{"id":17539,"date":"2025-04-05T06:28:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T06:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russia-executes-p-o-w-s-without-caring-who-watches-ukraine-says\/"},"modified":"2025-04-05T06:28:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T06:28:32","slug":"russia-executes-p-o-w-s-without-caring-who-watches-ukraine-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russia-executes-p-o-w-s-without-caring-who-watches-ukraine-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Executes P.O.W.s Without Caring Who Watches, Ukraine Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On a Monday morning last fall, Ukrainian drone pilots watched what had become a familiar scene unfold on a drone\u2019s live feed: Russian soldiers pointed their guns at two Ukrainians, who seemingly surrendered. Then, the footage showed, the Russians shot them point blank.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The video, provided by a pilot who said he had witnessed the killing on the feed, was verified by The New York Times and the Centre for Information Resilience, a nonprofit organization. It appeared to show the Ukrainian prisoners executed near the village of Novoivanovka in the Kursk region of Russia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThere were no polite words spoken among us \u2014 we were filled with rage and an intense desire for revenge,\u201d said the pilot, 26, who served with the 15th Mobile Border Guard and asked to be identified by his call sign of \u201cOne Two\u201d in accordance with military protocol.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">As the United States embraces Russian talking points in its push for a cease-fire in Ukraine, many Ukrainians wonder whether allegations of Russian war crimes will simply be forgotten. President Trump has indicated that he would like to re-establish ties with Russia and end the war \u2014 or at least, wind down the U.S. commitment to Ukraine made under President Joseph R. Biden Jr.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The U.S. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/17\/us\/politics\/trump-ukraine-invasion-accountability.html\" title=\"\">informed European officials<\/a> recently that it is withdrawing from a multinational group created to investigate allegations of war crimes against senior Russian leaders and allies responsible for launching the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The Biden administration joined the group in 2023. The U.S. State Department has also <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/18\/us\/politics\/trump-ukraine-abducted-children.html\" title=\"\">ended funding<\/a> for the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/medicine.yale.edu\/lab\/khoshnood\/news-article\/fact-sheet-russias-kidnapping-and-re-education-of-ukraines-children\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">tracking of tens of thousands<\/a> of Ukrainian children <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2023\/12\/26\/world\/europe\/ukraine-war-children-russia.html\" title=\"\">abducted by Russia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">While both <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/06\/world\/europe\/ukraine-russia-killings-us.html\" title=\"\">sides<\/a> have been accused of committing war crimes, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2025\/03\/russia-ukraine-ill-treatment-of-ukrainians-in-russian-captivity-amounts-to-war-crimes-and-crimes-against-humanity\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Russia<\/a> has faced far more allegations, not only from Ukraine but also human-rights groups and the United Nations. In recent months, Ukrainian and international human-rights officials have accused Russian troops of executing Ukrainian soldiers who have surrendered instead of taking them as prisoners of war, as required under the Geneva Conventions treaties that outline how nations should treat enemy forces and civilians during armed conflict.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A recent U.N. report decried an \u201calarming spike\u201d in Russian executions of Ukrainian prisoners. In December, Ukraine\u2019s human rights ombudsman office announced that <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/articles\/2024\/12\/18\/7489582\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">177<\/a> Ukrainian prisoners of war had been executed on the battlefield since the beginning of the war; of those, 109 were killed in 2024 alone. Russians have killed at least 25 additional Ukrainian soldiers since then, according to Artem Starosiek, who runs Molfar, a Ukrainian consultancy that supports the war effort and analyzed videos to come up with that tally. The Times could not independently verify that count.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThis could be one of the largest campaigns of intentional P.O.W. murder in modern history,\u201d Ukraine\u2019s foreign minister, Andrii Sybiha, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/andrii_sybiha\/status\/1886392246502646154\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> in February.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Russian Defense Ministry did not reply to a request for comment on the Ukrainian allegations, although the Kremlin has repeatedly denied that Russia commits war crimes in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Five Ukrainian drone pilots said in interviews that they had watched as drone videos showed their fellow soldiers surrendering, only to be killed. On Telegram, such videos have become commonplace. Although Russian officials have denied committing war crimes in Ukraine, some Russian soldiers appear so unconcerned about potential repercussions that they have posted their own videos of killing unarmed Ukrainians.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In past conflicts, war crimes usually happened out of sight, only to be revealed later through investigations. But drones mean that these executions can be tracked in real time: Grainy footage showed as many as 16 men, lined up and shot dead <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/ukraine-investigating-alleged-shooting-16-pows-by-russia-2024-10-01\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sept. 30<\/a>, after surrendering near the eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk, according to the Ukrainian prosecutor general\u2019s office. Nine Ukrainian drone operators were forced to strip to their underwear and lie face down on the ground in Kursk before being <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/davidaxe\/2024\/10\/13\/russian-troops-captured-nine-ukrainian-drone-operators-stripped-them-and-then-murdered-them\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">shot Oct. 10<\/a> \u2014 the footage was so clear, a mother of one man later recognized him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Some perpetrators film the videos themselves \u2014 like one posted in January that circulated widely on social media and appeared to show the executions of <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ukraine-russia-war-video-possible-pow-executions-russian-troops-donetsk\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">six Ukrainian soldiers<\/a> near Donetsk, the Ukrainian prosecutor general\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cOne\u2019s mine,\u201d one Russian said on the video.