Russian occupiers have executed at least 15 Ukrainian defenders who attempted to surrender since December 2023. Additionally, Russians have shot dead at least six Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers who had surrendered, citing a report from the human rights organization Human Rights Watch. According to rights workers, confirmed cases of executing prisoners of war or soldiers attempting to surrender must be investigated as war crimes. “The summary execution – or murder – of surrendering and injured Ukrainian soldiers, gunned down in cold blood, expressly forbidden under international humanitarian l…