Russian ultranationalist Alexander Dugin speaks at the funeral in Moscow on Tuesday of his daughter Darya Dugina, who was killed this week in a car bomb attack. Photograph: Dmitry Serebryakov/APThe United Nations human rights office has joined Kyiv in warning Russia not to go through with its apparent plans to hold show trials of Ukrainian prisoners of war in the occupied city of Mariupol.
“We are concerned by reports that the Russian Federation and affiliated armed groups … are planning – possibly in the coming days – to try Ukrainian prisoners of war in what is being labelled an ‘international tribunal’ in Mariupol,” Ravina Shamdasani, spokeswoman for the office of the UN high commissioner for human rights, said on Tuesday.
Ukraine has requested urgent action from the European Court of Human Rights to ensure Ukrainian prisoners of war are treated properly in Russian captivity.