Despite recent Ukrainian victories in the Russian border region of Kursk, Moscow’s relentless push toward the strategic center of Pokrovsk continues, even as speculation swirls that the Kremlin may have to shift resources to defend its own territory.
Attorney General Kostin told CNN that the alleged killings constitute war crimes and may reflect deliberate policies by the Kremlin. “If prisoners of war surrender, if they show that they are surrendering, if they have no weapons in their hands, then summary execution is a war crime,” he said.
Kostin suggested that these crimes, committed by different Russian units in different regions, could allow Kyiv to argue that such actions amount to crimes against humanity orchestrated by the Kremlin on the orders of specific commanders.