10.In a counterattack to Russia’s full-scale invasion launched two and a half years ago, Ukraine’s army more than two months ago conducted an incursion into Russia’s Kursk Oblast, and has controlled a patch of the territory ever since.Ukraine's Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin announced on Oct. 13 that his office had opened an investigation into the killings, describing them as “a gross violation of the Geneva Conventions and an international crime.”Several prominent milbloggers did not deny the reports but instead argued that the killing of POWs was justified. Several even reveled in the alleged murders.Many Russian milbloggers have a significant following in Russian society, with some having hundreds of thousands of subscribers on Telegram, and others having more than a million.An independent political analyst currently based in Russia told the Kyiv Independent that milbloggers represent a militant and radical minority rather than the majority of the public, but stressed they “would be unlikely to function” without the blessing of the Kremlin.He spoke on condition of anonymity due to the fear of reprisals.A Ukrainian soldier cries on his comrade's shoulder in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy Oblast after returning from Russia's Kursk region near the border on Aug.