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The United Nations has said that it was deeply concerned over summary executions of prisoners of war by both Russian and Ukrainian forces on the battlefield.

The United Nations has said that it was deeply concerned over summary executions of prisoners of war by both Russian and Ukrainian forces on the battlefield.

The head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, Matilda Bogner, said that her organisation had recently recorded killings by both sides. Bogner said at a press conference in Kyiv yesterday that they are deeply concerned about summary execution of up to 25 Russian prisoners of war and persons ‘hors de combat’ by the Ukrainian armed forces, which they have documented.