The United Nations states it is "appalled by the particularly horrific videos posted on social media". One of them shows the execution of a captured Ukrainian soldier, and the second shows the mutilated bodies of two Ukrainian soldiers.
This is stated in the statement of the UN Human Rights Mission in Ukraine, which is quoted by CNN. The organization says the apparent executions are "not an isolated incident."
"In recent reports, the Mission recorded a number of serious violations of international humanitarian law, including those committed against prisoners of war. The latest incidents should also be properly investigated, and those responsible should be brought to justice," the organization added.
On March 24, the UN informed that it had documented dozens of executions of prisoners of war by both Russian and Ukrainian forces. The UN mission documented the execution of 15 Ukrainian prisoners of war and allegedly 25 Russian prisoners of war (based on information from open sources, field visits and witness interviews).
- On April 11, a video of the execution of a Ukrainian soldier appeared on the Internet — his head was cut off alive, then the American TV channel CNN found another video with the beheading of Ukrainian soldiers. The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the country is not going to forget anything and forgive the murderers, the SBU opened a case, and the Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets sent these videos to his colleagues from all over the world.