Ukrainian Prosecutor General Reports Killing of POWs by Russian Troops

On November 5, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office reported that Russian troops had killed six captured Ukrainian soldiers near Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast. According to the report, three Ukrainian soldiers were captured unarmed on October 23 during a Russian offensive near Selydove and subsequently shot.

On November 1, three more Ukrainian prisoners of war were reportedly killed by Russian forces during an assault on Ukrainian lines in the Pokrovsk direction. Ukrainian authorities regularly receive reports of the torture, mistreatment, and murder of Ukrainian POWs, adding to ongoing concerns about the treatment of prisoners in the conflict.