UN accuses Russia, Ukraine forces of prisoners' executions.

The United Nations said Friday it was 'deeply concerned' by what it said were summary executions of prisoners of war by both Russian and Ukrainian forces on the battlefield.

The allegations came shortly after Kyiv accused Russian forces of killing a captured Ukrainian serviceman who was filmed saying 'Glory to Ukraine' before being shot dead.

The head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, Matilda Bogner, said that her organisation had recently recorded...

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