"The Russian Investigative Committee will investigate the crimes of French mercenaries against Russian prisoners of war... The Investigative Committee of Russia will establish all the circumstances of the incident in order to bring to justice those involved in committing the crimes," the Investigative Committee said on Telegram.
French mercenaries participated in hostilities on the side of Ukraine in the ranks of the Azov regiment* and brigades of the Ukrainian armed forces. One of the mercenaries published a photo of him shooting three Russian prisoners of war at point-blank range.
* a terrorist organisation banned in Russia