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The international community and UN investigators describe these acts as deliberate war crimes committed at high levels of command. The evidence suggests a systemic pattern rather than isolated incidents, with some experts asserting that such orders likely originate from the highest levels of the Russian military or Kremlin itself. As the conflict persists, estimates indicate more than 150 cases of executed prisoners of war, with Ukrainian officials warning that Russia's treatment of POWs amounts to “deliberate, systematic executions.”