The latest accusation of abuse following months of conflict in Ukraine came from Russia on Friday when Moscow claimed that Kyiv had executed some soldiers who had surrendered in what Moscow called a "war crime."
Moscow's allegations follow this week's UN report, which claimed that both sides had tortured and mistreated prisoners of war.
No one will be able to characterize the planned and intentional shooting deaths of more than 10 restrained Russian servicemen as a "tragic exception," according to the Russian defense ministry.
In its statement, it makes reference to recordings that are alleged of the remains of Russian personnel who were slain after turning themselves into Ukrainian forces and are currently trending on Russian-language social media.
In one video, soldiers can be seen ostensibly submitting to multiple camouflaged military officials with yellow armbands. The troops who are surrendering lie down on the ground in a backyard full of trash.
The sound of gunfire is cut off abruptly in the footage.
Another video taken from above reveals the apparent blood stains surrounding the bodies of almost a dozen people.
The films have not been independently verified by AFP, and the Russian defense ministry has not stated when the material was shot.
The purported murders, according to Russia's Human Rights Council, took place in Makiivka, a village in eastern Ukraine's Lugansk region that the Ukrainian army claimed to have retaken this week.
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Valeriy Fadeyev, chairman of the Human Rights Council, posted on social media, "We will seek a response and an investigation from the international community."
A UN spokeswoman told AFP, "We are aware of the films and we are looking into them," calling for the offenders to be held accountable.
The "execution of seized Russian personnel" was the subject of a criminal investigation, according to the Russian Investigative Committee, which looks into serious crimes.
The films allegedly show Ukrainian military soldiers killing unarmed Russian prisoners of war, according to the defense ministry.
It was further said that Ukrainian forces had perpetrated other "war crimes" in addition to this "brutal murder."
Moscow also charged that Western nations backing Ukraine militarily were ignoring any wrongdoing on the part of the Ukrainian military.
According to the statement, Kyiv would be held accountable for "every prisoner tortured and killed."
The charges received no immediate response from Ukrainian authorities.
Since the start of the Ukraine assault at the end of February, Russia and Ukraine have both accused each other of mistreating prisoners of war to the point where they constitute war crimes.
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