Execution of prisoners on the Toretsk direction: the prosecutor's office began an investigation.

The Donetsk Regional Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation in connection with the war crime committed by Russian occupiers in the Toretsk direction. According to preliminary information, three Ukrainian servicemen were shot in the back after they surrendered. This was reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General.

«Under the procedural guidance of the Donetsk Regional Prosecutor's Office, a pre-trial investigation has been initiated into the violation of the laws and customs of war, combined with intentional murder (Part 2, Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The armed forces of the Russian Federation systematically and cynically violate the norms of international humanitarian law», - the statement said.

The video of the incident, which appeared on the network, caused outrage in Ukraine and around the world. The images show three Ukrainian fighters coming out of the basement with their hands up. Russian soldiers order them to lie down on the ground and then cold-bloodedly shoot them in the back.

Currently, law enforcement agencies are investigating to establish all the circumstances of the crime and determine the guilty parties. The Main Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions is conducting a pre-trial investigation.

Ukraine calls on the international community to firmly condemn this war crime and take measures to bring those responsible to justice.

It should be reminded that the execution of Ukrainian prisoners near Robotyne: intelligence identified the occupiers.