Propaganda telegram channels disseminate messages saying that soldiers of the Russian Army guarantee life and humane treatment to Ukrainian prisoners of war.

However, more than one case of the death penalty of Ukrainian prisoners of war by the Russians has already been recorded. This was reported by the Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security at the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine.

At the end of March 2024, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine published another report (December 2023 - February 2024), which reports a sharp increase in cases of torture and execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russian occupiers. The report emphasizes that torture and ill-treatment of Ukrainian prisoners by Russians is very common and “commonplace”. According to the UN, 96% of Ukrainian prisoners of war (58 out of 60 respondents) became victims of various types of torture.

Recently, on July 10, 2024, the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andrii Kostin announced the execution of two Ukrainian prisoners of war near Robotyne.

By spreading lies about the “humane” treatment of prisoners, the Russian Federation is drawing Ukrainian fighters into a deadly trap. The mentioned UN report also states that the captured occupiers interviewed admitted that they were not subjected to torture in official places of detention.