EU, UN condemn footage of beheading1 min read

The EU pledges to hold war criminals to account as it denounced footage spread online allegedly showing the beheading of a Ukrainian prisoner of war.

“We don’t have more information on the veracity of the video. Having said that, if confirmed, this is yet another brutal reminder about the inhumane nature of the Russian aggression,” EU spokeswoman Nabila Massrali said.

“The EU reiterates its firm commitment to holding to account all perpetrators and accomplices of war crimes committed in connection with Russia’s war,” she added.

Th UN mission in Ukraine also said it was “appalled” by the “gruesome” video.

“The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine is appalled by particularly gruesome videos posted on social media,” it said in a statement.

“One of the videos shows a brutal execution of a man who appears to be a Ukrainian prisoner of war, while the other one shows mutilated bodies of apparent Ukrainian POWs.”