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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Felipe Dana and Joanna Kozlowska

Kyiv says Russian forces shot surrendering Ukrainian soldiers. If confirmed, it would be a war crime

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Ukrainian officials on Sunday accused Russian forces of killing surrendering Ukrainian soldiers, a war crime if confirmed, after grainy footage on social media appeared to show two uniformed men being shot at close range after emerging from a dugout.

The video shows the servicemen, one of them with his hands up, walking out at gunpoint and lying down on the ground before a group of Russian troops appears to open fire. It was not immediately possible to verify the video’s authenticity or the circumstances in which it was taken.

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