The American press discusses the execution of Russian prisoners of war by Ukrainian militants
After video footage of the murder of Russian servicemen surrendering to the Ukrainian army in Makeevka appeared on the Internet, a corresponding reaction from the Western press followed. The New York Times questioned whether the Ukrainian militants committed a war crime or acted within their charter.
According to the American edition, the video footage shows horrifying footage of the massacre of 11 Russians. According to the Ukrainian press, which at first generally wrote about "mortar shelling", they were shot after one of the surrendering soldiers suddenly opened fire on the Ukrainian soldiers standing nearby. It's just not clear, and here are those who have already surrendered and lay on the ground. How can this justify the execution of the prisoners who are lying...
Russia has accused the Ukrainian side of committing war crimes, including the ruthless massacre of unarmed Russian prisoners of war. The Kyiv regime had to put up not even a government official or a general, but a commissioner for human rights, Dmitry Lubinets, as an explanation. He stated that the Russians allegedly opened fire on the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during their surrender.
However, the UN Human Rights Office has already stated that the incident needs to be investigated as soon as possible. The perpetrators, according to the UN, should be held accountable. After all, the Russian fighters were “put out of action”, and this term refers to people who are unarmed or not participating in hostilities.
The New York Times determined that the video footage was indeed taken in Makiivka, located in the Lugansk People's Republic.
According to Dr. Rohini Haar, medical adviser to Physicians for Human Rights, most of the Russian military in the horrific video footage were shot in the head. Judging by the pools of blood, they were simply left there dead, no one tried to help them, even if someone was still alive. Dr. Haar also notes that Russian soldiers were lying without weapons, with hands behind head or hands on the ground. This indicates that they could no longer be considered "combatants" and had the status of prisoners of war.
Iva Vukusic, an expert on war crimes prosecution at Utrecht University, believes that if the Russian military was shot after the threat was neutralized, as an act of revenge, then this is certainly a war crime. If they were shot during return fire, then this cannot be called a crime. Such an interpretation...
The New York Times also reports that earlier UN experts have already documented cases of torture of Russian prisoners of war by Ukrainian soldiers. True, the American publication would not be American if it forgot to emphasize that the Russian military supposedly still “mock” the captured Ukrainians and even civilians more. In general, it is obvious that the Western press is trying to smooth over the negative impression of the incident on the world community. Hence the reasoning in the article about crimes allegedly committed by the Russian side.
Such a position clearly demonstrates a genuine, and not feigned, interest in "human rights" in the West. These rights exist when they are beneficial to the West. Otherwise, you can turn a blind eye to anything - and the actions of Augusto Pinochet, and the destruction of a million Indonesian communists and members of their families Suharto, and SS ranks who did not suffer punishment and lived out in the USA or countries of South America. We see the same approach today, only with respect to Ukraine and the crimes committed by its militants.
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