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Pjotr Sauer

Ukraine urges ICC to investigate video appearing to show Russians killing PoW

CC prosecutor Karim Khan
ICC prosecutor Karim Khan has been urged to investigate what Ukraine says is a ‘heinous war crime’. Photograph: Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters

Ukraine has urged the international criminal court to investigate footage circulating on social media that appeared to show Russian fighters killing a Ukrainian prisoner of war.

In the graphic clip that first circulated on Telegram, a detained combatant is seen standing in a shallow trench and smoking a cigarette. The soldier says “Glory to Ukraine” and is then apparently shot with automatic weapons.

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