It appears the war between Russia and Ukraine is taking a new turn, and it is evident in a viral video, with a Ukrainian soldier being beheaded by a Russian serviceman.
It is a devastating video that has caught all attentions and comments.
Volodymyr Zelensky, the man leading the nation that has been in war with Russia for over one year is not finding it funny.
President Zelensky calls on world leaders to respond after the video emerged.
“Everyone must react. Every leader. Do not wait for this to be forgotten,” Zelensky says in a video address.
Investigation
Ukraine’s SBU security service says it is investigating the “war crime”.
The Kremlin says the video was “awful” but its authenticity has to be checked as well as who was behind it.
The grainy and extremely graphic video appears to have been filmed on a mobile phone. It shows a man in military uniform wearing a yellow armband – frequently worn as identifying symbol by Ukrainian soldiers.
Also, the perpetrator and other men visible in the clip have white bands on their legs, which Russian soldiers are known to wear as a means of identification.
Furthermore, the men can be heard speaking Russian, although that is not conclusive as many Ukrainians speak Russian too.
During the short video, the victim with the yellow armband is beheaded by a man with a large knife with a white band around his leg.
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Also, at one point, one of the men holds up body armour with a trident mark – the state symbol of Ukraine – and the comment “Mercenaries!” can be heard.
There has been speculation online that the video was filmed near the city of Kreminna in eastern Ukraine.
However, so far, none of these claims have been verified and neither has the location been identified.
The clip began circulating on Telegram late on Tuesday after a popular pro-Kremlin blogger shared it with his nearly 300,000 followers.
He later claims he is not the source of the video and that the footage had been on Telegram before he posted it.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says that we live in a “world of fakes” therefore there is a need to verify the veracity of this footage.
