As of the end of 2025, Russians executed 337 Ukrainian prisoners of war, reported Dmytro Lubinets, Ukraine’s Human Rights Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada, on Telegram.
“I spoke during the Interactive Dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture at the UN Human Rights Council session. I emphasized that Russia has turned torture into state policy and uses it as a weapon. According to UN data, over 95% of Ukrainian prisoners of war are subjected to systematic torture, and as of the end of 2025, 337 Ukrainian POWs were deliberately and brutally executed by Russians,” Lubinets stated.
He called on the international community to urgently increase pressure on Russia, ensure full documentation of each crime, and hold those responsible accountable.
“This issue is critically important — the world cannot remain indifferent,” Lubinets stressed.
