Overview

• Ukrainian authorities have launched 75 criminal investigations into the suspected execution of 268 prisoners of war by Russian forces.
• Intercepted radio transmissions, confirmed as authentic by Western intelligence, include orders to execute surrendering Ukrainian soldiers, violating international law.
• Drone footage synchronized with these radio orders appears to capture the execution of Ukrainian POWs, providing rare visual evidence of alleged war crimes.
• The UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions described these acts as 'grave breaches' of international law likely authorized by top Russian leadership.
• The Security Service of Ukraine has identified the Russian 'Storm unit' of the 394th Motorized Rifle Regiment as being implicated in multiple atrocities.