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Vladimir Putin’s troops have executed a Ukrainian soldier with a sword amid fierce fighting in the east of Ukraine, Kyiv has claimed.
Dmytro Lubinets, Ukraine’s human rights commissioner, alleged that images had appeared on social media showing an executed Ukrainian prisoner of war with his hands tied in Donetsk.
It comes as Russian troops launched around 40 attacks on Pokrovsk overnight, a key city in eastern Ukraine key to Mr Putin’s objective of seizing the entire Donbas region, comprising of Donetsk and Luhansk.
“Photos appeared on social media of how the Russians probably executed a unarmed Ukrainian prisoner of war with a sword,” Mr Lubients said.
“This action is a gross violation of the Geneva Convention on the Treatment of Prisoners of War. How much longer will the world watch as Russia openly demonstrates disregard for any norms and laws?”
Meanwhile, Estonian president Alar Karis has urged Nato allies to pay less attention to Mr Putin’s “red lines” and to focus on defeating his military in Ukraine.
“We probably realise now that we have to cross all of these red lines and then start forcing Russia out of Ukraine,” he told the Kyiv Independent.
Key Points
- Kyiv claims Putin’s troops execute PoW with sword
- Putin orders expansion of Russian army by 180,000 soldiers
- Russia claims it retakes two villages in western Kursk
- Nato chief says countries must make own decisions on long-range missiles
- Iran president denies sending weapons to Putin
Ukrainian civilians evacuate the eastern town of Kurakhove - pictures
Pictures below show Ukrainian civilians being evacuated from the eastern town of Kurakhove, Donetsk region.
Russian forces have advanced to within just a few miles of the town, which is just south of the city of Pokrovsk, a key objective of the Russians.
Pictures from the frontline
Below we have some pictures that have been posted by the Russian defence ministry showing Moscow soldiers in the Russian Kursk region fighting against Ukrainian troops.
Lammy says climate change more of a threat than terrorism or Putin
David Lammy says climate change is more urgent threat than terrorism or Putin
Foreign secretary says tackling the global warming crisis will also boost economic growth in the UK, as he compares risks to the Russian President who is threatening war with Nato
Tom Watling17 September 2024 15:47 1726578040Mapped: Russia launches counterattack in Kursk after sending ‘significant’ forces to the region
Mapped: Russia launches Kursk counterattack after sending ‘significant’ forces
Ukraine says Russia has ‘quadrupled’ it’s force personnel in the Kursk region in time for a counterattack
Alexander Butler17 September 2024 14:00 1726574359Germany says Moldova could be next in line if Ukraine falls
Support for Ukraine guarantees the survival of neighbouring Moldova, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Tuesday at a conference to address concerns about broadening Russian interference in the region.
“Everything that we do to support Ukraine also means fostering stabilisation with regards to Moldova,” Baerbock said. “It is clear what the greatest concern of the people here is: that if Ukraine falls, Moldova is the next country in line.”
Baerbock was visiting Chisinau for the Moldova Partnership Platform, together with her counterparts from France, Romania, Poland, the Netherlands and Lithuania.
Germany, one of Kyiv’s main military supporters in Europe, initiated the platform after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, painting it as part of broader efforts to stabilise Moldova’s economy and shield it from Russian disinformation.
Alexander Butler17 September 2024 12:59 1726570814Kyiv claims Putin’s troops execute PoW with sword
Vladimir Putin’s troops have executed a Ukrainian soldier with a sword amid fierce fighting in the east of Ukraine, Kyivhas claimed.
Dmytro Lubinets, Ukraine’s human rights commissioner, alleged that images had appeared on social media showing an executed Ukrainian prisoner of war with his hands tied in Donetsk.
It comes as Russian troops launched around 40 attacks on Pokrovsk overnight, a key city in eastern Ukraine key to Mr Putin’s objective of seizing the entire Donbas region, comprising of Donetsk and Luhansk.
“Photos appeared on social media of how the Russians probably executed a unarmed Ukrainian prisoner of war with a sword,” Mr Lubients said.
“This action is a gross violation of the Geneva Convention on the Treatment of Prisoners of War. How much longer will the world watch as Russia openly demonstrates disregard for any norms and laws?”
Alexander Butler17 September 2024 12:00 1726567240Russian journalist jailed for anti-war statements starts hunger strike
Maria Ponomarenko, a journalist from Siberia serving a six-year prison sentence for speaking out against the war in Ukraine, has declared a hunger strike, according to her publication and a supporter.
The 46-year-old was detained less than two months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 for accusing the Russian air force of bombing a theatre in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol.
She was found guilty last February of spreading false information about the Russian military by a court in her hometown of Barnaul in western Siberia.
More than 20,000 people have been arrested across Russia for speaking out against the war, according to rights monitor OVD-Info.
Alexander Butler17 September 2024 11:00 1726565453Kremlin says Russian army expansion needed to address growing threats on western flank
The Kremlin said that an order by President Vladimir Putin to transform Russia’s army into the second largest in the world was needed to address growing threats on Russia’s western borders and instability to the east.
Mr Putin on Monday ordered the regular size of the Russian army to be increased by 180,000 troops to 1.5 million active servicemen in a move that would make it the second largest in the world after China’s.
“This is due to the number of threats that exist to our country along the perimeter of our borders,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a conference call.
“It is caused by the extremely hostile environment on our western borders and instability on our eastern borders. This demands appropriate measures to be taken.”
Alexander Butler17 September 2024 10:30 1726561628Mapped: Long-range missile targets
Alexander Butler17 September 2024 09:27 1726560060In sharing nuclear secrets with Iran, Putin may have crossed his own ‘red line
In sharing nuclear secrets with Iran, Putin may have crossed his own ‘red line’
While his predecessors in the Soviet Union worried that sharing their bomb with rogue regimes could set them loose to cause havoc, the Russian president has indicated that he shares no such concerns, writes Mark Almond
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