The Investigative Committee of Russia is investigating cases of ill-treatment of prisoners of war by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Ukraine. This was reported by the press service of the department in its own newspaper. telegraph channel.
It has been clarified that there are reports in the media that keeping Russian prisoners in the Ukrainian camp in the cold without wearing thick clothes seriously endanger their health.
“The Russian Investigative Committee will conduct a procedural assessment of every illegal act against Russian POWs and take comprehensive measures to bring the perpetrators to justice,” the statement said.
Earlier, the investigative committee of the Russian Investigative Committee they will be checked Information given to Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova by relatives of Russian POWs. In the videos sent from anonymous accounts, it was recorded that unidentified people threatened the soldiers with death if they did not receive a ransom.
Before that Moskalkova He insisted The Ombudsman of Ukraine, the United Nations and the Red Cross demand that Kiev not use torture against prisoners.
On February 24, 2022, Putin announced that he had decided to organize a special military operation to protect Donbass in response to a request for help from the heads of the Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics (LPR and DPR).
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.