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Ukraine: Russian Forces Executed Surrendering Ukraine Soldiers
Human Rights Watch ^ | 2 May 2024 | Human Rights Watch

Posted on 05/02/2024 10:05:48 AM PDT by MeganC

(Kyiv, May 2, 2024) – Russian forces appear to have executed at least 15 Ukrainian soldiers as they attempted to surrender, and possibly six more who were surrendering or who had surrendered, since early December 2023, Human Rights Watch said today. These incidents should be investigated as war crimes.

“Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, its forces have committed many heinous war crimes,” said Belkis Wille, associate crisis and conflict director at Human Rights Watch. “The summary execution – or murder – of surrendering and injured Ukrainian soldiers, gunned down in cold blood, expressly forbidden under international humanitarian law, is also included in that shameful legacy.”

Human Rights Watch investigated three instances of the apparent summary execution of at least 12 Ukrainian soldiers by verifying and analyzing drone footage posted on social media on December 2 and December 27, and on February 25, 2024. In these cases, the soldiers demonstrated a clear intent to surrender and, since they were no longer taking part in hostilities, were considered hors de combat and not targetable under international humanitarian law, or the laws of war.

Human Rights Watch verified the location of two of the three incidents based on the footage, but due to the lack of geographic details in the videos, was unable to determine the exact location of the third. Human Rights Watch was unable to verify which party operated the drone that captured the footage in these cases.

Human Rights Watch investigated a fourth instance by analyzing another video clip posted on social media on February 19 showing two Russian soldiers executing three surrendering and unarmed Ukrainian soldiers. Although the account that posted the clip stated the location of the incident, Human Rights Watch has not been able to verify the location independently.

For the fifth incident, the investigation relied on an interview with a Ukrainian soldier, a video posted to a Telegram channel on February 16, and in-depth media coverage including interviews with family members of one of the victims. The information suggests that six soldiers were executed in the incident, though the circumstances were less clear.

In one of the five incidents, on February 25, verified drone footage shared widely online including on X (formerly known as Twitter) shows at least seven Ukrainian soldiers exiting a dugout among some trees between two fields, removing their body armor, at least one soldier removing their helmet, and all lying face down as five Russian soldiers aim their guns at them. The Russian soldiers are identifiable by distinctive red tape markings around the arms and legs. Three Russian soldiers then shoot toward the clearly surrendered Ukrainian soldiers from behind and both sides.

Six of the Ukrainian soldiers remain face down, visibly reacting to the impact of the shots, while one attempts to reenter the dugout but is shot before he is able to. The incident took place near Ivanivske village in the Donetska region. The location was first verified by EjShahid, a volunteer for GeoConfirmed, and subsequently confirmed by Human Rights Watch researchers.

(More at the link)


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia; Ukraine
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To: ansel12
You aren’t paying attention and think this is just a trivial “distraction” by people and governments who don’t pay attention and are merely distracted.

Try reading what I provided you. Then look around as to what is happening in our nation. The invasion of our borders, with flights into US states on the parole arrangement. You idiots refuse to see that we are the target, and that this administration is orchestrating the invasion of millions of predominately military aged men. Then we will move on to your claims that make little sense in the scheme of things.

Also, provide me the proof that Russia & Putin want to take all of Europe. They can barely conquer Ukraine. Putin's Russia, has nowhere near the capabilities that Stalin's USSR had.

As for Japan they have been rebuilding their military since 1952, after preventing them from doing so after the end of WWII. They have increasingly been given more & more freedom to do so as the years passed, and they continue doing so to this day. I suspect their increase in defense building lies more in their fear of China who they brutally attacked in WWII as their CCP becomes ever more powerful. Russia may have played a small role, but I doubt they have as much fear of them as they do China.

Bottom line is that, yes I do stand by my claim that you Zeepers do not fully understand that Ukraine is the distraction being offered up to keep your attention focused on Ukraine, and that we need to fear Russia.

81 posted on 05/02/2024 12:32:29 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: ansel12

War is hell. Each side do atrocities to each other. I won’t celebrate one and condemn another. Especially when it’s not even our business nor in our own country.


82 posted on 05/02/2024 12:35:09 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: Robert DeLong

And there it is, off into the wild blue yonder.


83 posted on 05/02/2024 12:45:53 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: HollyB

I haven’t seen any media celebrating it because they aren’t, it is resistance from the people being invaded and being occupied of the side that America and our allies in the world all support against an enemy that we all share.


84 posted on 05/02/2024 12:50:50 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: MeganC; Darksheare

>>>>Not quite what you were saying. But if that’s what gets your hate going then fine.<<<<

You inferring that someone is hateful is a hoot meggie. This coming for you, who DEHUMANIZES the Russian people and pro-America FReepers with hateful taglines and who wishes patriotic FReepers DEAD for merely disagreeing with you.

These evil responses came out of your fetid pie hole.

Here’s some of the “warm and fuzzy” comments you made in a thread entitled “Russia bars Moldovan nationals, summoning ambassador”
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4198845/posts

