'The government is taking this very seriously and there will be an immediate investigation,' Oleksiy Arestovich, an advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said of the video.
Ukrainian forces take cover behind military armored vehicles as they advance to the battlefield on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday.Ukraine said it was investigating a video appearing to show its troops shooting captive Russians.The commander in chief of Ukraine's armed forces claimed the video was staged by Russians.
In a Telegram post, Arestovich told Ukrainian troops and militias that "the abuse of prisoners is a war crime that has no amnesty under military law and has no statute of limitations." It emerged online just two days after Ukrainian forces said on Telegram that they had taken back the village from Russian troops, The Post reported.
Ukraine's prosecutor general, Iryna Venediktova, was recently asked about the video during an interview with Sky News and said, "We need proof,""If militaries from [the] Ukrainian side are guilty, we will investigate them and take them to court," Venediktova said, according to Reuters.
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