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DeepState, a Ukrainian battlefield analysis site close to
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry, said that Russian troops shot and
killed nine Ukrainian “drone operators and contractors” on Oct.
10 after they had surrendered.
Dmytro Lubinets said on Telegram that he sent letters to the
United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross
regarding the case, calling it “another crime committed by the
Russians.”
Later on Sunday, Ukrainian Prosecutor-General Andriy Kostin said
that his office had opened a criminal investigation into the
matter.
Earlier this month, Ukraine’s Prosecutor-General’s Office of
Ukraine said that Russian troops had killed 16 captured
Ukrainian soldiers in the partially occupied Donetsk region.
There was no immediate response from Russian officials.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian air force said Sunday that its air
defenses had shot down 31 of 68 drones launched at Ukraine by
Russia overnight into Sunday in the regions of Kyiv, Poltava,
Chernihiv, Sumy and Cherkasy. A further 36 drones were “lost”
over various areas, it said, likely having been electronically
jammed.
The air force added that ballistic missiles struck Odesa and
Poltava while Chernihiv and Sumy came under attack by a guided
air missile. Local authorities didn't report any casualties or
damage.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that Russia
had launched around 900 guided aerial bombs, more than 40
missiles and 400 drones against Ukraine over the past week.
Zelenskyy appealed on X to Ukraine’s allies to “provide the
necessary quantity and quality of air defense systems” and “make
decisions for our sufficient range.” Kyiv is still awaiting word
from its Western partners on its repeated requests to use the
long-range weapons they provide to hit targets on Russian soil.
In Russia, the Defense Ministry said that 13 Ukrainian drones
were shot down over three regions of Russia: six each in the
Belgorod and Kursk regions, and one in the Bryansk region, all
of which border Ukraine.
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