USA: russians executed Ukrainians who tried to surrender in Donetsk
Executions are part of a list of russia's war crimes in Ukraine
It was informed that the United States had verified information that the russian military had been executing Ukrainians trying to surrender in the Donetsk region.
Source. This was stated by US Special Ambassador for International Justice Beth Van Schaack at a UN meeting, reports The Hill.
Details. “We now have credible information that a Russian military unit operating in the vicinity of Donetsk executed Ukrainians who were attempting to surrender, rather than take them into custody,” she said at the U.N. Security Council meeting.
“If true, this would be in violation of a core principle of the law of war: the prohibition against the summary execution of civilians and of combatants who are hors de combat by virtue of surrender, injury or other forms of incapacitation,” she declared.
Executions are part of a list of russia's war crimes in Ukraine, that consists of russian attacks on civilians, kidnappings, tortures and rapes.
russia has focused its efforts on the Donetsk region as its troops failed to capture the capital, Kyiv.
“Our simple message to russia’s military and political leadership and to the rank-and-file is this: the world is watching, and you will be held accountable,” Van Schaack summed up.
Background. Earlier, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (the Supreme Council of Ukraine) adopted a resolution on the russian federation's genocide in Ukraine on Thursday, April 14.
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