Kremlin calls video of apparent beheading ‘terrible’, stresses need for verification
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov at a news conference of Russian President Vladimir Putin after a meeting of the State Council on youth policy in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 22, 2022.
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The Kremlin responded to a video that has surfaced online showing an apparent beheading of a captured Ukrainian soldier, calling it “horrifying” but stressing that verification is needed.
“First of all, it is necessary to verify the authenticity of this terrible video. Without a doubt, this is a horrifying video,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, according to an NBC translation.
“First it’s necessary to check the authenticity of it,” he said. “And then, of course, this can become a reason to check whether it was so, whether it took place, and if it did, where and by whom exactly. But again, I want to say that first of all, in the world of fakes in which we live now, it is necessary to verify the authenticity of this video.”
CNBC has not been able to verify the authenticity of the video and it is not clear where it was taken. The people in the footage are speaking Russian, and appear to be wearing military-style uniforms.
Ukrainian officials have taken the video to be authentic and say they are investigating the incident as a potential war crime.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, arrives for a meeting with witnesses of alleged war crimes northeast of Kiev.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered searing remarks in response to a video that has surfaced online appearing to show the beheading of a captured Ukrainian serviceman. CNBC has not been able to verify the authenticity of the video and it is not clear where it was taken.
Ukrainian officials say they are investigating the incident as a…
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