{"id":5715,"date":"2023-04-12T16:20:38","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T16:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=5715"},"modified":"2023-04-12T16:20:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T16:20:38","slug":"ukraine-investigates-video-purported-to-show-soldiers-beheading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/analysis\/defense\/ukraine-investigates-video-purported-to-show-soldiers-beheading\/2023\/04\/12\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine investigates video purported to show soldier\u2019s beheading"},"content":{"rendered":"

KIEV,<\/span> UKRAINE<\/span> (AP)<\/span> –<\/span> Ukraine<\/span>\u00a0launched<\/span> an<\/span> investigation<\/span> into<\/span> a<\/span> gruesome<\/span> video<\/span> circulating<\/span> on<\/span> social<\/span> media<\/span> that<\/span> allegedly<\/span> showed<\/span> the<\/span> beheading<\/span> of<\/span> a<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> soldier.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> video<\/span> quickly<\/span> went<\/span> viral<\/span> and<\/span> sparked<\/span> outrage<\/span> among<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> officials.<\/span> The<\/span> Kremlin<\/span> called<\/span> the<\/span> footage<\/span> “terrible”<\/span> but<\/span> said<\/span> it<\/span> needed<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> checked.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> Associated<\/span> Press<\/span> was<\/span> unable<\/span> to<\/span> verify<\/span> the<\/span> authenticity<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> video<\/span> or<\/span> the<\/span> circumstances<\/span> of<\/span> where<\/span> and<\/span> when<\/span> it<\/span> was<\/span> filmed.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Meanwhile,<\/span> a<\/span> Russian<\/span> defense<\/span> official<\/span> claimed<\/span> that<\/span> fighters<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> Russian<\/span> militia<\/span> Wagner<\/span> Group<\/span> had<\/span> captured<\/span> his<\/span> three<\/span> districts<\/span> of<\/span> Bakhmut.<\/span> A<\/span> video<\/span> circulating<\/span> online<\/span> appears<\/span> to<\/span> show<\/span> a<\/span> man<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> green<\/span> uniform<\/span> wearing<\/span> a<\/span> yellow<\/span> armband<\/span> typically<\/span> worn<\/span> by<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> fighters.<\/span> He<\/span> is<\/span> heard<\/span> screaming<\/span> before<\/span> using<\/span> the<\/span> knife<\/span> to<\/span> decapitate<\/span> him.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A<\/span> third<\/span> man<\/span> holds<\/span> up<\/span> a<\/span> bulletproof<\/span> vest<\/span> believed<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> that<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> decapitated<\/span> man.<\/span> All<\/span> three<\/span> men<\/span> speak<\/span> Russian.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> Russian<\/span> military<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> accused<\/span> of<\/span> widespread<\/span> human<\/span> rights<\/span> violations<\/span> and<\/span> war<\/span> crimes<\/span> since<\/span> it<\/span> invaded<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> a<\/span> year<\/span> ago,<\/span> according<\/span> to<\/span> reports<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> Nations,<\/span> human<\/span> rights<\/span> groups<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> Associated<\/span> Press.<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> has<\/span> repeatedly<\/span> accused<\/span> Russia<\/span> of<\/span> targeting<\/span> apartment<\/span> buildings<\/span> in<\/span> its<\/span> strikes,<\/span> and<\/span> images<\/span> of<\/span> hundreds<\/span> of<\/span> civilians<\/span> lying<\/span> dead<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> streets<\/span> and<\/span> in<\/span> mass<\/span> graves<\/span> in<\/span> Bucha<\/span> after<\/span> Russian<\/span> forces<\/span> withdrew<\/span> have<\/span> horrified<\/span> the<\/span> world.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Mykhailo<\/span> Podolyak,<\/span> an<\/span> advisor<\/span> to<\/span> Zelenskyy,<\/span> also<\/span> linked<\/span> the<\/span> video’s<\/span> release<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> expected<\/span> offensive,<\/span> but<\/span> said<\/span> it<\/span> was<\/span> meant<\/span> to<\/span> \u201cdemoralize<\/span> the<\/span> public<\/span> mood<\/span> or<\/span> at<\/span> least<\/span> change<\/span> the<\/span> psychological<\/span> perception<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> war<\/span> right<\/span> now.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Ukraine’s<\/span> ombudsman<\/span> on<\/span> Wednesday<\/span> said<\/span> that<\/span> he<\/span> will<\/span> request<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> U.N.<\/span> Human<\/span> Rights<\/span> Committee<\/span> investigate<\/span> the<\/span> video.