Valery Fadeev, chairman of the Russian Federation Presidential Council for the promotion of civil society and human rights, said on Friday, 18 November: to send “Execution of Russian POWs in Makiivka” will require video and investigation to international organizations, reports DEA News.
Shocking images of the massacre of Russian prisoners of war have spread on social networks before. In one of the videos, soldiers in Russian Armed Forces uniform surrender and their hands are in the air. The video also features soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: one of them lies with a machine gun aimed at the surrendering soldiers, the second calls to leave the house and asks which of the prisoners is an officer. Then gunshots are heard and the video is cut.
The second video shows the bodies of the 12 soldiers who surrendered in the first video. Some have traces of blood next to their bodies. The video was allegedly shot in the Makiivka region, near Svatovo. Two days ago, on November 16, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported that Makiivka was under control.
“We will now send information about the execution in Makeyevka to 2,000 addresses, including the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the OSCE, the Council of Europe, Amnesty International, the International Committee of the Red Cross and other international organisations. directly to politicians, ambassadors, journalists and human rights activists,” said Fadeev.
He stated that this was “a demonstrative defiance crime”. According to him, the reaction of the international community and an investigation are needed.
“The other day I received a response from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to materials sent about the extrajudicial killings near Kupyansk and the bombing of a civilian crossing in Kherson. The HRC chief said they are checking our information and will make their assessment “with all possible care”.
In turn, DPR Ombudsman Daria Morozova also appealed to the UN and the Red Cross. Already at the UN reportedThey’re reviewing videos of murdered Russian POWs.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has confirmed that it has reviewed video of the murdered Russian POWs. “I have contacted my colleagues who said they know and are working on these videos,” Elisabeth Trossell, the organization’s spokesperson, told RIA Novosti.
Statement of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that “the Ukrainian army deliberately killed captured Russian soldiers”.
“The deliberate and methodical killing of more than 10 immobilized Russian soldiers with direct shots in the head by UAF corrupts cannot be presented as a “tragic exception” against the background of the alleged general observance of the rights of detainees by the Kyiv regime. The ministry added that the surrendered UAF soldiers “complied with all the requirements of the Geneva Convention”.
The Ministry of Defense also noted that “this brutal murder is not the first and only war crime, but is a common practice in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, actively supported by the Kyiv regime, and its Western patrons make no sense.” “But Zelensky and his supporters will have to answer before the historical court for the peoples of Russia and Ukraine, for everyone and for every prisoner who was tortured and killed.”
“Anything happens in war”
Recall that the TV channel Fadeev previously refused to intervene in the situation with the broadcast video of the execution of the ex-convict and fighter of PMC “Wagner” Yevgeny Nuzhin. RTVI with reference to sources. “It is unlikely that HRC will send a formal request to law enforcement about the video,” said TV company’s interlocutors.
According to one of them, Fadeev allegedly said “anything happens” during military conflicts.
According to the press service, his stance on the situation with the video has not changed, and the head of the HRC “does not comment on it.”