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cFilm me on camera, damn it,\u201d another added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The video ended with a seventh Ukrainian on the ground, his fate unclear.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Although the video\u2019s location couldn\u2019t be independently verified, the men killed in the video wore yellow armbands, like Ukrainian forces are known to. One soldier involved was identified by <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/evocation.info\/rashist-shot-captured-afu-fighters-on-donetsk-direction\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">open source researchers<\/a>, and later <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/d73113b4-f58a-442e-ae10-a74973ebc49f\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Financial Times<\/a>, as a Russian named Oleg Yakovlev.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Since the end of August, the U.N. human-rights monitoring mission in Ukraine has documented 29 encounters in which Russian soldiers killed at least 91 incapacitated Ukrainian soldiers, including the episode witnessed by One Two. Human-rights monitors analyzed videos and photos published by Ukrainian and Russian sources showing executions and dead bodies, interviewed witnesses and verified that the reported executions took place near Russian offensives, said Danielle Bell, the head of the mission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt\u2019s horrible,\u201d Ms. Bell said in an interview. \u201cAnd these are just the cases that we have assessed as being credible and reliable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">During those same six months, the United Nations documented one execution of an incapacitated Russian soldier by Ukrainian troops, Ms. Bell said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">She would not speculate on why the number of killings has increased. But in August, Ukrainian soldiers invaded Kursk, potentially sparking retaliation. Some military analysts said the Russians could be trying to intimidate potential Ukrainian recruits from joining the army and make Russian soldiers think twice before surrendering \u2014 because the Ukrainians might want revenge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Russian soldiers captured after executing Ukrainian troops said in interrogations that they were ordered to kill them \u2014 even after telling commanders that the Ukrainians had surrendered and tossed their weapons on the ground, according to an edited video of the interrogations released recently by the Ukrainian Special Forces.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Ukrainians apparently began to run \u201cafter hearing the command over the radio to open fire,\u201d one captured Russian said in the video. He added: \u201cAnd fire was opened on them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In mid-March, as Russian forces sought to retake Kursk, a photo circulated of several Ukrainian prisoners of war with their hands behind their backs. Another video, which could not be independently verified, showed the same prisoners, now dead, with three of them bleeding from the backs of their heads. The person filming used slurs to refer to them as he counted the corpses for the camera.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The orders are likely to come from the top, analysts said. The deputy head of Russia\u2019s Security Council \u2014 Dmitri Medvedev, the former president \u2014 said that Ukrainian soldiers had no right to life or mercy after Ukraine\u2019s <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/moscow-investigates-ukrainian-video-showing-shooting-wounded-russian-soldier-2024-07-16\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Azov Brigade<\/a> posted a video of a soldier shooting what appeared to be an injured Russian soldier on social media in July. \u201cExecute, execute and execute,\u201d Mr. Medvedev wrote on <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/meduza.io\/en\/feature\/2024\/07\/16\/ukraine-s-azov-regiment-posts-video-showing-shooting-of-russian-soldier-sparking-fury-and-an-investigation-in-moscow\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Telegram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In October, the Washington-based Institute for the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.understandingwar.org\/backgrounder\/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-october-13-2024\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Study of War<\/a> said: \u201cRussian commanders are likely writ large condoning, encouraging, or directly ordering the execution of Ukrainian P.O.W.s.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">When drone pilots have seen the Russians pointing their weapons at the Ukrainians on video, the pilots said, they often went quiet watching their comrades get shot. Then they swore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">One commander said one scene still haunted him: A Russian soldier shot four Ukrainian soldiers lying face down in a trench near Chasiv Yar, and he could do nothing to stop it. \u201cWithout hesitation, he executed them all,\u201d said the commander, who uses the call sign \u201cMadara,\u201d for a Japanese manga hero.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In another video, Russians surrounded four injured Ukrainians, forced them out of their shelter into a yard and confiscated their weapons. The Russians then took three of the soldiers to the street and shot them, said one military intelligence officer from the 110th Brigade with the call sign of \u201cGrandfather.\u201d It was one of three executions of Ukrainian soldiers in the Donetsk region he had watched on video feeds from drones at a command post over the past year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe worst part was the helplessness \u2014 we couldn\u2019t do anything to help our men,\u201d Grandfather said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">After seeing the Ukrainian soldiers killed on the morning of Nov. 11, One Two said commanders wanted the drone pilots to retaliate. The pilots of three units met on a video call. One Ukrainian drone tracked five Russians \u2014 the two who shot the Ukrainians, and the three who stood by \u2014 and gave a live feed of their movements into the forest. Ten other drones followed, surrounding the five Russians. And then, One Two said, the drone pilots fired their weapons and killed them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Marc Santora<!-- -->, <!-- -->Oleksandra Mykolyshyn<!-- --> and <!-- -->Liubov Sholudko<!-- --> contributed reporting from Kyiv, and <!-- -->Alina Lobzina<!-- --> from London.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a 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