Yurii Belousov, the head of the department focused on war-related crimes, explained that 80% of these cases were recorded in 2024, but the trend appeared already late last year.

Ukraine has documented evidence related to the execution of 93 Ukrainian prisoners of war, according to a law enforcement official tasked with investigating war crimes related to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

( MENAFN - UkrinForm) Russian invasion forces extrajudicially executed near Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, 16 soldiers who were likely part of the two Ukrainian army units, prosecutors established. That's according to Yurii Belousov, chief of the War Department at the Prosecutor General's Office, Ukrinform reports.

Ukrainian prosecutors said on Saturday they were investigating allegations Russian forces executed four Ukrainian prisoners of war and said a possible suspect for the killings was in

Sixteen Ukrainian soldiers were allegedly executed by Russian forces they were surrendering to, according to Ukrainian authorities, who have launched an investigation into the incident.

Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale aggression against Ukraine, at least 177 Ukrainian prisoners of war have died in Russian captivity.

Ukrainian law enforcement officials have information about the execution of 93 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) by the Russian forces on the battlefield. Source: Yurii Bielousov, Chief of the Department for Combating Crimes Committed during Armed Conflicts at the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine,

At least 177 Ukrainian prisoners have died in Russian captivity since the beginning of Moscow's full-scale invasion, said Victoria Tsymbaliuk, a representative of the Ukrainian Coordination Center for the Treatment of Prisoners of War (POWs).