Prisoners of war describe severe beatings, electric shocks, sleep deprivation, dog bites, mock executions and other threatening, degrading treatment

Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin of Ukraine said on X that the alleged execution occurred along the eastern front in Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast. The date of the incident was unclear. "This is the largest reported case of the execution of Ukrainian POWs on the frontline and yet another indication that the killing and torture of prisoners of war are not isolated incidents,

On one of the Telegram channels, a shocking video appeared showing the execution of 16 Ukrainian soldiers by the Russian army. The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine has launched an investigation.

Russian forces appear to have shot 16 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) in Donetsk Oblast, the largest recorded case of mass execution of surrendered soldiers on the battlefield, Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office said on Oct.

"Lithuania utterly protests yet another war crime committed by Russians in Ukraine. The execution of 16 Ukrainian PoWs near Pokrovsk is another cynical violation of the Geneva convention by Russian forces. Russia will not escape accountability.," the statement reads.

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One of the Telegram channels has released a shocking video showing the execution of 16 Ukrainian soldiers by the Russian army. The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine has launched an investigation.

Russian military executed 16 Ukrainian prisoners of war in the Pokrovsk direction. This is the largest mass execution case since the beginning of the war, according to the Office of the Prosecutor General on Telegram and the Ukrainian Parliament's Commissioner for Human Rights,

The statement describes the apparent war crime as a “mass execution” of Ukrainian POWs that were captured near the villages of Mykolaivka and Sukhyi Yar. Initial reports about it started circulating on Telegram earlier on the same day.