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re: WAR CRIMES: Ukrainian Prisoners Electrocuted & Tortured in Russian Jail
Ukraine War: ISIS Style Video Appears to Show Russians Beheading Ukrainians
Graphic video appearing to show Russians beheading Ukrainian soldiers surfaces online
BBC 13 APR 2023
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on world leaders to react after a video emerged online allegedly showing Russian soldiers beheading a Ukrainian captive with a knife.
Warning this story contains graphic depictions that may disturb some readers.
Reuters could not immediately verify the authenticity or provenance of the video on social media, which appeared to show a man in green fatigues wearing a yellow armband, typically donned by Ukrainian fighters.
He is heard screeching before another man in camouflage uses a knife to decapitate him.
A third man holds up a flak jacket apparently belonging to the man being beheaded.
All three men speak in Russian.
Ukraine compared the actions of Russian soldiers to those of Islamic State terrorists and called on the International Criminal Court to investigate.
How are War Crimes Being Investigated?
More than 74,500 war crimes have been alleged in Ukraine since Russia invaded. But bringing those to trial is no simple task.
Volunteers lower a coffin into a grave in Bucha, in the Kyiv region
"There is something that no one in the world can ignore: how easily these beasts kill," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a video message.
"There will be legal responsibility for everything. The defeat of terror is necessary."
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitro Kuleba tweeted: "A horrific video of Russian troops decapitating a Ukrainian prisoner of war is circulating online."
"It's absurd that Russia, which is worse than ISIS, is presiding over the UNSC," he said, referring to the UN Security Council, where Russia took up the rotating presidency this month.
"Russian terrorists must be kicked out of Ukraine and the UN and be held accountable for their crimes."
Militants from Islamic State in Iraq and Syria were notorious for releasing videos of beheadings of captives when they controlled swathes of those countries from 2014-2017.
Ukraine's foreign ministry called on the International Criminal Court to "immediately investigate yet another atrocity of the Russian military".
Since Russia's forces invaded Ukraine more than a year ago, they have committed widespread abuses and alleged war crimes, according to the United Nations, and rights groups.
The International Criminal Court has also issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes.
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