Video shows that Ukrainian forces are killing Russian captives

 the plain Ukrainian forces within the video are Russian talking.

A social media video proven with the aid of Reuters and geolocated to a place west of Kiev appears to show Ukrainian forces shooting and killing a captured and badly wounded Russian soldier.

3 rounds have been fired by an off-digital camera character into the soldier, who is sporting one of the white armbands used by Russian forces. he's bleeding closely, mendacity in a avenue beside a lifeless soldier, and appears to be respiratory with trouble.

"look he is still alive, he's wheezing already ... it is completed," says a voice before two rounds are fired. a 3rd is fired after the soldier continues moving.

The video then pans to two other useless infantrymen in the street who also have white armbands. certainly one of them has his arms tied in the back of his lower back and has been shot in the head. A Russian armoured automobile has been abandoned close by.

Reuters couldn't establish the exact date of the video, which changed into first reported by the new york instances. Ukraine's UNIAN information enterprise posted pictures of the shooting's aftermath on March 30.

the obvious Ukrainian forces inside the video are Russian speaking. at least one had a Caucasian accent and others had accents standard of places in southern Russia or components of eastern Ukraine. some of them shouted "Glory to Ukraine!"

as a minimum one wore a blue armband used by the Ukrainian army, however their affiliation changed into now not clean. considered one of them had a Ukrainian flag patch on his arm, however it turned into the other way up.

Reuters geolocated the video to the north of the village of Dmytrivka, not a long way from the metropolis of Bucha northwest of Kiev wherein Ukraine has accused Russia of struggle crimes. Moscow has said the photos of lifeless our bodies in Bucha become staged.

Russia stated final week that it'd sharply cut back army pastime round Kiev and the northern metropolis of Chernihiv and Ukraine recaptured cities and villages.

Ukrainian foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said he had now not visible the video, however had heard about it.

"I want to reassure you that the Ukrainian military observes the rules of conflict... Of course there is probably remoted incidents of the violation of these guidelines and they will be virtually investigated," he stated.