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Ukraine urges response to alleged execution of captured troops in Kursk

Ukrainian forces fight during military operations in Malaya Loknya in the Kursk region of Russia on August 20, 2024 [Air Assault Brigade/Handout via Reuters]

Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman has urged international organisations to respond to an allegation that several Ukrainian prisoners of war were executed in Russia’s Kursk region.

DeepState, a Ukrainian battlefield analysis site close to Ukraine’s Defence Ministry, said that Russian troops killed nine Ukrainian “drone operators and contractors” on October 10 after they had surrendered.

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