INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Ukrainian parliament's commissioner for human rights on Sunday denied Kyiv's forces had killed Russian prisoners of war, arguing that
Ukraine's soldiers were defending themselves against Russians who feigned surrender.Videos circulated on Russian social media this week
"excerpts" of a video showed that Russians "using a staged capture..
committed a war crime by opening fire on the Ukrainian Armed Forces."This means the soldiers "cannot be considered prisoners of war," he
giving themselves up lie down on the ground in the debris-filled backyard of a house.The video abruptly cuts off as shots are heard.Another
video filmed from above shows the bodies of around a dozen people surrounded by apparent blood stains.AFP has not independently confirmed
the videos.The Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday the videos showed the "deliberate and methodical murder of more than 10 restrained
Russian soldiers."It called for an investigation into "war crimes."Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova condemned "the
merciless shooting of unarmed Russian" prisoners and demanded that "international organizations condemn and thoroughly investigate this
shocking crime."A UN spokesperson told AFP on Friday it was "aware of the videos" and "looking into them."
