In the article linked below under the section of Mass Shootings, it states:
"Moreover, a decree issued on September 8, 1941, stated that the use of arms against Soviet POWs was, "as a rule, to be regarded as legal"βa clear invitation for German soldiers to kill Soviet POWs with impunity."
What was this decree called, what did it say and what were its effects?
Text of the order: http://imgur.com/6Ppojp6
Rough translation:
> Headquarter of the militia of the Donetsk People's Republic in Sloviansk
> ORDER
> I hereby declare that according to the decision of the field court-martial of the DPR's militia from 5/24/2014 for looting, armed robbery, kidnapping, abandonment of post and covering up of the crimes, basing on the Decree of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR "On Martial Law" from 6/22/1941 -- sentence to death by shooting: commander of the DPR's militia squadron Slavov Dmitry Georgievich ("Bolgar") and commander of the DPR's militia platoon Lukianov Nikolay Alexandrovich ("Luka").
> The sentence was enforced.
> I warn all the soldiers and commanders of the DPR's militia, and also residents of Sloviansk and Sloviansk region, that abovementioned and other grave offences will be punished firmly and mercilessly.
> Command of the DPR's militia will not let to convert its rear in the zone of criminal lawlessness. Punishment for committed crimes will be inescapable, and will not depend on the status and merits of the criminal.
> Commander of the DPR's militia, Colonel [signature] I.I.Strelkov. 26 May 2014
Local Sloviansk TV channel report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LG6srcwdh8
They really were executed, it was indirectly confirmed by a French journalist.
