The EU denounces the brutality of Russia after the video that shows the beheading of a Ukrainian soldier

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BRUSSELS, 12 Apr. (EUROPE PRESS) –

The European Union has denounced this Wednesday the brutality of Russia after the dissemination of a video that supposedly shows the beheading of a Ukrainian soldier at the hands of Russian troops.

“If confirmed, it is another brutal reminder of the inhumane nature of Russian aggression,” said the EU’s Foreign Affairs spokeswoman, Nabila Massrali, about the video of which she said that the European bloc does not have confirmation of its veracity. .

In this sense, European diplomacy has recalled that killing prisoners of war is a “very serious” violation of the Geneva Convention and demonstrates Moscow’s “total contempt” for International and Humanitarian Law.

“Russia must fulfill its obligations under international law and ensure that prisoners of war are treated humanely and under all circumstances and that their lives are not put in danger,” he said.

In this sense, he underlined the EU’s commitment to hold the perpetrators and accomplices of war crimes committed in the context of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine “to account”.

This video has generated a wave of condemnations by the Ukrainian authorities and its president, Volodimir Zelenski, has urged the international community to “react” remembering that it is not an isolated case.

The images, released online on Tuesday, show alleged Russian military officers cutting off a man’s head with a knife. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has launched an investigation to try to find those responsible, of which no details have been released.