A prominent U.S.-based think tank said Russia could be in violation of the Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War by coercing POWs into combat.
Russian military authorities have 'likely coerced' Ukrainian prisoners of war into fighting for their side in Ukraine, according to the Institute for the Study of War think tank.In a Friday assessment of the war in Ukraine, the ISW said the creation of this 'volunteer' formation by Russia 'would constitute an apparent violation of the Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War.
The alleged move to force Ukrainians to fight in the Russian armed forces comes as Moscow continues to suffer heavy casualties in the war Russian President Vladimir Putin launched on Ukraine in February 2022.Multiple reports have detailed how Putin's troops reportedly suffer from low morale. The ISW wrote in an August assessment that the morale of Russian troops on the front line had been diminished as Kyiv's forces continued to succeed on the battleground.
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