On Saturday, Ukrainian authorities accused Russia of committing a “war crime” by executing Ukrainian soldiers who signaled their intention to surrender. Ukraine claimed on Sunday to have shot down ten of the twelve drones launched by Russia in a new night attack, as well as a guided missile. Follow the latest information on the conflict.
1:09 p.m
A DEATH IN KHRSON
Authorities say a man has died in a Russian attack near the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson.
The 78-year-old man died in a shelling in the village of Sadowe on Sunday morning, said the head of the Kherson military administration, Roman Mrochko. This location lies on the banks of the Dnieper, which marks the front line in the region while Russian forces occupy the left bank.
13:04
11:20
FEWER RUSSIAN GROUND ATTACKS
The Ukrainian city of Avdiivka, under constant fire from the Moscow army, has seen fewer ground attacks in the last 24 hours due to “heavy Russian human losses” and difficult weather, it said on Sunday. Your mayor Vitaly Barabach said.
For almost two months, the Russians have been trying to take Avdiivka, an industrial town near Donetsk that has become one of the most closely watched points on the front.
Russian soldiers are located east, north and south of the city, which is now mostly in ruins and almost surrounded but still served by an asphalt road. However, Ukraine assures that its soldiers will withstand and repel the attacks.
11:03
OPENING OF AN INVESTIGATION
Ukraine opened an investigation on Sunday into the “execution” of Ukrainian soldiers by Russian forces who had signaled their intention to surrender after images spread on social networks that sparked outrage in the country, but whose authenticity could not be verified by AFP.
10:11
Shot down 10 drones
Ukraine said on Sunday it had shot down 10 of the 12 drones and one guided missile launched by Russia in a new night raid.
Russian forces launched 12 Shahed drones, Iranian-made devices that Moscow often uses against its neighbor, the air force said, shooting down 10 of them. A Kh-59 guided air missile was also shot down, the armed forces said in their daily report.
08:30
LUKACHENKO IN CHINA
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, a staunch ally of Moscow, will visit China on Sunday and Monday to meet his counterpart Xi Jinping, the Belarusian presidency announced. He will meet with Xi Jinping on Monday, and the agenda will include questions on “trade, economy, investment and international cooperation,” the Belarusian side said in a press release on Sunday, without specifying whether Mr. Lukashenko had already arrived in Beijing .
Alexander Lukashenko had already visited the Chinese capital from the end of February to the beginning of March, a visit that was closely monitored against the backdrop of the Russian offensive in Ukraine. However, this issue has not yet been mentioned by the Belarusian presidency among the topics discussed during the visit.
08:29
Kyiv condemns a “war crime”
Kiev accused Russia on Saturday of committing a “war crime” by executing Ukrainian soldiers who had signaled their intention to surrender after images circulated on social networks whose authenticity was unclear. AFP was unable to verify this.
A short video posted on Telegram shows two men emerging from a bunker, one with his hands over his head, before lying on the ground as another group of soldiers watched. Gunfire occurs and smoke appears before the video abruptly ends.
These undated images were portrayed on social media as being taken near Avdiivka, a city in eastern Ukraine where fighting is raging. But neither their location nor their authenticity could be confirmed by AFP. The Ukrainian human rights commissioner Dmytro Loubinets, however, denounced a “war crime”.
08:28
HELLO EVERYONE
Hello everyone in this live broadcast from Sunday December 3rd dedicated to the war in Ukraine.
Kiev accused Russia on Saturday of committing a “war crime” by executing Ukrainian soldiers who had signaled their intention to surrender after images were circulated on social networks whose authenticity could not be verified by AFP. A short video posted on Telegram shows two men emerging from a bunker, one with his hands over his head, before lying on the ground as another group of soldiers watched. Gunfire occurs and smoke appears before the video abruptly ends.
These undated images were portrayed on social media as being taken near Avdiivka, a city in eastern Ukraine where fighting is raging. But neither their location nor their authenticity could be confirmed by AFP.
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The Ukrainian human rights commissioner Dmytro Loubinets, however, denounced a “war crime”. “Today a video of the execution of surrendered Ukrainian soldiers by Russian military personnel was published on the Internet,” he wrote on Telegram.
Dmytro Loubinets estimated that the Ukrainian soldiers “did what was necessary by showing that they had surrendered” and that Russia had “captured” them, and called for appropriate “punishment.” The two men “posed no threat,” he added.
In March, another video went viral that appeared to show a captured Ukrainian soldier being shot after saying “Glory to Ukraine.”
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights recalled at the time that it had “documented numerous violations of international humanitarian law against prisoners of war, including cases of summary executions of prisoners of war in Russia and Ukraine.”
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