Russian troops execute two Ukrainian POWs in Donetsk region

The Prosecutor General's Office reported the information.

"On December 27, 2025, during an assault on positions in the village of Shakhove, Pokrovsk district, representatives of the aggressor state captured two servicemen of the Ukrainian Armed Forces who were performing a combat mission at one of the positions. The invaders, threatening with firearms, forced one of them to partially undress, after which they shot both unarmed defenders. Seeing that the prisoners of war had died, they removed clothes from the second already killed defender," the statement said.

The deliberate killing of prisoners of war is a gross violation of the Geneva Conventions and is a grave international crime.

Under the procedural guidance of the Donetsk Regional Prosecutor's Office, a pre-trial investigation has been launched into the war crime that led to the death of a person (Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). Investigative actions are currently underway to establish all circumstances and individuals involved in the crime.

• On December 20, 2025, Russian forces shot three soldiers of one of the mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces south of Huliaipole.