Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on Ukrainians to repeat the dead man’s patriotic final words: “Slavi Ukraini.'
A weary man in combat fatigues, a Ukrainian flag on his arm, smokes a cigarette. He stands over a ditch in the woods, looking toward the camera.“Glory to Ukraine!” the smoker responds, in Ukrainian.
This pixelated clip, just 12 seconds long, appears to show the execution of a Ukrainian prisoner of war. As it spread on social media, going viral on Monday, it ignited fierce anger in Ukraine, where officials and other public figures have said it shows the cruelty of invading Russian forces and reinforces the need for a war crimes investigation for flagrant violations of the Geneva Conventions.The Washington Post has not independently verified the video.
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