Law enforcement agencies have initiated an investigation into the execution of two Ukrainian prisoners of war, which occurred in the Pokrovsk direction, reported the press service of the Office of the Prosecutor General.

The occupiers executed unarmed Ukrainian defenders.

On May 22, Russian troops assaulted the positions of the Defense Forces near the village of Udačne in Donetsk region.

During the assault, the occupiers captured two unarmed Ukrainian defenders and subsequently shot them in a forest belt.

The fate of two other Ukrainian soldiers performing combat missions in the area remains unknown.

The Prosecutor General's Office emphasized that the intentional killing of prisoners of war is a gross violation of the Geneva Conventions and qualifies as a serious international crime.

The Donetsk regional prosecutor's office has already opened a preliminary investigation under Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (a war crime resulting in death).

Investigators from the Main Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions are conducting urgent investigative actions.

Their goal is to establish all circumstances of the incident and identify those involved in the crime.

The Ukrainian Ombudsman reported another execution of Ukrainian captives by Russians.

On March 13, Russian occupiers reportedly executed Ukrainian prisoners of war once again.

Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets has already sent letters to the UN and the ICRC to ensure this war crime is recorded.

Previously, Lubinets reported the emergence of a new video in which Russian soldiers allegedly execute six unarmed Ukrainian prisoners of war.

The video shows the occupiers shooting the Ukrainian soldiers in the back.