The security service opened a criminal case over the shooting of a Ukrainian prisoner of war. It was opened under Art. 438 part 2 of the Criminal Code — violation of the laws and customs of war.
Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin announced this.
"Even war has laws. There are rules of international law that are systematically neglected by the criminal Russian regime. Sooner or later, the crime will be punished. All those involved will be held accountable before the law," he said.
Procedural management will be carried out by prosecutors of the General Prosecutorʼs Office.
- On March 6, activists Serhiy Sternenko and Ihor Lachenkov posted on Twitter a video of the shooting of a captured Ukrainian soldier by the Russians. He was executed after he answered "Glory to Ukraine" to the occupiers. The killing of unarmed prisoners of war is a war crime under the Geneva Convention.