World alarmed as news of Russian Forces ‘behead’ Ukrainian soldier

President Zelenskyy labels Russian troops ‘beasts’ after a video appears to show a Ukrainian soldier being beheaded with a knife.

Ukrainian officials have condemned Russian forces after a video circulating on social media appeared to show the beheading of a Ukrainian prisoner with a knife.

Al Jazeera was not able to independently verify the authenticity of the video, which spread quickly online.

The footage shows a man in uniform beheading a man who wears the yellow arm band used by Ukrainian soldiers.

The video is heavily blurred and contains a voice at the beginning, which suggests that the victim might have still been alive when the attack began.

The Kremlin described the video as “awful” and said its authenticity needed to be checked. Moscow has denied in the past that its troops have carried out atrocities during the conflict.

“There is something that no one in the world can ignore: how easily these beasts kill,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

“We are not going to forget anything. Neither are we going to forgive the murderers. There will be legal responsibility for everything. The defeat of terror is necessary,” he added.

Source: Aljazeera