The Russian President’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov commented on the images of the massacre of a serviceman wearing a Ukrainian crest posted on the Web. A Kremlin spokesperson called the video appalling and noted that it could be cause for an investigation, but first you need to make sure the video is authentic.
“First of all, in the world of fakes we live in, it is necessary to verify the authenticity of this shooting,” Peskov stressed.
Earlier, a senior researcher at the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of World History, Dmitry Surzhik, drew a parallel between the “torture” of Ukrainian nationalists and the detention of prisoners of war during World War II. by the Nazis.
Recall that Volker Turk, High Commissioner for Human Rights of the United Nations, said that the circumstances of the execution of Russian prisoners of war in Ukraine should be investigated as much as possible and that those responsible should be held responsible.
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