In the black and white video recorded at night by a drone, ghostly figures move through the middle of what appears to be a hamlet ravaged by bombings. A group of soldiers remains static. Another heads towards a road. A few seconds pass like this. And then, suddenly, shots. Several figures collapse.
For the 110e Ukrainian mechanized brigade, at the origin of the publication of these images on Sunday December 22, there is no doubt that they reveal the execution of four of its men, surrounded and then captured by the Russian armed forces near Velyka Novossilka, a village of Donbass, in eastern Ukraine. According to the unit's press officer, Ivan Sekach, interviewed by several local media, a radio exchange between Russian soldiers discussing the execution was also intercepted.
The Ukrainian human rights commissioner, Dmytro Lubinets, was quick to react on his Telegram channel, speaking of“one more crime committed by the Russians” to report to the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross: “Russian war criminals who shoot Ukrainian prisoners of war must be brought before an international court and face the harshest punishments under the law! »
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