Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the Russians “beasts” on Wednesday after a video emerged on social media of the beheading of a Ukrainian prisoner of war.
“There is something no one in the world can ignore: the ease with which these beasts kill. We will not forget or forgive killers,” he wrote on Twitter.
The execution of a Ukrainian prisoner…
This is a video of Russia as it is. This is a video where we try to make just that the new normal.
Everyone must respond. Every leader. Don’t expect it to be forgotten.
We’re not going to forget anything. The defeat of terror is necessary. pic.twitter.com/H8Or6HJnYW– Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) April 12, 2023
The Russian military offensive on Ukrainian territory, launched on February 24 last year, plunged Europe into what is considered the most serious security crisis since World War II (1939-1945).
The Russian invasion – justified by Russian President Vladimir Putin with the need to “denazify” and demilitarize Ukraine for Russia’s security – was condemned by the international community at large, which reacted by sending weapons to Ukraine, and political and political economic sanctions against Russia.
Source: DN
