The head of Ukrainian diplomacy called the incident with the execution of our fighter proof of genocide. And he demands that the perpetrators be brought to justice.
Dmitry Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, appealed to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, demanding that an investigation into Russia’s war crime be immediately launched. About it known from official social media.
“Horrible video of an unarmed Ukrainian prisoner of war being executed by Russian troops only at the word ‘Glory to Ukraine’. More proof that this war is genocide. It is imperative that Karim Khan launch an immediate investigation by the ICC into this heinous war crime. Those responsible must be brought to justice,” Kuleba wrote.
The video in question is not published by Focus for ethical reasons. On it, a man in military uniform smokes a cigarette and pronounces the slogan “Glory to Ukraine”. In response, an automatic burst is heard, during which the prisoner falls to the ground.
Killed for the words “Glory to Ukraine”: what is already known
The video was published on Monday, March 6, blogger Sergey Sternenko in social networks. He said that the Russians captured a Ukrainian soldier and shot him for a patriotic slogan.
Andriy Yermak, the chairman of the Presidential Chamber, reacted to the captured crime. The official wrote that Russia justifies war crimes by “Nazis” and cultivates them. However, according to him, “retribution will come for every such war crime.”
Later, Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Dmitry Lubinets said that he had sent the video to his colleagues from other countries. According to him, the filmed execution of a military man is a violation of the Geneva Conventions and a manifestation of meanness on the part of the Russians.
The Security Service of Ukraine also reacted to the video: law enforcement officers are investigating another war crime of the Russian Federation. According to the press service of the Office of the Prosecutor General, SBU investigators have registered criminal proceedings for violating the laws and customs of war.
“There are norms of international law that the criminal Russian regime systematically neglects,” said Prosecutor General Andrei Kostin.
