The grenade launcher was forced to stand for nine hours in a pine forest in Kherson, Ukraine, according to a report.

International humanitarian law prohibits the execution of prisoners of war and the wounded, and regards it as a war crime.

Since the end of August, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine recorded 79 executions of Ukrainian POWs by Russian troops in 24 separate incidents, according to its recent report. View on

The United Nations on Monday warned that Russian troops have been increasingly killing captured Ukrainian soldiers over recent months, echoing growing allegations from officials in Kyiv. The UN monitoring mission in Ukraine said that,