The Prosecutor General's Office of Russia will check the video published on social networks with the beheading of a soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a message about this was published on the official Telegram channel of the Prosecutor General's Office.
“In the frames of the distributed video, an unknown person in the summer season in camouflage uses violence with a knife against an unknown soldier, as a result of which he causes death,” the message says.
Investigators will assess the credibility of the video and "make an appropriate decision".
Earlier, Peskov said that the footage of the decapitation of a serviceman is terrible, it is necessary to check their authenticity.
On April 11, pro-Russian Telegram channels posted a video showing the Russian military beheading a still-living Ukrainian soldier lying on the ground. Further, one of the participants in this war crime suggests putting the head of a Ukrainian in a bag and “sending it to the commander.” On April 9, a photograph of a skull planted on a branch appeared in the public VK MILITARY Z. According to the caption, the photo was taken in Bakhmut and you can see the remains of an APU soldier on it. The Ukrainian volunteer organization OSINT InformNapalm reported that they have been recording cases of beheadings of Ukrainians, including civilians, by Russian militants since 2014.
The head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak, said in connection with the publication of these videos that "everything will be answered, everyone will be held accountable." The SBU opened an investigation into these war crimes, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky recorded a video message. “The world cannot ignore how easily these beasts kill,” Zelensky said, adding that the video of the execution of a Ukrainian military prisoner “should be seen by everyone” because it “shows Russia for what it is.”
