Under the procedural leadership of the Donetsk Regional Prosecutor’s Office, a pre-trial investigation has been initiated in criminal proceedings on the fact of violation of the laws and customs of war, combined with intentional murder (Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

According to operational data, on October 18, 2024, at 14:38, representatives of the Russian Armed Forces in the Pokrovsky district captured two Ukrainian servicemen. The occupiers, who stormed a forest plantation near the town of Selidove, laid the unarmed prisoners of war face down. They held them in this position, pressing their feet to the ground, and after some time shot them at close range with automatic weapons.

The murder of prisoners of war is a gross violation of the Geneva Conventions and qualifies as a grave international crime.

The pre-trial investigation is being conducted by investigators of the Main Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

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