HRW: Russia executes surrendering Ukrainian soldiers in possible war crimes
Since last December, Russian forces likely executed at least 15 Ukrainian soldiers who tried to surrender and possibly six who were already surrendering or had surrendered, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on May 2. "These incidents should be investigated as war crimes," the NGO's statement read. Over the past months, footage of several instances capturing Russian soldiers killing and surrendering Ukrainian soldiers has emerged online. "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 HR...