This is on Putin... as well as all the other war crimes.
Drone footage from Ukraine appears to show man shot with hands in the air
Drone footage purports to show Russian troops shooting dead a man as he raises his arms, as Moscow is accused of ‘crimes against humanity’ in the besieged city of Mariupol
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Harrowing footage purports to show a Ukrainian civilian being shot dead by Russian troops in the middle of a road a few kilometres west of Kyiv.
Drone footage published by German public broadcaster ZDF’s Frontal programme shows a person pulling up to the side of a motorway on the outskirts of Kyiv and getting out of his car. He can be seen raising his arms before falling to the ground.
ZDF Frontal reported the footage was captured on 7 March at an area northwest of Kyiv at just after 2pm in the afternoon. It said the perpetrators appear to be Russian soldiers.
The drone operator, who has not been named for security reasons, told the organisation he was “observing Russian tank positions” on the motorway as part of a volunteer brigade.
“The driver got out of the car, raised his hands and was shot by Russian soldiers,” he said.
i has not been able to independently verify the footage. However it comes amid reports of other unarmed civilians and journalists allegedly being shot dead by Russian troops as they carry out their land, air and sea invasion of
Ukraine.
Kyiv-based
The Guardian correspondent, Isobel Koshiw,
said on Twitter that she heard of “two civilians being murdered with their hands in the air and other unarmed civilians being shot.”
In Ukraine’s south, Mariupol’s city council accused
Russia of “crimes against humanity” last Friday as it reported the death of at least 1,582 civilians during a two-week blockade that saw continuous Russian shelling impeding the safe evacuation of people.
Its deputy Mayor Sergeii Orlov, however, told
i the
figure was likely to be closer to 12,000.
Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky said on Monday he fears 20,000 people have died as a result of repeated ceasefires failing to hold in the Black Sea city. Ukraine accused Russia of breaching the ceasefire while Moscow claimed Ukraine was using civilians as shields
“We will never forget and will never forgive this crime against humanity,” a statement by the council said.
It comes as
Russia has reportedly been holding 400 patients and staff hostage in Mariupol’s biggest hospital. Russia has been accused by Ukraine and the West of war crimes as it targeted a maternity hospital in the city last week.
At least four people – including a six-year-old girl – were killed as a result.
This weekend,
Russian forces shelled a mosque sheltering more than 80 people including children.
In Kyiv,
where two people were killed on Tuesday after apartment buildings were hit by an airstrike, residents are preparing for a strict new curfew amid fears Russia could step up its assault.
The stay-at-home order will come into force 8pm local time (6pm GMT) on Tuesday and is due to last for 35 hours, mayor Vitali Klitschko announced.
Residents will be barred from travelling around the city during what Mr Klitschko described as a “difficult and dangerous moment”.
The confirmed civilian toll in Ukraine is 691 people killed and 1,143 injured, the United Nations human rights office said, adding the true figures were probably “considerably higher”.
