of the incident. The killing of prisoners of war is a gross violation of the Geneva Conventions and qualifies as a grave international crime," the report says.
A pre-trial investigation has been launched in criminal proceedings into the commission of a war crime that caused the death of people (Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
We will remind you that, according to the prosecutor's office, another shooting of Ukrainian soldiers in the Pokrovsk Axis occurred on November 10.
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