In the last few hours a video showing how Russian soldiers behave Ukrainian soldier beheaded has been making the rounds on social media, provoking the indignation of the president of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelensky, who on Wednesday called on the international community and its leaders to act urgently with concrete measures to defeat Russia.
The video posted on Twitter, has been removed from the platform.
“It’s something no one in the world can ignore: the ease with which these beasts kill“Zelensky said in a video recorded by the presidential office stating this it is not an isolated casebut of the “new normal” that Russia would try to impose.
The video found on Russian social networks by the US television network CNN would have shown the beheading of a Ukrainian soldier alive at the hands of a Russian soldier.
The video was allegedly recorded last summer by the Ukrainian secret services Try to identify who appears.
“It happened before. It’s happened before in Bucha. Thousands of timesZelensky added, referring to the city around Kiev where hundreds of Ukrainian civilians were killed during the Russian occupation.
Zelenskyj has asked “each of the leaders” of the international community to react with measures that contribute “defeat the terror” which he thinks represents Russia.
Nobody would understand that the leaders do not react, added the Ukrainian president, who called for the creation of a special court to try these Russian atrocities.
The recording of the beheading was released by Ukrainian presidential office adviser Mikhailo Podoliak, along with a message condemning Russia’s “bloodlust” and addressing those calling for Ukraine to trade land for peace.
“Perhaps the pacifists who cynically suggest ‘exchange territories for peace’ will finally understand what ‘Russian world’ means,” Podoliak wrote, using the Russian expression for countries over which Moscow has exerted influence. .
The screams of the victim
In the video, which was later deleted, the image was blurred and shows the decapitation and the screams of terror of the victim are heard.
CNN also found a second, more recent video of alleged Wagner Group mercenaries two Ukrainian soldiers cut their throats killed in an explosion.
Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar asked not to release the video of the beheading of the Ukrainian soldier and not to speculate about the identity of the victim.
“Please have respect for the relatives of the deceased, do not make public assumptions about his identity even if you are absolutely sure you recognize him,” he said via Telegram.
“Remember, the enemy wants to intimidate usHe wants to weaken us. But the only thing you will get is our anger and total defeat of the occupiers, sentences for the murderers and a court for the aggressor state,” he added.
Malyar further said that since the video surfaced, Ukrainian services have been studying it “frame by frame to identify criminals”.
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