Russian Federation spread rumor about "execution" of captured occupiers to avoid responsibility. Fictitious surrender is war crime, - Lubinets
In the pro-Kremlin mass media, the Ukrainian military is accused of violating the procedure of surrender. The occupiers in the Luhansk region staged a surrender and opened fire on Ukrainian servicemen.
Dmytro Lubinets, the representative of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on human rights, reported the incident on his Telegram , Censor.NET reports.
"From separate pieces of the video about the incident with the Russian military in the Luhansk region, it can be concluded that, using the staged capture, the Russians committed a war crime — they opened fire on the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In this case, persons from among Russian military personnel cannot be considered prisoners of war, but are those who are fighting and committing treason. Returning fire is not a war crime. On the contrary, those who want to use the protection of international law for murder must be punished.
The only reason for the death of Russian servicemen on the territory of Ukraine is the criminal policy of the Russian Federation, which launched an unjustified genocidal war against the Ukrainian people.
It is not surprising that such "throw-ins" with accusations are taking place against the background of the liberation of Kherson and the exposure of thousands of new facts of the Kremlin's war crimes.
It will not be possible to switch attention. Killers remain killers, and war criminals await the tribunal," Lubinets said.
