Yuriy Belousov, head of the Department for Combating Crimes Committed in the Context of Armed Conflict, said that the Prosecutor General’s Office has 27 criminal proceedings on the execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war. It is about the murder of 54 defenders. This was reported by Komersant ukrainskyi 
with reference to the Prosecutor General’s Office.
Belousov noted that cases of executions of Ukrainian prisoners of war have been recorded since March 2022. The court has already sentenced the first Russian soldier for the execution of a defence lawyer in Chernihiv region.
Commenting on the video posted on social media on 7 April, he said that it had been preliminarily confirmed that the crime took place near Krynky in Kherson region, but the details were still being checked.
“We are also working on this fact and the previous ones, and we are also working on the command that is responsible for such actions. We are talking not only about unit commanders, but also about the highest military and political leadership. Because this is not an isolated case, but evidence of Russian policy,”
– belousov said.
The investigation is complicated by the fact that prosecutors and investigators usually do not have access to the crime scene or the opportunity to examine the body.
“But this work is underway. Ukraine has a unique experience in documenting crimes, even without access to the territory… We are working with the International Criminal Court, the UN Monitoring Mission, intelligence agencies and NGOs that also collect information. Our task now is to document, record and tell the world the truth. Criminals will be brought to justice, it’s only a matter of time,”
– belousov emphasised.
It should be noted that the report of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine stated that between 1 December 2023 and 29 February 2024, the Russian occupiers executed 32 Ukrainian prisoners of war.