Talk:War crimes in the Russian invasion of Ukraine/Draft on collaborators
Killings of suspected collaborators edit
As of 30 August nearly a dozen people had been killed and others injured in assassination attempts on collaborationists and Russian-appointed officials in the occupied territories.[1] Some of the attacks against high-ranking political collaborators were allegedly conducted by Ukrainian partisans led and trained by Ukrainian special forces.[2]
On 8 September, the Washington Post reported a wave of assassinations and attempted killings against Russian-appointed officials and Ukrainian collaborators, as Ukrainian hit squads and saboteurs gunned down, blown up, hanged and poisoned almost 20 people considered to be collaborators of the puppet governments of Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics.[3] The assassination campaign was described as raising questions "about extrajudicial killings and potential war crimes, particularly when the targets are political actors or civilians".[3]
On 27 September, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights documented six killings of alleged "traitors" of Ukraine. The victims were local authority officials, policemen and civilians who were believed to have voluntarily cooperated with the enemy. According to OHCHR, these killings may have been committed by government agents or with their acquiescence and could constitute extrajudicial executions and war crimes.[4]
- ^ "Collaborationist officials targeted and killed in Ukraine's occupied territories". Meduza. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ "Ukraine: at least 18 people working for occupiers targeted in attacks". The Guardian. 2022-10-04. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ a b "Ukrainian hit squads target Russian occupiers and collaborators". Washington Post. 8 September 2022. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
- ^ Report on the human rights situation in Ukraine, 1 February to 31 July 2022 (Report). OHCHR. 27 September 2022. para. 40. Retrieved 10 Oct 2022.