Russian soldiers executed a Ukrainian prisoner of war with a medieval-style sword in revenge for the incursion into Kursk, Kyiv has claimed.
Sickening pictures appear to show an unarmed Ukrainian soldier lying in a pool of blood after being stabbed with the primitive weapon by his Russian captors.
WHAT WAS SAID?
‘The level of barbarity and bloodthirstiness is impossible to comprehend,’ said Dmytro Lubinets, the Ukrainian parliament’s commissioner for human rights.
The sword is seen embedded in the torso of the Ukrainian fighter, whose hands have been bound with tape, with his body evidently left out as a macabre warning.
The words ‘For Kursk’ are daubed on the weapon – referring to Ukraine’s surprise incursion into the Russian border region which has humiliated Vladimir Putin.
EVIDENCE OF WAR CRIMES
Lubinets has reported the alleged evidence of war crimes to the United Nations and International Committee of the Red Cross.
‘Another war crime – the Russians executed an unarmed Ukrainian prisoner of war with a sword with his hands bandaged with tape,’ said the ombudsman.
‘Such actions are a gross violation of the Geneva Convention relating to the treatment of prisoners of war.
‘How much longer will the world watch as Russia openly demonstrates disregard for any norms and laws?’
He added: ‘I would like to emphasise separately that such demonstrative executions are aimed at demoralising Ukrainian society.’
The words ‘For Kursk’ are daubed on the weapon – referring to Ukraine‘s surprise incursion into the Russian border region which has humiliated Vladimir Putin.
