According to data provided by the Prosecutor General’s Office, Dmytro Lubints, Ukraine’s Ombudsman in an Oct. 18 interview, cited by the Prosecutor General’s Office.
According to Lubinets the actual number of cases is likely to be much higher, since it is difficult for Russian war crimes to be documented without supporting evidence like videos of executions.
In the past year, there have been numerous reports of Russian soldiers executing Ukrainian POWs. Social media resurfaced with videos and photos that provided evidence of the crimes. These included drone footage of the POWs being shot as they surrendered their weapons to Russian troops as well as photos and videos of bodies of Ukrainian soldiers, which suggested torture and violent deaths in captivity.
Lubinets said Ukrainian authorities should document cases as much as they can and send the evidence to the Russian Federation Commissioner for Human Rights.
Lubinets stated that “in my opinion, the main cause (of the executions) was that the Russian military did everything possible to ensure that Russian soldiers had no desire to surrender to Ukraine.”
Lubinets claims that Russians also kill prisoners in order to show their disregard for international laws. “They want to demonstrate that they will not be punished (by the international communities),” he continued.
Lubinets stated that “this is a deliberate Russian policy, but international organisations turn a blind-eye.”
“I see no legal or public reaction to these events. There are still no arrest warrants issued for war criminals,” said he.
According to Dmytro Lubinets, it is likely that the actual number of cases is much higher because it is difficult for Russian war crimes to be documented without supporting evidence like videos of the executions.
This is the second violation of Romanian airspace this week.
According to Ukraine’s military intelligence, on October 19, Russian Major Dmitriy Privukha, who was allegedly involved in war crime against Ukraine, died in the center Russian-occupied Luhansk when his car exploded.
The Energy Ministry of Ukraine reported that on the morning Oct. 19, over 73,000 customers in three oblasts had been left without electricity as a result of recent Russian attacks.
“Kremniy EL”, one of the largest microelectronics factories in Russia, produces components that are widely used in Russian defence production. These include Pantsir air-defense systems and Iskander rocket systems.
According to the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, this number includes 1,380 casualties Russian troops suffered in the last day.
“Yesterday, after the inspection they told me I was leaving in 30 minutes, but they did not tell me where. On the way, we learned about the exchange.
The prisoners returned also included some Russian fighters mobilized and contract soldiers including kadyrovtsy – the notoriously brutal troops named after Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov.
Anastasia Bobovnikova said, “The overall strategic positioning of the city remains under Ukraine’s control,” on October 18.
On October 18, Ukraine and Russia conducted their 58th Prisoner Exchange, involving over 190 prisoners of War, announced President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The United States will reward up to $10 million anyone who can provide information that prevents or disrupts foreign interference in elections linked to the state-sponsored Rybar organization of Russian media, announced the U.S. State Department. Rybar and its staff are accused of using social networks to interfere in the upcoming U.S. Presidential election.
A White House readout said that the leaders of the United States and France, Germany and the United Kingdom discussed the five-point plan for victory in Ukraine as well as plans to offer additional military and humanitarian assistance on October 18 during high-level discussions in Berlin.
Ukraine’s Center for Strategic Communication and Information Security has published a video purporting to show North Korean soldiers in Russian military camps preparing to join Moscow’s war effort against Ukraine.
The latest aid package for Kyiv contains weapons from Denmark’s stocks, funding for air defence systems with Germany, as well as contributions to the U.K. led International Fund for Ukraine.
The military intelligence of Ukraine said that the operation resulted in the enemy being driven out of the settlement and the occupying forces‘ routes of travel being mined.
The North Korean missile that was shot over Poltava Oblast contained microelectronics manufactured by companies in the U.S.A., Switzerland, U.K. and the Netherlands.
Oleksandr Syrskyi, the commander-in-chief, called Ukraine a leader in the development and production of interceptor drones.
According to the authorities the bodies were recovered from Donetsk oblast, Luhansk oblast, and Zaporizhzhia Oblast, as well as from a Russian morgue.
The Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated that there is no consensus among EU leaders about the plan and it’s difficult to determine its realistic potential because “much is dependent on the outcome of U.S. Presidential election.”
The bloodiest day in the history of Moscow’s forces occurred on May 13, when they suffered 1,740 reported casualties.
Kyrylo Budanov, Ukraine’s head of military intelligence, said that the first group of 2,600 troops will be deployed in Russia’s Kursk Oblast. This is where Ukraine began its cross-border incision last August and still controls significant territory.
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