On August 24, Ukraine's Independence Day, pro-Russian militias in Donetsk forced a group of Ukrainian prisoners of war to "parade".

(Reuters)

[Compiled by Chen Chengliang/Comprehensive Report] The Washington think tank "Institute of War" (ISW) updated the situation of the Russian-Ukrainian war on the 24th, and pointed out that the Russian military may be preparing to force the mobilization of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POW) to fight for Russia, which will Violation of the Geneva Prisoners of War Convention.

The ISW report said that according to Russian state media reports on the 24th, Ukrainian prisoners of war detained in a prisoner of war camp in the frontline town of Olenivka in Ukrainian had verbally requested the authorities of the "Donetsk People's Republic" (DNR) to allow They joined the DNR volunteer army "Bohdan Khmelnitsky Cossack Battalion" (Bohdan Khmelnitsky Cossack Battalion).

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The report said that if Russia or its proxy forces forced Ukrainian prisoners of war into combat, it would be in violation of the Geneva Prisoners of War Convention, which stipulates that "no prisoner of war shall be sent or detained in areas that may be at risk of fighting, nor shall he be employed in Unhealthy or dangerous labor.”

The ISW also noted that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu's statement on which categories of men were exempt from local mobilization may not reflect President Putin's intentions or orders.

A Russian media insider claimed on the 24th that Russian Defense Ministry officials denounced in person the "excessive" mobilization of the Military Commissars and the negligence in issuing mobilizations unilaterally, in violation of the Defense Ministry's exemptions on age, disability or other limiting factors. Clear guidance.

Another Russian source claimed that the heads of certain federal subjects admitted that they had mobilized technically ineligible citizens.