Russia is ordering its troops to kill Ukrainian prisoners of war (The Independent)

[pellinore]

Russian commanders are ordering their forces to kill surrendering Ukrainian soldiers in a plan to “terrify” droves of Russian troops into not giving themselves up.

Many newly conscripted and poorly trained Russian soldiers realise their lives are being squandered in human-wave attacks, according to Ukrainian officials.

Petro Yatsenko, a spokesperson for Kyiv’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, says orders to kill Ukrainians who could be taken prisoner come from the “highest level” – the Kremlin. The instructions are designed to “terrify” their own soldiers, he adds.  

Yatsenko says: “The logic is very straightforward: the killing of defenceless [Ukrainian] military personnel is intended to prevent Russians from themselves surrendering to the Ukrainian army on the basis that if [Russians] are doing this to them, the Ukrainians will do the same to you if you give up. Therefore, don’t surrender to them, rather kill yourself.

Russia is ordering its troops to kill Ukrainian prisoners of war – why? | The Independent (archive.ph)

Edited July 2 by pellinore

[Buzz_Light_Year]

19 hours ago, pellinore said:

Therefore, don’t surrender to them, rather kill yourself.

I've seen several videos of Russian soldiers offing themselves and I've also seen some videos of Russians shooting wounded Russians. One video of what would be considered Russian barrier guards shooting retreating Russians. Barrier guards were used in WWII and one article I read said that the Russians probably killed more of their own troops than the Germans did. Although I find that hard to believe.

[Duke Wellington]

On 7/2/2024 at 12:58 PM, pellinore said:

Russian commanders are ordering their forces to kill surrendering Ukrainian soldiers in a plan to “terrify” droves of Russian troops into not giving themselves up.

Many newly conscripted and poorly trained Russian soldiers realise their lives are being squandered in human-wave attacks, according to Ukrainian officials.

Petro Yatsenko, a spokesperson for Kyiv’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, says orders to kill Ukrainians who could be taken prisoner come from the “highest level” – the Kremlin. The instructions are designed to “terrify” their own soldiers, he adds.  

Yatsenko says: “The logic is very straightforward: the killing of defenceless [Ukrainian] military personnel is intended to prevent Russians from themselves surrendering to the Ukrainian army on the basis that if [Russians] are doing this to them, the Ukrainians will do the same to you if you give up. Therefore, don’t surrender to them, rather kill yourself.

Russia is ordering its troops to kill Ukrainian prisoners of war – why? | The Independent (archive.ph)

Well it is a strategy, but even more effective is to remove their manliness before returning them.

Thats worse than death.

[Unusual Tournament]

As sad as this is, it’s kinda also annoying to be treated like morons by the press. Why can’t the press write balanced articles?

I’m sure there are some brutal Russian directives and mad men but the high level of mercenaries fighting for Ukraine means they’ll be killing and torturing many more prisoners without any impunity since most join under false names and most don’t speak enough Russian to understand and have some cultural empathy. 
 

Western and Russian security services should be taking DNA samples of these mercenaries as they’re more than likely gonna be a new generation of serial killer’s and gangsters