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Russian forces shot four Ukrainian POWs in the Vremivsk direction in Volnovakha district after they surrendered from a private house.

Blahodatne, Donetsk Oblast
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Ukrinform Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent

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Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

On December 22, 2024, the Telegram channel disseminated information that four AFU servicemen had come under shelling in the Vremivsk direction in the Volnovakha district.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

The occupiers took them prisoner, left two defenders lying on the ground, and took two more to the road. After that, the military army of the aggressor state, in flagrant violation of the Geneva Conventions, cynically shot four captured defenders with automatic weapons.

Russian forces executed five Ukrainian POWs in Blahodatne area

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

The video shows how Russian soldiers shot five captured Ukrainian defenders.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Russian troops had shot four encircled Ukrainian soldiers dead. Another two were killed by shelling earlier.

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Extracted: 2026-02-19T04:23:48.355Z

Source story: 3940926-russians-shot-group-of-ukrainian-prisoners-of-war-lubinets-to-appeal-to-un-icrc