Military experts say the invaders were killed trying to attack soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during the surrender, and Russia is promoting in the media the version that the Ukrainian defenders executed prisoners of war.
Russian Telegram channels distributed a video with 10 dead soldiers of the RF Armed Forces. The propagandists are trying to to accuse Ukrainian military in the mistreatment of prisoners of war and killings.
The footage shows 10 Russian soldiers leaving their homes and then lying down on the ground. After that, a gunman in dark clothes appears and opens fire. At the end of the video a wounded Ukrainian soldier is shown and asked about his well-being.
Execution and murder: how Russia reacted to the video with the invaders surrendering
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation called footage of “new video evidence” of the Ukrainian army’s massacre of unarmed captured Russians, confirming “the destructive essence of the current regime in Kiev”.
Russian telegram channels of propagandists call what is happening on the video “execution” and “execution”.
It is also known that the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Start incident investigation captured on video. A criminal case has been opened on the facts of the alleged murder of two or more people committed by a group of persons in connection with their official activities, as well as on the fact of ill-treatment of prisoners of war and the use of prohibited means and methods in an armed conflict.
What does the Ukrainian side say about this?
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has not yet officially responded to the provocation of Russian propagandists and has not commented on the video shooting of Makiivka in the Luhansk region.
Note that on November 13, the Telegram channel “Operational ZSU” published similar video footage. They also showed the bodies of 12 Russian soldiers. In a comment below the video it was said that the occupants were victims of a mortar attack.
Incident with Russian occupiers: what the experts say
Glavred Censor.Net and military expert Yuri Butusov in his Telegram channel he wrote that the Russian military, which was humanely given the opportunity to save its life, used the situation to kill Ukrainians who believed it. He stressed that feigning surrender is a war crime.
In turn, in the Telegram channel of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan published detailed analysis of video frames, which we wrote about above. It refers to the fact that one of the invaders who surrendered, instead of throwing a machine gun, tried to open fire from it at the direction of the Ukrainian army. The APU opened fire in return.
And the founder of the Conflict Intelligence Team Ruslan Leviev expressed the opinion that the soldier in black uniform, who opened fire, violated the norms of international law: he pretended that he was ready to surrender, but opened fire. This war crime is called perfidy.
Let us recall the previously mobilized one the Russians killed their commander, which prevented them from surrendering in captivity. According to journalists, the mobilized did not want to participate in hostilities due to the inadequate attitude of the authorities.
Focus he also wrote that the APU was taken prisoner the first Russian female soldier. He said that he had been in Ukraine since August and was serving as a doctor.
