Video footage that appears to show unarmed Russian soldiers being summarily executed by Ukrainian troops has sparked tit-for-tat claims of “war crimes” between the two warring sides.
According to Moscow, the footage clearly shows Ukrainian forces killing Russian troops who had already surrendered. But Kyiv says its soldiers merely acted in “self-defense” after being fired upon.
The incident serves to highlight the murky nature of the conflict, which, since it began nine months ago, has been characterized by diametrically-opposed narratives regarding events on the ground.
“Based on the footage alone, it’s impossible to tell exactly what happened,” Aydin Sezer, a Turkish political analyst, told The Epoch Times….