Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman on Sunday (October 13, 2024) urged international organizations to respond to claims that several Ukrainian POWs were executed in Russia’s Kursk region, where Kiev launched an incursion in August.
DeepState, a Ukrainian battlefield analysis site close to Ukraine’s Defense Ministry, said Russian troops shot dead nine Ukrainian “drone operators and contractors” on October 10 after they surrendered.
Dmytro Lubinets said on Telegram that he sent letters to the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross regarding the claim, calling it “another crime committed by the Russians.”
Earlier this month, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office said Russian troops had executed 16 Ukrainian soldiers captured in the partially captured Donetsk region.
There was no immediate reaction from Russian officials.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Air Force said on Sunday (October 13, 2024) that its air defenses intercepted 68 drones launched by Russia into Ukraine in the areas of Kiev, Poltava, Chernihiv, Sumy overnight on Sunday (October 13, 2024). 31 were shot down. And Cherkasy. It said another 36 drones were “lost” in various areas, possibly having been electronically jammed.
The air force said ballistic missiles hit Odessa and Poltava, while Chernihiv and Sumy were hit by a guided air missile attack. Local officials reported no casualties or damage.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday (October 13, 2024) that Russia launched about 900 guided aerial bombs, more than 40 missiles and 400 drones against Ukraine last week.
Mr Zelensky appealed to Ukraine’s allies on the social platform Kiev is still awaiting repeated requests from its Western partners to use long-range weapons to hit targets on Russian soil.
In Russia, the Defense Ministry said 13 Ukrainian drones were shot down in three regions of Russia: six each in the Belgorod and Kursk regions, and one in the Bryansk region, all of which border Ukraine.
published – October 13, 2024 07:31 PM IST