The United States has reliable information that the Russian military executed Ukrainians who tried to surrender in the Donetsk region.

This was announced at a UN meeting by US Special Envoy for International Justice Beth Van Schaak, informs The Hill..

“Now we have reliable information that a Russian military unit operating in the vicinity of Donetsk executed Ukrainians who tried to surrender, and did not place them in custody,” the envoy said..

According to him, if this is true, this is a violation of the basic principle of the law of war: the ban on the execution of civilians, surrendered, wounded.

Recall that the House of Commons of the Parliament of Canada unanimously recognized the crimes of the Russian Federation in Ukraine as genocide..

Recall also that the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Karim Khan, said that he was going to visit Ukraine again to make the investigation of Russian crimes more effective..