This morning, Russians shot dead two Ukrainian defenders who were captured in eastern Ukraine, the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have said on Telegram.
"This morning, the Russians once again showed their attitude to international humanitarian law by shooting two Ukrainian prisoners of war in the area of responsibility of the Khortytsya Operational and Tactical Group of Forces," the message reads.
The Khortytsya Operational and Tactical Group of Forces operates in the Eastern Operational Zone and is responsible for the eastern section of the contact line (Kharkiv, Izyum, Lyman, Lysychansk, Kurakhiv, Kupyansk, Bakhmut, Avdiyivka and Vuhledar sectors).