BARBARIC Russian soldiers filmed themselves shooting dead six Ukrainian prisoners of war in cold blood – igniting more accusations of “war crimes” by Vlad’s army.
Kyiv has launched a criminal investigation and reported the sickening killings to the UN and Red Cross, insisting Russia cannot be allowed to so brazenly flout the laws of war.
The first two prisoners are sent to kneel on the spot where they will dieEast2West
Two Ukrainians kneel just before they are shot in the backsEast2West
The Russians were eager to have the slaughter recordedEast2West
The savage Russian soldiers filmed themselves committing the illegal massacres of unarmed Ukrainians in the occupied Donetsk region.
“This one’s mine,” says one of the executioners after demanding: “Give me two machine guns.”
The POWs are seen lying face down on the ground in a wooded area next to a temporary hut.
“Get the camera,” says one voice.
It continues: “Get the phone, get the phone, get the phone, get the phone, film me.”
The prisoners are told to “Get the **** over here, one at a time over here, hurry up.”
The Russians shoot at a drone flying overhead so it doesn’t film the heinous crimes they are about to commit.
The captives are told: “One at a time. Over here, on your knees.”
They are ordered: “Go, go, we’ll kill you anyway.”
Two Ukrainians lying on their fronts rise to their feet and, cowering, stumble over to a spot next to some logs.
With their hands raised in the air, they kneel down.
A Russian swings the barrel of his machine gun towards them and murders them in cold blood.
Then was the turn of the rest of the prisoners – who had just seen their friends slaughtered.
The Russians scream at them to get up, and force them walk one-by-one away from them.
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Three of the other prisoners lay on their fronts in the dirt and watched their friends murderedEast2West
Another soldier is forced to his feet and made to walk away with his hands up – before being sprayed with bulletsEast2West
They spray bullets into their backs as they stagger towards the corpses of their fallen comrades.
Ukrainian human rights commissioner Dmytro Lubinets said: “In the video, the occupiers themselves recorded their own crime – the shooting in the back of six Ukrainian soldiers who were captured.
“The video cuts off when the seventh soldier lies on the ground, his fate unknown.
“The shooting of each of the captured soldiers takes place in front of other comrades.
“At the same time, the occupiers order them to ‘lie down and shut their mouths’.
“The ‘operator’ of the crime voices: ‘One is mine’, and later we see him firing a series of bullets into the back of one of the prisoners of war.”
Lubinets stressed: “The Russian army has never been famous for its dignified treatment of prisoners of war, and here it once again demonstrates its helplessness and criminality.”
He has sent details to the UN and International Committee of the Red Cross.
He said: “The lack of responsibility has turned the crime into a systematic one.
“We cannot turn a blind eye to this.
“Ukraine needs justice and responsibility for those who commit crimes and do not adhere to any norms.”
The Ukrainian prosecutor-general’s office said: “During the assault on the positions of Ukrainian troops in the Donetsk region, the occupiers captured six servicemen of the Defence Forces of Ukraine and subsequently shot them.
“The shooting of prisoners of war is a serious violation of the Geneva Convention on the Treatment of Prisoners of War and is classified as a grave international crime.”
The killings were systematic and mercilessEast2West Published: [#item_custom_pubDate]
