CNN has geolocated a recent video that appears to show the execution of a Russian prisoner by Ukrainian forces following recent fighting in the Kyiv region.
The video – first confirmed by the New York Times – shows a group of soldiers with Ukrainian patches and blue armbands on their way after a shootout. The bodies of at least four men in Russian uniforms lie on the sidewalk. Three of them have head wounds, and blood flows around the body of a fourth, who has a jacket over his head and appears to be scratching.
“He’s still alive,” said one man in Russian. He gasps.
A soldier points his rifle and fires two shots at his body, pauses, then fires another. The body stops moving.
A man speaking to the camera then turns to film a Russian infantry fighting vehicle marked “V”, similar to that seen on Russian military equipment operated by many units in Ukraine. “A small trophy,” says the man.
Someone outside the camera says, “Glory to Ukraine!” – Glory to Ukraine, a patriotic greeting and a bearded man enters the frame and answers “Glory to the Heroes”, the standard answer.
The exact time and date of the video, which appeared on a pro-Russian channel in the Telegram, is unclear. The location of the video coincides with that of a video posted on Twitter by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. This video, released on April 2, shows an exploded Russian armored column. “He started working for Ukrainian defenders in the Kyiv region,” reads the inscription.
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