Russians execute two Ukrainian soldiers captured in Donetsk Oblast

Russian forces executed two Ukrainian defenders who had been captured in the village of Shakhove in the Pokrovsk district in Donetsk Oblast on 27 December.

Source: Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office

Quote: "On 27 December 2025, during an assault on positions in the village of Shakhove, Pokrovsk district, representatives of the aggressor state captured two soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces who had been carrying out a combat mission at one of the positions.

The occupiers, threatening them with firearms, forced one of them to partially undress, after which they shot both unarmed defenders.

After seeing that the prisoners of war had died, they removed the clothes from the second defender who had just been killed."

Details: Urgent investigative (search) actions are under way to establish all the circumstances of the incident and identify those responsible for the crime.

The prosecutor's office has opened a pre-trial investigation into a war crime resulting in a person's death (Article 438.2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

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