The command of Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces has released a statement allegedly threatening that all Russian soldiers will be killed, including those who try to surrender, as Moscow’s military carries out an attack on the Eastern European nation. Critics have condemned it, describing it as tantamount to a threat to carry out war crimes.
It has caused a severe backlash, with many commentors online accusing Kiev of having expressed the intent to commit grave offenses against Russian soldiers.
The statement, which was apparently first shared in a Facebook post and then widely disseminated via other social media sites, appears to have been published on Wednesday. “From now on, there will be no more captured Russian artillerymen. There will be no mercy,” the notice read.
In the statement, the special forces refer to Russian soldiers as “worms,” “pigs,” and “jackals,” and suggest they call their mothers for the last time because they are going to “die soon.”