Russian troops killed at least seven Ukrainian soldiers who surrendered as prisoners of war (POW) near Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast on Feb. 24, Ukraine’s Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets reported. “In the video footage that we managed to obtain, it is evident that Ukrainian soldiers were surrendering as prisoners of war: Their hands were raised in the air, indicating they were unarmed and posed no threat,” Lubinets wrote on Telegram on Feb. 25. “Russian troops were supposed to take them as prisoners, but instead ruthlessly executed them.” Although the exact number of Ukrainians executed by Russians is u…