‘It Hurts, Stop’: Russian Warmongers Celebrate Beheading Video of a Still-Alive POW

Russian forces are trying to “sow panic” ahead of a planned Ukrainian counteroffensive by circulating brutal footage of a Ukrainian prisoner of war having his head cut off, Ukrainian authorities said Wednesday.

Pro-Russian Telegram channels began circulating two separate videos this week that appear to document war crimes, one of which purportedly shows Russian troops chopping a prisoner’s head off and relishing in the aftermath. The victim is clearly still alive as the gruesome execution begins.

“It hurts, stop,” he appears to say before falling silent.

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