The United Nations said Friday it was 'deeply concerned' by what it described as summary executions of prisoners of war carried out by Russian and Ukrainian forces on the battlefield. ManilaBulletin
KYIV, Ukraine - The United Nations said Friday it was "deeply concerned" by what it described as summary executions of prisoners of war carried out by Russian and Ukrainian forces on the battlefield.
"We are deeply concerned about summary execution of up to 25 Russian prisoners of war and persons hors de combat by the Ukrainian armed forces, which we have documented," Bogner said at a press conference in Kyiv. Bogner also related the UN's "deep" concern over "the summary execution of 15 Ukrainian prisoners of war shortly after being captured by Russian armed forces".
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