Horrified by brutal videos: UN Human Rights Office and Council of Europe react to execution of serviceman

The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine and Council of Europe Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić reacted to the execution of a prisoner of war

This was reported by the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine.

"One of the videos shows a brutal execution of a man who appears to be a Ukrainian prisoner of war, while the other one shows mutilated bodies of apparent Ukrainian servicepersons. Regrettably this is not an isolated incident," the statement said.

It is reported that these and other violations must be investigated and the perpetrators brought to justice.

"In recent reports the Mission documented a number of serious violations of International humanitarian law, including those committed against prisoners of war," the United Nations added.

Council of Europe Secretary General Marija Pejčinović-Burić also condemned the executions of Ukrainian soldiers by Russians.

"Horrified by the video circulating online showing Russian troops decapitating Ukrainian prisoner of war. This is inhuman and I condemn it in the strongest possible terms. Those responsible must be held accountable," Marija Pejčinović Burić wrote.