Russia’s ministry of defence has issued a strongly worded statement following the emergence of video footage which it claims shows Ukrainian military personnel deliberately killing more than 10 captured Russian servicemen. The state-owned Russian RIA Novosti news agency carries the following quotes from the statement:
The intentional and methodical killing of more than ten immobilized Russian servicemen by the UAF degenerates with direct shots in the head cannot be presented as a “tragic exception” against the background of the alleged general observance of the rights of prisoners of war by the Kyiv regime.
The published new video evidence of the mass massacre of Ukrainian soldiers over unarmed Russian prisoners of war confirms the savage essence of the current Kyiv regime led by Zelenskiy and those who protect and support it.
The video, which the Guardian has seen, has not been verified. Ukrainian military and civil authorities are yet to respond to the accusation.
There are obviously the ones who just don’t much care and would toss Ukrainian civilians into the grinder themselves if it seemed like that would improve commodity prices; but I’m forever baffled by the more ‘idealist’ flavor who trot out the ‘zOMG NATO is content to fight the war to the last Ukrainian’ line when, historically speaking, Russia/Ukraine peace is also something that is fought to the last Ukrainian.
The continuation of the war is a western project in the sense that Ukraine would be in real trouble without economic and military support, so if that were withheld their position would probably deteriorate rapidly; but in the sense that Ukrainian forces remain motivated it’s a substantially local expression of a desire for self determination. By all accounts Russia had an entire puppet government planned for deployment after their decapitation strike; and one supposes that they’d be happy to reactivate it if a sufficient mass of angry and unmotivated Ukrainians were available; and it’s not like Langley could do a damn thing.
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The Russian ministry of defence has vowed that Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy will eventually stand trial for war crimes. In a statement about a video that has emerged which appears to show Russian soldiers being shot by Ukrainian forces, the ministry says:
New videographic evidence of massive execution inflicted by Ukrainian servicemen on the unarmed Russian prisoners of war confirms the atrocious nature of the current Kiev regime led by Zelenskiy and those who protect and support him.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian servicemen, who surrendered this week, are held in accordance with all the requirements of the Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War.
The brutal murder of the Russian servicemen is neither the first, nor the single war crime. This is a common practice in the Armed Forces of Ukraine that is actively supported by the Kiev regime and straightforwardly ignored by its western patrons.
But Zelenskiy and his henchmen will be forced to stand trial of the court of history, peoples of Russia and Ukraine, for everyone, and for each tortured and murdered prisoner.
Earlier this week UN human rights monitor OHCHR in Ukraine accused both sides of violating the rights of prisoners of wars, saying:
So far, OHCHR has interviewed 159 POWs (139 men and 20 women) held by the Russian Federation (including by affiliated armed groups), and 175 POWs (all men) held by Ukraine.
OHCHR has identified patterns of torture and ill-treatment of POWs held by the Russian Federation (including by affiliated armed groups), particularly during internment. OHCHR has also documented violations committed by Ukrainian state agents towards POWs, which revealed a pattern of ill-treatment at initial stages of capture and evacuation, and sporadic cases of torture and ill-treatment at later stages of internment.
Thinking the war in Syria has turned Iran into Russia’s go-to arms supply shop.
the logic of the hostage taker 
Speaking of LeBeau
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Prigozhin, along with Kadyrov, is one of the leaders of the warlord faction, a bunch of thugs and fascist mercenaries. He’s been working toward this for a while. Will he be taken out by s car bomb (military faction) or an unfortunate fall or poisoning (siloviki faction) or survive? Will he work with Putin or try to supplant him? Anything can happen!
