Ukrainian officials say the killings are part of a pattern of abuse by Russian armed forces that violate international laws.

International humanitarian law prohibits the execution of prisoners of war and the wounded, and regards it as a war crime.

The office of Ukraine's Prosecutor General says it has opened a criminal investigation after a video emerged earlier this week appearing to show Russian soldiers executing six unarmed Ukrainian ...

After days without water in a ruined basement at the front lines, Ukrainian soldier Vladyslav turned away from his comrades and peed into a bottle. "Then it cooled down and I drank it," he recalls.

After the attack, the assailant seized the soldier’s assault rifle and fled with a conscript. Both were later detained during a special operation. A Ukrainian soldier from the Poltava Territorial ...

He raped her at gunpoint. He later did it again," law enforcement officers reported. At the soldier’s request, two other Russian troops forced the Ukrainian woman to pack her belongings and documents, ...

“He didn’t realise, at first, that Ukrainian soldiers were closing in on him. When he realised that he was being captured by Ukrainians, he rushed at a concrete pillar [telegraph pole] and hit ...