Ukraine says 9 of its “drone operators and contractors” have been killed by Russian troops after they’d surrendered.
DeepState, a Ukrainian battlefield evaluation website near Ukraine’s defence ministry, alleges the prisoners of battle had been shot on 10 October within the Russian area of Kursk, the place Kyiv launched an incursion in August.
Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman has urged worldwide organisations to reply.
Dmytro Lubinets mentioned on Telegram that he despatched letters to the United Nations and the Worldwide Committee of the Crimson Cross concerning the declare, calling it “another crime committed by the Russians”.
Earlier this month, the Prosecutor Common’s Workplace of Ukraine mentioned Russian troops had killed 16 captured Ukrainian troopers within the partially occupied Donetsk area.
There was no quick response from Russian officers.
In the meantime, the Ukrainian air power mentioned on Sunday that its air defences had shot down 31 of 68 drones launched at Ukraine by Russia in a single day within the areas of Kyiv, Poltava, Chernihiv, Sumy and Cherkasy.
An extra 36 drones had been “lost” over numerous areas, it mentioned, most likely having been electronically jammed.
The air power added that ballistic missiles struck Odesa and Poltava whereas Chernihiv and Sumy got here below assault by a guided air missile. Native authorities didn’t report any casualties or injury.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned on Sunday that Russia had launched round 900 guided aerial bombs, greater than 40 missiles and 400 drones in opposition to Ukraine over the previous week.
Mr Zelenskyy appealed on social media platform X to Ukraine’s allies to “provide the necessary quantity and quality of air defence systems” and “make decisions for our sufficient range”.
Kyiv remains to be awaiting phrase from its Western companions on its repeated requests to make use of the long-range weapons they supply to hit targets on Russian soil.
In Russia, the defence ministry mentioned that 13 Ukrainian drones had been shot down over three areas of Russia: six every within the Belgorod and Kursk areas, and one within the Bryansk area, all of which border Ukraine.
