The UN told about the "executions" of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Ukraine: Ombudsman Lubinets and the Foreign Ministry responded
On Friday, March 24, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine published a report stateing that in the course of the war with the Russian Federation, both countries violated the rights of military people. In particular, the "execution" of the Russians and the murder of Ukrainians is known. This was told by the head of the mission Matilda Bogner during the relevant presentation.
"We are deeply concerned about the arbitrary execution of us up to 25 Russian military personnel and persons who ceased to participate in hostilities committed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Often, this happened immediately after capturing in the battle Five cases that cover 22 victims, we have no data on any court proceedings against the likely culprits, ”she said.
The same report states that about 110 Russian military warriors were allegedly told about the torture or cruel treatment of the Armed Forces and the SBU, as well as to a lesser extent employees of penitentiary institutions. "Most of these cases occurred in the first stages of detention and interrogation. The military was beaten, shot in their feet, injured the limbs with knives, tortured by electric shock, threatened with sexual abuse or death, including imitating executions," Boyner added.
Matilda Bogner's chairman says that most Ukrainian military people who were captured during the battle were tortured and ill -treated. "As for the treatment of Ukrainian military -war, we are also deeply concerned with arbitrary executions of 15 Ukrainian military warriors shortly after they were captured by Russian troops. intimidation, humiliation and revenge, ”she said. The report also describes the death of the defender of Ukraine through the torture wounds received.
The UN Mission Head states that the conditions of maintenance of Ukrainian soldiers were shocking: some of them died due to lack of medical care. The Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets rejected the accusations of the UN, stating that during numerous meetings, the head of the mission never raised the issue of Russian military war.
"It is strange that during repeated personal meetings with the head of the commission, Matilda Boer and the permanent coordinator of the UN system in Ukraine Denise Brown, they have never been raised by the issue of treatment of Russian prisoners of war . . . I emphasize - Ukraine adheres international organizations, "he wrote. At the same time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine also reacted negatively to the publication of the UN Human Rights report in Ukraine.
"We consider it unacceptable to impose responsibility for the victim of aggression. The Ukrainian side expects that the UN mission will avoid any steps that can be seen as a victim and aggressor equation," the Foreign Ministry said. It should be reminded that the day before, the Independent International Commission at the UN published a report on the investigation of Russians' crimes in Ukraine during a full -scale war.
The document confirms the facts of commission of war crimes and indicates signs of crimes against humanity. However, the chairman of the commission Eric Messe said that UN experts did not find evidence of Russia's genocide. Focus also said that since April 1, Russia will take a place of the head in the UN Security Council for one month. The Executive Director of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Oleksandr Pavlyuchenko in a comment to Focus told what powers the aggressor country will have.