Video analyzes, by “Le Monde” and independent investigators, of a video supposed to show Ukrainian soldiers pulling on Russian prisoners, confirms his authenticity. A unity of Ukrainian volunteers was present at the scene of the exaction.
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Three disarmed prisoners, three shots. The three men collapse. A video, broadcast on March 27, 2022 and that Le Monde was able to authenticate and cross -check with other images, documents a probable exction committed by Ukrainian volunteers against Russian prisoners of war.
Such actions are strictly prohibited by the Geneva Convention, which sets the rules to respect towards enemy soldiers taken prisoner: protect them like their own soldiers, do not violate them, treat them if necessary.
The images identified by the independent analyst erich auerbach , And crossed by Le Monde to other documents available online, prove that volunteers from the Ukrainian battalion Slobozhanshchyna were on the scene when the Russian prisoners were tortured. If it is not possible to assert with certainty that the individual author of the shooting comes directly from their ranks, the group leader, Andri Ianholenko, appears clearly alongside the three victims, before the shots. Solicited by Le Monde, Andri Ianholenko did not respond.