To: fieldmarshaldj
Why would Satan kill Russians like you? You already gave him your soul.
14 posted on 11/24/2023, 11:05:21 AM by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: fieldmarshaldj
Take a look at your unwanted posts to me and then ask yourself why I wish and pray that you’d die.
Lord Haste the Day!
19 posted on 11/24/2023, 5:31:57 PM by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: fieldmarshaldj
“What I see in you is someone who is Satanically possessed.”
Spoken like a true Russian. Either you are a Russian or you spend too much time lapping up their propaganda.
Understand, when you morons use Russian insults you confirm for me what I suspected anyway.
24 posted on 11/25/2023, 11:36:36 AM by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: fieldmarshaldj
Since you won’t stop posting to me and since the mods won’t stop you either then I’ll continue to wish and pray for your death.
41,567
27 posted on 11/25/2023, 1:40:12 PM by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: fieldmarshaldj
“I do not have so much as one drop of Russian DNA”
Send me two gallons of your blood and I’ll have it tested to make sure.
33 posted on 11/25/2023, 4:47:44 PM by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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More from a thread called “Rats Always Run Away First. Russian Breakthrough Intensifies. Military Summary 2024.1.29”
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4213715/posts
To: E. Pluribus Unum
“You just love it when people die in war, don’t you?”
No. But of course, Ruzzians aren’t people.
18 posted on 1/29/2024, 6:19:46 PM by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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Here’s one of meggie’s latest taglines: MeganC (Ruzzians aren’t people. )
She’s intentionally dehumanizing a specific group of people in the same way the Nazis dehumanized the Jews.

To: E. Pluribus Unum
“You just love it when people die in war, don’t you?”
No. But of course, Ruzzians aren’t people.

18 posted on 1/29/2024, 6:19:46 PM by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4213715/posts?page=18#18

Thread title:
Rats Always Run Away First. Russian Breakthrough Intensifies. Military Summary 2024.1.29

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4213715/posts?page=18#18

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JimRob stepped in and issued meggie this warning:

To: MeganC
Please, no more of this

261 posted on 11/27/2023, 7:57:06 PM by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
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To: Jim Robinson
I’ll oblige.

263 posted on 11/27/2023, 8:00:24 PM by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4199403/posts?page=263#263
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But meggie’s back at it. She can’t stop. The troll farm pays too well.


85 posted on 05/02/2024 12:59:28 PM PDT by bimboeruption (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023)
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To: ansel12

While you remain grossly uniformed.


86 posted on 05/02/2024 1:15:03 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: bimboeruption; MeganC

Like I said, she gets a thrill from it.


87 posted on 05/02/2024 1:18:45 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: ansel12

“Putin’s invasion of Ukaraine has shaken the world ..”
pure idiocy
The only thing it has shaken scores of billions from US taxpayers.


88 posted on 05/02/2024 1:25:53 PM PDT by A strike (There is no tyranny that cannot be justified by 'climate change')
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To: A strike

All you have to do is look at the reactions around the globe among our allies and friends and even Russia’s allies and friends.

The concrete reactions, the budgeting, the new weapons factories, plans for drafts, increasing and restructuring military forces, seeking new bases and alliances, new energy sources and suppliers, elections being influenced by new voter concerns.


89 posted on 05/02/2024 1:32:53 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ansel12

Agree. But this (murdering prisoners) is something Russia has a long history of doing. Thus, it should be no surprise to anyone.


90 posted on 05/02/2024 1:42:14 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas
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To: Darksheare
>>>>Like I said, she gets a thrill from it.<<<<

There are 3 posters on FR whom I wouldn't want to be alone with without a weapon.

She's one of them.

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91 posted on 05/02/2024 1:43:18 PM PDT by bimboeruption (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023)
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To: ansel12

That’s all Washington driven bullSchiff.
If toady BorisJohnson had not butted in carrying Bidementia/vampiressVicky water it would have been all over in the APR 22 Istanbul agreement, with NO reaction around the globe except in zeepers fevered little propagandized minds.

Oh, and, hundreds of thousands less young Ukrainians dead.


92 posted on 05/02/2024 2:16:50 PM PDT by A strike (There is no tyranny that cannot be justified by 'climate change')
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To: A strike

These dozens of countries that are spending all this money and rejuvenating their militaries and joining new alliances and moving to a war footing, etc. are just sort of doing it for no real reason?


93 posted on 05/02/2024 2:32:08 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: bimboeruption

Quite understandable considering the things she said.


94 posted on 05/02/2024 2:42:06 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: ansel12

Following the Washington narrative is evidence of the world being shaken to you?

You May have had a clue in your glory Cold War days, but you sure as hell don’t now.


95 posted on 05/02/2024 2:44:56 PM PDT by A strike (There is no tyranny that cannot be justified by 'climate change')
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To: A strike

The “Washington narrative”, yeah, there is a lot more going on in the world and in world capitols and populations than your simple evasion.


96 posted on 05/02/2024 2:48:22 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ansel12

My simple evasion?
Present evidence for your claim of the world losing it’s mind (shaking) over RussiaUkraine. you can’t. All you can do is repeat
team Bidementia bullShiite which you are definitely on.


97 posted on 05/02/2024 3:05:54 PM PDT by A strike (There is no tyranny that cannot be justified by 'climate change')
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To: ansel12

I would more likely believe ukr security forces executing their own exhausted men for trying to surrender. The russkies should be treating prisoners extremely well in order to encourage more of them to cease fighting for their corrupt oligarchs. Give them water, cigarettes, food and allow them a phone call home. My dad told a story from ww2; germans tried to surrender, GI who hated germans opened fire, surviving germans ran back to their bunkers and fought to the death, taking a few more americans with them.


98 posted on 05/02/2024 3:08:59 PM PDT by ozarker
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To: A strike

Nations aren’t losing their minds, they are increasing military readiness, for all your posting for Russia I assumed you would pay a little attention to our side and the changes among our allies and friends globally in the last 30 months since they are part of the help we will need if we have to face Red China and/or Russia.


99 posted on 05/02/2024 3:17:06 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ozarker

Strange logic, the Ukrainians murdering their own buddies fellow soldiers on their own home soil where all their families and voters, taxpayers and future fellow soldiers all live and the friends and family they depend on as they fight from their own cities and towns, yet the famously brutal invasion force is sensitive to upsetting the population they are destroying.


100 posted on 05/02/2024 3:33:01 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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