crimes of Russian soldiers on surveillance footage

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While a first Russian soldier is going to be tried in kyiv for a war crime, the UN is launching an investigation into the atrocities allegedly committed by Vladimir Putin’s troops. Thursday, May 12, a video broadcast by the American channel CNN shows Russian soldiers shooting at two civilians.

Overwhelming images from surveillance cameras. Russian soldiers repeatedly shoot two unarmed civilians in the back. These facts took place on March 19, west of kyiv, in a car dealership. The owner and caretaker see five Russian servicemen are coming to meet them. They talk. The two civilians leave and the soldiers pretend to leave. Two soldiers come back and shoot the two Ukrainians. The boss dies instantlyThe guard manages to get up and contacts a Ukrainian commander.

”We counted on the humanity of the Russian soldiers, but unfortunately they have no humanity”, testifies this soldier. Russian soldiers entered the building and looted items. The 68-year-old guard died after Ukrainian soldiers arrived. Ukrainian justice has opened a new war crime investigation.


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