On March 8, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres commented on the video of the execution of an unarmed Ukrainian soldier immediately after his words “Glory to Ukraine!”
Source: “Interfax-Ukraine”
Guterres direct speech: “Terrible footage in which a Ukrainian soldier was apparently killed is another reminder that the laws of war must be respected.”
Details: Zelensky met today in Kyiv with the UN Secretary General, who arrived in Ukraine on an official visit.
Background:
- On March 6, a terrible video of the execution of a Ukrainian military man who was captured by the Russian invaders appeared on the network. In the last moments of his life, the Ukrainian prisoner said “Glory to Ukraine!”, judging by the video.
- The Security Service of Ukraine opened a criminal proceeding over a video in which Russian invaders shoot an unarmed Ukrainian soldier.
- Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets called “another war crime of Russia” the execution of a Ukrainian soldier.
- Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called on the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to investigate the circumstances of the execution of a Ukrainian prisoner of war, which became known on Monday.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky reacted to a video with the execution of a Ukrainian soldier by the invaders, who said “Glory to Ukraine.”
- Several speculations surfaced on social media regarding the name of the deceased. Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar urged to wait for official confirmation of the identity of the Ukrainian military, the video of the execution of which was made public the day before.
- U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price said the department was aware of a video of a Ukrainian prisoner of war being shot, believed to be by the Russian military, and condemned them.
- The representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, Andrei Yusov, said that measures are now being taken to find those responsible for the execution of an unarmed Ukrainian soldier.
