Reuters: Ukrainian prisoners forced to hunt for dead comrades in airport rubble
The gunmen lined up around 20 pale-looking prisoners in two silent rows in the ruins of the airport terminal. Somehow still clinging to a wall pulverized by bullets and artillery was a sign marked "Lost and Found".
The captured Ukrainian soldiers had been brought into the ruins of the airport and ordered to hunt for the dead bodies of their comrades under pieces of concrete.
WNU Editor: A breach of the Geneva rules when it comes to treating prisoners .... but here is an interesting Catch 22 position .... the Ukraine government cannot complain because they have labeled the pro-Russian rebel forces as terrorists, and by issuing a complaint they would be officially acknowledging that the pro-Russian rebels are a military force. As to the grim task of finding bodies .... the Ukraine government has admitted that 1,200 soldiers have not been accounted for .... it would not surprise me if some of them are buried at the airport.
More News On The Grim Task Of Searching For Bodies At Donetsk Airport
Captive Ukrainian soldiers dig out the bodies of comrades killed in Donetsk airport battle -- USA Today/AP
Ukrainian POWs comb ruins of Donetsk airport for dead comrades -- AFP
Digging out the dead in eastern Ukraine -- Al Jazeera
Ukrainian prisoners of war recover bodies at Donetsk airport -- Ukraine Today
Separatists find bodies of 30 dead Ukrainian soldiers at Donetsk Airport -- Global Post/EFE
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