The Russians executed four Ukrainian soldiers at the Vovchansk Aggregate Plant

The Russians executed four Ukrainian soldiers at the aggregate plant in Vovchansk. Photo: Details

In the summer of 2024, Russian troops executed four Ukrainian servicemen at an aggregate factory in Vovchansk.

This was reported by the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office.

The reason for starting the investigation was the interrogation of Russian prisoners of war, during which they received information about the execution of Ukrainian soldiers. A pre-trial investigation into a violation of the laws and customs of war related to intentional killing is currently underway.

According to Oleksandr Filchakov, the head of the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office, the investigation of such crimes has its difficulties, especially due to hostilities that make it difficult to access the scene of events. However, this case is unique — a person who may become a suspect in the specified proceedings is also in Ukrainian captivity.

«This opens up an opportunity not to use the procedure of proceedings in absentia, but to conduct a fair trial and issue a sentence with actual execution of the punishment,» said Oleksandr Filchakov.

If proven guilty, the suspect may be sentenced to life imprisonment.

We will remind that on September 17, photos appeared on social networks showing how the Russians probably executed an unarmed Ukrainian prisoner of war with a sword, his hands bound with tape.

Later, the Donetsk regional prosecutor's office reported that a sword with the inscription «For Kursk» had been stuck in a man in Novohrodivka.