Ukraine accuses Russian forces of killing, dismembering prisoner-of-war

Ukrainian Human Rights Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets, Kyiv, February 25, 2024. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

KYIV - Ukraine's human rights commissioner urged the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the United Nations to investigate an image widely shared online on Saturday that he said likely showed a Ukrainian prisoner-of-war killed and dismembered by Russian forces.

Ukraine's prosecutor general said separately that an urgent investigation had been launched into information being spread on social networks about the murder and dismemberment of a Ukrainian POW.