<\/span> Dmytro<\/span> Lubinets<\/span> said<\/span> he<\/span> has<\/span> also<\/span> written<\/span> letters<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> U.N.<\/span> Commissioner<\/span> for<\/span> Human<\/span> Rights,<\/span> the<\/span> U.N.<\/span> Monitoring<\/span> Mission<\/span> in<\/span> Ukraine,<\/span> the<\/span> U.N.<\/span> secretary-general<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> International<\/span> Committee<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Red<\/span> Cross.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>He<\/span> wrote<\/span> on<\/span> Telegram<\/span> that<\/span> \u201ca<\/span> public<\/span> execution<\/span> of<\/span> a<\/span> captive<\/span> is<\/span> yet<\/span> another<\/span> indication<\/span> of<\/span> a<\/span> breach<\/span> of<\/span> Geneva<\/span> Convention<\/span> norms,<\/span> international<\/span> humanitarian<\/span> law,<\/span> a<\/span> breach<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> fundamental<\/span> right<\/span> to<\/span> life.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> front<\/span> lines<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> war<\/span> have<\/span> been<\/span> largely<\/span> frozen<\/span> for<\/span> months,<\/span> with<\/span> much<\/span> fighting<\/span> focused<\/span> around<\/span> the<\/span> city<\/span> of<\/span> Bakhmut.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>In<\/span> the<\/span> latest<\/span> of<\/span> regular<\/span> video<\/span> briefings,<\/span> Defense<\/span> Ministry<\/span> spokesman<\/span> Igor<\/span> Konashenkov<\/span> said<\/span> Wagner<\/span> forces<\/span> had<\/span> made<\/span> some<\/span> progress<\/span> there.<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> officials<\/span> did<\/span> not<\/span> immediately<\/span> comment,<\/span> but<\/span> Zelensky<\/span> had<\/span> previously<\/span> said<\/span> his<\/span> troops<\/span> could<\/span> withdraw<\/span> if<\/span> surrounded<\/span> by<\/span> Russian<\/span> forces.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Konashenkov<\/span> did<\/span> not<\/span> specify<\/span> which<\/span> parts<\/span> of<\/span> Bakhmut<\/span> are<\/span> now<\/span> under<\/span> Russian<\/span> control,<\/span> or<\/span> which<\/span> parts<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> city<\/span> remain<\/span> in<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> hands.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Elsewhere,<\/span> at<\/span> least<\/span> four<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> civilians<\/span> were<\/span> injured<\/span> when<\/span> Russian<\/span> forces<\/span> shelled<\/span> a<\/span> Ukrainian-held<\/span> town<\/span> near<\/span> the<\/span> Zaporizhia<\/span> nuclear<\/span> power<\/span> plant,<\/span> regional<\/span> governor<\/span> Serhiy<\/span> Lysak<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\u201cPeople<\/span> were<\/span> being<\/span> dragged<\/span> out<\/span> from<\/span> under<\/span> the<\/span> rubble,\u201d<\/span> Lysak<\/span> said<\/span> in<\/span> his<\/span> Telegram<\/span> post<\/span> after<\/span> Russian<\/span> shelling<\/span> destroyed<\/span> his<\/span> 13<\/span> houses<\/span> and<\/span> car<\/span> in<\/span> Nikopol,<\/span> across<\/span> the<\/span> Dnieper<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> nuclear<\/span> power<\/span> plant.<\/span> there<\/span> is,”<\/span> he<\/span> said.<\/span> Governor<\/span> Pablo<\/span> Kirilenko<\/span> claimed<\/span> that<\/span> Russian<\/span> forces<\/span> had<\/span> attacked<\/span> a<\/span> city<\/span> in<\/span> eastern<\/span> Donetsk<\/span> province,<\/span> injuring<\/span> one<\/span> person<\/span> with<\/span> cluster<\/span> bombs,<\/span> which<\/span> are<\/span> banned<\/span> by<\/span> international<\/span> treaties. AP<\/span> and<\/span> a<\/span> frontline<\/span> database<\/span> called<\/span> War<\/span> Crimes<\/span> Watch<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> ,<\/span> cataloging<\/span> how<\/span> Russia<\/span> used<\/span> cluster<\/span> bombs.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KIEV, UKRAINE (AP) – Ukraine\u00a0launched an investigation into a gruesome video circulating on social media that allegedly showed the beheading of a Ukrainian soldier. The video quickly went viral and sparked outrage among Ukrainian officials. The Kremlin called the footage “terrible” but said it needed to be checked. The Associated Press was unable to verify […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[26,276,280,2482],"tags":[1961,1962,1965,3750,3751,933,3752,1224,3753,1225,3754,1226,3755,1227,3756,1228,3757,1311,1312,1314,1759,1765],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ukrn.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5715"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5715"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5717,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5715\/revisions\/5717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}