A video broadcast by ZDF showing, according to the German TV channel, Russian soldiers in Ukraine executing in cold blood a civilian who has put his hands in the air. The disputed footage was recorded on March 7, 2022 by a drone near the Ukrainian capital. As ZDF points out, two separate clips were sent to Frontal by an anonymous source, and contained the shocking footage, taken on the E40 highway a few kilometers west of Kiev.
North of the highway, the Russians had already occupied suburbs of Kiev and had advanced far enough along the road. The drone captured the position of a Russian tank a few meters away from a gas station. The tank bears the reconnaissance markings of Russian forces in Ukraine. In front of it is a blue car, apparently damaged by bullets, and in the trees next to it are the small but distinctive silhouettes of soldiers holding guns
It's about 2.16pm, and the drone is filming several cars that are not military, but just passenger cars, heading towards the centre of Kiev. The first drivers may have noticed the Russian tanks and made a U-turn, however a grey and silver car slows down and stops. Then something terrible happens: A person gets out of the car with his hands in the air but is shot at and falls down right behind the car. Russian soldiers run from their positions to the scene. The fact that they are Russian soldiers is evident from the white insignia they wear to distinguish them from the enemies in Ukraine, ZDF explains.
The channel explains on its page that in order to verify the authenticity of the video (since in war, one of the first casualties is the truth, as noted) it sought out the drone operator who shot the footage and spoke with him. He is an electrical goods dealer who did not hesitate to volunteer when the Russians invaded Ukraine to defend his country. On that day, "Zanoza" had a mission to record with his drone, a Mavic III, the Russian positions on the E40 motorway and, without waiting for it, he recorded the shocking scene. As he said, the vehicle of the deceased man was then driven away and burned.
According to ZDF, the authenticity of the video has been confirmed in other ways, since the footage contains time stamps and the required cross-checking procedure has been carried out. As reported, channel executives located the scene of the wake on Google Maps, with all the details shown in the videos matching perfectly. It is also known that on that day Russian forces were shelling the very nearby Kiev suburb of Irpin.
Images from March 7 show Russian soldiers dragging a man's body away from his car and throwing it into a ditch. A woman and a child were travelling with him. They were later led by soldiers into the nearby forest. There is no footage showing what happened to them afterwards.
Source: protothema.gr
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