Russia accused of 'executing' surrendering Ukrainians

Russia has been accused of killing two surrendering Ukrainian soldiers in an apparent war crime.

Footage shows a group of men in Russian uniforms opening fire from close range on the unarmed pair after they emerged from a dugout with their hands on their heads.

The Ukrainian army’s strategic communications centre has said it possesses “confirmed information” that the video showed the “execution” by Russian forces of “unarmed soldiers”.

Ukraine’s prosecutor general’s office said on Sunday that it launched a pre-trial investigation “for violation of the laws and customs of war, combined with intentional murder”.

It said the shooting happened near the village of Stepove in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region. It did not say when the incident occurred.

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[Bran_Redmaw]

Amazing the Telegraph have managed to report a video that shows absolutely nothing. No one can make a judgement based on that.

[Niektolentak]

Happens on both sides. That’s why it’s called war and not daycare

[youamazing]

I don't remember the west screaming and crying when NATO troops did the same and when Ukraine do it

[sergeyl]

It seemed to me that the Telegraph was a more honest press

[Darkseidsolosfiction]

Video: shows russia commiting war crimes.
Annoying bots: what about Israel?

[truthbegettingtold]

The Russians are so close together, I know he might have been shot or shot at, but imagine if he had a grenade with a fully loaded mag. I promise, they would run anywhere from 1-20 meters away, firing back.

[ayoubzougari]

Its nothing compared whta the Americans did in airaq

[bernardinodasilva]

I saw 8n other videos that desapear exactly the opposite .

[kmfstzp]

Looks like it was filmed on a potato. This shows whatever the Telegraph say it does I'm sure.

[sovietgeneralyt]

And how come when ukrianian soldiers excuted surrendering russian soldier and they never got accused

[OnlyCowardFascistSilenceSpeech]

Looks like us police during a routine traffic stop

[dustup]

That prone surrendering soldier still had the ability to hold his hands in the surrender position. He was not dead--- not even wounded, he was obeying the conditions to surrender.

[safetydeskltd]

How are they surrendering to soldiers armed with only shovels?? This is baffling to me!

[PeterRudesindus]

Seems like there is an issue with Ukrainians deserting if this is a story that is being pushed.

[johntexas]

The lesson is, don’t surrender to the russian

[itsme-gmoi]

Not saying the Telegraph is partisan, actually I am, but they never seem to mention Ukranian war crimes

[PurewaterBlack]

This is a war crime. russia needs to be held accountable for their actions.

[sqnhunterx]

They are not accused of anything...the evidence is clear...they did it...just to identify the culprits and not give them an option of surrender. They say all is fair in love and war.

[hRtkuojTtmk]

Not surprising at all. Roooskis do this to their own too.

[pigafettalyon]

Wikip: "While Lightoller commander of HMS Garry which sank the German U-boat] does not go into detail about the sinking in his memoir, he does confirm Fürbringer's [commander of the U-boat] memoirs by admitting that he "refused to accept the hands up air" business. Lightoller explained, "In fact it was simply amazing that they should have had the infernal audacity to offer to surrender, in view of their ferocious and pitiless attacks on our merchant ships. Destroyer versus Destroyer, as in the Dover Patrol, was fair game and no favour. One could meet them and take them on as a decent antagonist. But towards the submarine men, one felt an utter disgust and loathing; they were nothing but an abomination, polluting the clean sea." Lesson: one does not have to search as far as the plains of Ukraine to detect such acts; closer to "civilisation", one is bound to find the same quantity of rogue behaviour. Wise observers have repeatedly pointed out that sapiens has very little advanced beyond the state of the apes.