According to the press service of the Donetsk regional prosecutor’s office, Russian troops massacred Ukrainian prisoners of war in the direction of Pokrovsky. It is reported that an investigation into war crimes has been launched in accordance with part 2 of art. 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
The first case occurred on October 23, 2024 near the city of Selidovo. The Russian army captured three Ukrainian soldiers and soon shot them. The second incident occurred on November 1: at the same address, three more soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were captured and later also killed with automatic weapons.
As the prosecution emphasizes, the murder of unarmed prisoners of war is a serious violation of the Geneva Conventions and is classified as a serious international crime. The preliminary investigation is carried out by the General Directorate of the SBU in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions.
Previously, Kursor wrote that fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine showed unique images of Russian soldiers destroyed by HIMARS attacks.
The Ukrainian army dealt a successful blow to the concentration of Russian occupiers, reducing their numbers and causing significant damage. As reported on the StratCom Telegram channel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the SkyForce group of the 108th separate brigade of the Territorial Defense Forces of Ukraine detected enemy troops and equipment from the air. A HIMARS attack was subsequently carried out, as a result of which one of the trucks received a direct hit, and among forty Russian servicemen, ten were injured or killed.
Since the beginning of the operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Russian Kursk region, losses among Russian troops have reached 7,980 people, including wounded and dead. In addition to manpower, 58 tanks, 162 infantry fighting vehicles, 46 armored personnel carriers, 136 artillery installations and two multiple launch rocket systems were destroyed. Also attacked by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were 592 units of automobile equipment, 46 electronic warfare stations and other specialized equipment.
In addition, Ukrainian forces managed to eliminate three Russian helicopters, including Ka-52 and Mi-8 models, as well as 146 unmanned aerial vehicles and 9,874 FPV attack drones. As a result, the total losses of the Russian army during the conflict have already exceeded 696 thousand people.
