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he latest accusation of atrocities alleged to have been committed by Russia since its invasion in February 2022 was made on Wednesday when Ukraine launched an investigation into a gruesome video that purportedly shows the beheading of a Ukrainian soldier.

The video was released on Wednesday Officials in Kyiv including President Volodymyr Zelen skyy as well as international organizations expressed their outrage at the video rapid online spread. The footage was called horrible by the Kremlin but it needed to be checked.

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The Related Press could not freely check the legitimacy of the video or the conditions of where and when it was shot. The AP is not dispersing the video or utilizing outline gets because of its incredibly realistic nature. At the same time a Russian defense official said that fighters from Russia paramilitary Wagner group had taken three districts of Bakhmu the troubled city that had been Moscow focus for months on its brutal eastward campaign.

The video coursing on the web seems to show a man in green uniform wearing a yellow armband regularly wore by Ukrainian contenders. His shouts are heard before one more man in disguise utilizes a blade to execute him.

A flak jacket which appears to belong to the beheading victim is held up by a third man. Every one of the three men talk in Russian. The United Nations rights groups and the Associated Press have reported that Russia forces have committed widespread abuses and alleged war crimes since their invasion on February 24 2022.

Ukraine has over and over blamed Russia for focusing on apartment complexes and other non military personnel designs and gear in its strikes and pictures of many dead regular people in the roads and in mass graves in Bucha after Russian powers pulled out from the city have shocked the world. An arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin has been issued by the International Criminal Court for war crimes alleging that he was personally responsible for the kidnapping of Ukrainian children.The Kremlin denies engaging in war crimes or targeting civilians. Last year Kyiv said it would look into a video that was circulating online and Moscow claimed showed Ukrainian forces killing Russian troops who might have been trying to surrender.

Ukrainian troops have also been accused of abusing their positions. Zelenksyy stated that Russian forces would be held accountable for the violence depicted in the most recent video and that it would not be forgotten. Every leader and everyone else must react. Try not to expect that it will be neglected that time will elapse he said in a video. He referred to Russian soldiers as beasts in strong language in it.

Zelenskyy requested a moment of silence for the Ukrainian soldier who was killed in the alleged beheading on video during a roundtable meeting of the IMF and World Bank later on Wednesday. Dmitry Peskov a spokesperson for the Kremlin stated that the video was horrible but required verification. During a conference call with reporters he stated The authenticity of the footage must be checked in the world of fakes we live in. Ukraine state security administration opened an examination as indicated by a proclamation from Vasyl Maliuk the top of the organization known as the SBU.

According to Hanna Maliar the deputy head of the Defense Ministry officials are examining the video to identify the perpetrators and the victim. Banners on supportive of Kremlin Russian Wire channels while not affirming the videos validness did not debate it. Some tried to legitimize it by saying battle has solidified Russian soldiers. Andrei Medvedev a journalist for Russian state television and a member of the Moscow city legislature suggested that the release of the video was fairly opportune for the Ukrainian army stating that it could assist in firing up personnel ideologically prior to a planned major counteroffensive.

An adviser to Zelenskyy Mykhailo Podolyak said that the release of the video was meant to “demoralize the public mood or at least change the psychological perception of the war right now. He also said that it was linked to the anticipated offensive. The head of human rights in Ukraine said he would ask the UN Human Rights Committee to look into it. According to Dmytro Lubinets he has also written to UN Secretary general Antonio Guterres the UN monitoring mission in Ukraine and the UN Commissioner for Human Rights.

He composed on Message that a public execution of a hostage is one more sign of a break of Geneva Show standards worldwide philanthropic regulation a break of the central right to life Serious violations of international humanitarian law including those committed against prisoners of war according to the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine must also be properly investigated and the perpetrators must be held accountable. The spokesperson Stephane Dujarric stated that Guterres had also seen the video and was horrified by it and supports the call for the perpetrators to be held to account. Kyiv resident Mykola Drobot 44 said that this is horrifying. These things cannot occur without the military and political leadership explicit or implicit consent.

Yuliia Sievierina a 40 year old Kyiv resident suggested that the video was intended as moral pressure on us to consider ourselves even more oppressed and emotionally torn.She told the Associated Press It doesn’t work. It only fuels more rage and resistance seeking. For months the war front lines have been mostly frozen and most of the fighting has been around Bakhmut. Igor Konas henkov a spokesperson for the Russian Defense Ministry stated that Wagner forces had made progress there.

Although Ukrainian officials did not immediately respond Zelenskyy has previously stated that his troops could withdraw in the event of an encirclement threat.Konashenkov did not specify how much of Bakhmut is still in Ukrainian hands or which Bakhmut neighborhoods are under Russian control. According to regional governor Serhii Lysak Russian forces shelled a Ukrainian held town near the decommissioned Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant injuring at least four civilians.

After Russian shelling destroyed 13 houses and automobiles in Nikopol across the Dnieper River from the plant he wrote in a Telegram post that people are being pulled out from under the rubble. One person was injured when Russian forces according to Govt Pavlo Kyrylenko used cluster munitions which are against international law to attack a town in the eastern donetsk province. Russia use of cluster bombs has been documented in a War Crimes Watch Ukraine database created by frontline and the associated press.