Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on world leaders to respond after a video emerged apparently showing a Ukrainian soldier being beheaded by a Russian serviceman.

"Everyone must react. Every leader. Do not wait for this to be forgotten," he said in a video address.

Ukraine's SBU security service said it was investigating the "war crime".

The Kremlin said the video was "awful" but its authenticity had to be checked as well as who was behind it.

The grainy and extremely graphic video appears to have been filmed on a mobile phone, and possibly during the summer months. It shows a man in military uniform wearing a yellow armband - frequently worn as identifying symbols by Ukrainian soldiers.

On 4/12/2023 at 10:45 PM, Phoenix Rising said:

Putin and trump should be cellmates....forever.

That would be a much bigger punishment for Putin.

Trump would be with one of his top heroes.

Putin would be with a useful idiot who he has zero respect for. 

3 minutes ago, TimeMachine said:

Compassionate grounds? 

Biden has been a great leader in the struggle to defend Ukraine against Russian aggression. 

 

Trump worshipped Putin and still does. Putin help get Trump elected. That kind of thing is very important to Trump.

 

Bolton sheds light on why Putin didn’t invade Ukraine under Trump (msnbc.com)

1 minute ago, Jingthing said:

Biden has been a great leader in the struggle to defend Ukraine against Russian aggression. 

 

Trump worshipped Putin and still does. Putin help get Trump elected. That kind of thing is very important to Trump.

 

Bolton sheds light on why Putin didn’t invade Ukraine under Trump (msnbc.com)

I think back to when the Cuban missile crisis existed and Russia was provoking America. America, rightly so ,protected their region and thankfully Russia pulled back. Did no provocation come from Biden's administration ? Has Russia started this 'protecting it's region' for no reason? Surely you can't believe Biden is in no way involved in provoking the  region. 

11 minutes ago, TimeMachine said:

I think back to when the Cuban missile crisis existed and Russia was provoking America. America, rightly so ,protected their region and thankfully Russia pulled back. Did no provocation come from Biden's administration ? Has Russia started this 'protecting it's region' for no reason? Surely you can't believe Biden is in no way involved in provoking the  region. 

Putin has openly stated that he can never accept independent Ukrainian national identity. To Putin Ukraine is Russia. He stole Crimea in 2014 and fomented regional struggles in the east. NATO is a DEFENSIVE force. It has never threatened the sovereign borders of Russia. The more recent Russian invasion of Ukraine which continues to have genocidal intentions was a war of choice by Putin. He foolishly didn't understand the resolve of the Ukrainian people, their desire to be independent of Russia, the strength if their distinct national identity, and he predicted NATO including the U.S. would easily cave (as they did regarding Crimea). He made a big mistake. Ironically probably the biggest contributor to the strength of Ukrainian national identity and the expansion and strengthening of NATO is Putin himself! Some people like Trump call him brilliant. Not so much. His actions result in the exact opposite of what he wants.

21 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Putin has openly stated that he can never accept independent Ukrainian national identity. To Putin Ukraine is Russia. He stole Crimea in 2014 and fomented regional struggles in the east. NATO is a DEFENSIVE force. It has never threatened the sovereign borders of Russia. The more recent Russian invasion of Ukraine which continues to have genocidal intentions was a war of choice by Putin. He foolishly didn't understand the resolve of the Ukrainian people, their desire to be independent of Russia, the strength if their distinct national identity, and he predicted NATO including the U.S. would easily cave (as they did regarding Crimea). He made a big mistake. Ironically probably the biggest contributor to the strength of Ukrainian national identity and the expansion and strengthening of NATO is Putin himself! Some people like Trump call him brilliant. Not so much. His actions result in the exact opposite of what he wants.

Either way. There are those on both sides and see things differently. I myself am on the fence simply because I don't know the truths of what has really happened behind closed doors but am open enough to take in the facts.  One fact, killing is happening. It is terrible that killing occurs and it should stop. But humans innately are designed to kill. All the emotions are there for it. Anger , vengeance, greed, etc and yes sometimes just psychotic or demented behaviour.

3 minutes ago, TimeMachine said:

Either way. There are those on both sides and see things differently. I myself am on the fence simply because I don't know the truths of what has really happened behind closed doors but am open enough to take in the facts.  One fact, killing is happening. It is terrible that killing occurs and it should stop. But humans innately are designed to kill. All the emotions are there for it. Anger , vengeance, greed, etc and yes sometimes just psychotic or demented behaviour.

You can know that Putin stole Crimea and more recently invaded Ukraine trying to capture Kyiv and happily failed. Now it's a different kind of WW1 style war. You can know that neither Ukraine, NATO, or the USA invaded Russia. Your POV reflects typical Kremin propaganda -- truths can't be known. 

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Ukraine conflict: President Zelensky condemns beheading video