Authorities in Kiev said on Thursday they are investigating the alleged killing of six captured Ukrainian soldiers by Russian forces. The public prosecutor's office in Kiev said the killing of the prisoners of war is believed to have occurred when Russian troops captured a Ukrainian position in the eastern Donetsk region.

Russian forces suspected of killing 6 Ukrainian POWs in Donetsk Oblast Ukrainian soldiers near Velyka Novosilka at risk of encirclement, spokesperson says Zelensky clarifies comment on 200,000 peacekeepers,

Kyiv accused Russian forces on Thursday of killing six captured Ukrainian servicemen and said it was notifying international rights groups of the latest alleged Russian war crime.