Preliminary investigations carried out by experts from the UN Human Rights Office confirm the authenticity of the video footage of the apparent execution of Russian soldiers who surrendered to the Ukrainian army in the village of Makhivika.
🇧🇷Images are more likely to be authentic in showing🇧🇷 The actual circumstances of the entire sequence of events must be investigated in as much detail as possible,” said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Dürk.
The Russia has accused Ukraine’s military of summarily executing a dozen soldiers After the widespread circulation of a series of videos in which they can be seen surrendering to Ukrainian troops in the village of Makivka in the Luhansk region.
However, a Russian soldier appears in the footage shooting at Ukrainians, at which point the video is interrupted. But soon, the corpses of 12 Russian soldiers were found with their arms spread out on their stomachs.
The UN called for an independent and thorough forensic investigation to determine what really happened.
at Ukrainian authorities have launched a criminal investigation to find out what happenedBut Turk stressed that any allegation of summary executions must be investigated so there is no doubt that it is carried out openly and impartially.
“I request the parties to issue clear instructions not to resort to reprisals or retaliatory measures against prisoners of war,” the high commissioner urged.
Turkey has condemned Russian bombings against essential infrastructure in Ukraine since the 10th and last Wednesday, eight civilians, including a woman and a two-day-old baby, were killed in a hospital in Zaporizhzhya.
Another 45 people were injured in the attack In six weeks 272 people were injured and 77 diedUN According to the facts collected by the observers on the ground.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday 703 confirmed Russian attacks on infrastructure, mainly power plants, vehicles, food, medicine, medical personnel and patients, causing “hundreds of deaths”.🇧🇷
Of this number, 618 attacks were related to medical facilities🇧🇷 Despite the attacks, WHO underlines, the Ukrainian health system continues to function.
According to the WHO, 90% of chronic patients are treated regularly, and the same happens to 95% of those attending primary care centers.
The military offensive launched by Russia in Ukraine on February 24 has already displaced more than 13 million people — more than six million internally and more than 7.8 million to European countries — according to the most recent UN data. , which characterizes The refugee crisis is the worst in Europe since World War II (1939-1945).
The UN confirmed 6,595 civilian deaths and 10,189 wounded since the beginning of the war, stressing that these numbers are much lower than the actual number.
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