Russia’s Justice Ministry has warned that both Ukraine’s President Volodimir Zelensky and «his henchmen» will be held accountable for the alleged execution of Russian prisoners of war at the hands of Ukrainian soldiers.
«Zelensky and his henchmen will have to answer before the court of history, the peoples of Russia and Ukraine for each and every one of the tortured and murdered prisoners,» the Justice Ministry said in a statement.
The Ministry also stressed that the circumstances of the alleged execution of these ten prisoners of war cannot be defended by Ukraine or anyone in the international community as «a tragic exception», reports TASS.
The Russian Defense Ministry on Friday accused Ukrainian military of the execution of at least a dozen prisoners of war captured in images that it denounced as a «methodical and intentional murder».
Although the Ministry’s statement does not provide details at the moment about the executions, its publication coincides with a complaint also made Friday by pro-Russian authorities in the Donetsk region about a possible massacre of Russian servicemen in the town of Makivka, just east of the capital.
In this context, the Russian Foreign Ministry has appealed to international bodies to «condemn this heinous crime» and to launch a «thorough» investigation so that these alleged executions do not go unpunished.
