The Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, officially appealed to the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross regarding the "trial" of captured Ukrainian fighters organised by Donetsk militants.
Russia announced a "sentence" for Ukrainian prisoners
The Human Rights Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Dmytro Lubinets, sent official letters to the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross to record violations of international humanitarian law after the so-called "court of the DPR" controlled by Moscow sentenced 33 Ukrainian POWs to 27-29 years in prison strict regime
The ombudsman emphasised that the verdicts were announced by the court of the terrorist group "DNR", whose jurisdiction is not recognized by the international community. The sentences of such a court are illegal and violate the right to a fair trial for prisoners.
I call on the world community to increase the pressure on the aggressor to stop the practice of sentencing by fake courts Ukrainian defenders who drive the enemy from their land, — added the ombudsman.
What is known about Russia's "trial" over Ukrainian prisoners
On February 7, 2024, the so-called "Supreme Court" of the "DPR" group in Donetsk sentenced 33 Ukrainian military personnel from the 36th Marine Brigade of the Ukrainian Navy and 17th Tank Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to imprisonment in a high-security colony. Ukrainians were given terms from 27 to 29 years.
They were found "guilty" of brutal treatment of civilians, murder, attempted murder and intentional damage to property. The military allegedly shelled residential buildings in the settlements of Sartana, Sakhanka, Talakivka, Staryi Krym, Zaichenko and Dzerzhynske in the Donetsk region.
