Servicemen of the Svoboda (Freedom) battalion from the elite Storm Brigade “Rubizh” have been pictured relaxing at an awards ceremony after returning from the front line.
There are few details known about the case, Mediazona reported, and the circumstances of his alleged surrender were not clarified. The soldier was also charged with desertion, the court file said.
At least 54 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) have been executed by Russian soldiers, the head of the War Crimes Department in Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office, Yurii Belousov, said on April 9.
Experts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) have concluded that Russian troops are fast-tracking offensive operations across the entire war zone in Ukraine while "mitigating likely increased manpower and materiel losses".
The Prosecutor General's Office has opened an investigation into a video that purportedly shows Russian soldiers shooting three captured and unarmed Ukrainian servicemen in Kherson Oblast, the office announced on April 7.