Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday denounced Russian “beasts” after a video surfaced on social media purporting to show the decapitation of a Ukrainian prisoner of war.
“There is something that no one in the world can ignore: how easily these beasts kill,” Zelensky said in a video address released on social media
“This video… The execution of a Ukrainian captive… The world must see it,” Zelensky added in the video address.
AFP was unable to independently verify the footage.
The video, which lasts around one minute 40 seconds, shows a masked man in camouflage decapitating another man in uniform.
Moscow and Kyiv have repeatedly accused each other of killing prisoners of war since Russia invaded Ukraine more than a year ago, and several videos alleging to show POW killings have made the rounds on the internet.
AFP
