The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine has reported a significant increase in summary executions of Ukrainian POWs, noting 79 killings in 24 incidents since late August. Witnesses have described brutal killings of unarmed and injured soldiers in Russian custody. The mission linked this violence to a broader climate of dehumanization in public discourse by Russian officials, who have publicly called for inhumane treatment of captured soldiers. This environment of acceptance is seen as enabling ongoing violations without accountability, emphasizing the need for international oversight.
Since the end of August, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine recorded 79 executions of Ukrainian POWs by Russian troops in 24 separate incidents.
These incidents did not occur in a vacuum. Public figures in the Russian Federation have explicitly called for inhumane treatment... of captured Ukrainian military personnel.
Documentation indicates an environment enabling violations to occur, including with impunity, fueled by public officials' calls for inhumane treatment.
Russian government officials and state-owned media regularly use 'dehumanising language' when referring to Ukrainian prisoners of war.
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