ISW: Russians are routinely killing Ukrainian POWs and using chemical weapons

Analysts They recalled that Ukrainian officials announced on Monday that Russian residents had murdered two Ukrainian prisoners in the Donetsk region on Saturday, who they first handcuffed and then shot at close range. In addition, the Russians also shot a wounded Ukrainian prisoner in the village of Nyyu-York near Bakhmut or nine prisoners of war in the Kursk region of Russia in the latter.

“ISW estimated that Russian forces have recently increased the number of systematic murders of Ukrainian prisoners of war, thereby violating the Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War, which prohibits the ill-treatment of human prisoners of war and their murder,” the American institute assesses.

In addition to killing prisoners, the Russians are also violating the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, which the Russian Federation itself signed. One case was reported by a Russian war blogger Butusov as well ascited by analysts as releasing a video of Russian residents using chemical weapons. However, he did not say when it was taken.

It was announced that the Russians are using chemical weapons at the end of May by the US State Department, according to how the Russians use grenades with the chemical warfare agent chloropicrin. Ukrainian General Oleksandr Tarnavski confirmed this last year. “The enemy, in defiance of all conventions, continues to use chemical weapons,” said General Na telegram.

“The systematic commission of war crimes shows that the discipline of Russian forces remains low and that Russian commanders are doing nothing to prevent their subordinates from engaging in criminal behavior therefore.” They may even support them,” American analysts assess.

In addition, there is no evidence that Russia is holding its soldiers accountable for war crimes, the institute said.

Chlorpicrin is a colorless and highly toxic liquid known as a chemical weapon as early as the First World War. Currently, the substance is used in agriculture against field pests. Butusov Plus channel said that the Russians are using this material to test, among other things, whether gas masks work for Ukrainians. He also tries to spread larger numbers of soldiers in one place.