Russian forces executed surrendering Ukrainians, US official says

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/04/28/ukraine-russia-invasion-live-updates/9562102002/

Russian forces executed surrendering Ukrainians, US official says
Celina Tebor, Jorge L. Ortiz, John Bacon, Rebecca Morin | USA TODAY

The U.S. has reliable information that Russian military forces executed Ukrainians who were trying to surrender near Donetsk, U.S. officials say.

The U.S. has credible reports and photos of individuals killed "execution-style" with their hands bound, including bodies showing signs of torture and accounts of sexual violence against women and girls, according to Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice Beth Van Schaack,

“These images and reports suggest that atrocities are not the result of rogue units or individuals; they, rather, reveal a deeply disturbing pattern of systematic abuse across all areas where Russia’s forces are engaged,” she said at a United Nations meeting Wednesday.

Investigators and volunteers have also recorded what U.S. officials have described as a "troubling campaign" of brutality against civilians in towns near Kyiv after Russian forces withdrew from the area.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy detailed reports of killing, rape, and torture in an address to the U.N. Security Council after visiting Bucha. He said Russian forces "killed entire families," crushed civilians with tanks, cut off limbs and slashed throats.

[ck4829]

1. ISIS with nukes

[ffr]

5. This

Nailed it.

[jcgoldie]

2. Media reports from the past couple of days...

...seems to me NATO may be setting the stage for a more direct role.

[hamsterjill]

4. It's inevitable in my opinion.

I believe that Putin is going to push until there is no choice but for NATO to get involved.

[Botany]

3. To find peace Putin and a lot Russians need to die.

If the people of Russia want peace, the stopping of the theft of their money and resources, and
their people to live in freedom Putin must die.

[onecaliberal]

6. Will there be any Ukrainians left before Hitler 2.0 is stopped?

[TomSlick]

7. Killing prisoners is not only criminal, it's really stupid.

Ukrainian soldiers in a hopeless situation are faced with two options - surrender and be tortured and killed, or fight to the death and take as many Russians with you as possible. The correct choice is obvious.