INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Footage that emerged on social media late Thursday appears to show a Ukrainian prisoner of war being castrated by Russian fighters, igniting
shock and outrage in Ukraine.The Moscow Times is unable to independently verify the authenticity of the video.The minute-and-a-half-long
video, which The Moscow Times has chosen not to republish, shows what appears to be a group of Russian soldiers or mercenaries using a
utility knife to castrate the victim, who wears the fatigues of a Ukrainian soldier and is bound and gagged.The men can be heard shouting
degrading insults at the victim as they pin him down.It is unclear what eventually happened to the victim in the video.Nor was it possible
to determine exactly when or where the footage was taken.Aric Toler, head of research and training at investigative outlet Bellingcat, told
The Times that the video is likely authentic.Toler said a Russian soldier wearing the same distinctive black hat and wristband as the man in
the video had previously appeared in a clip at the Azot chemicals plant in the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk aired by the Kremlin-backed
RT broadcaster.Some observers claimed the man is a part of the Chechen Akhmat Battalion that is shown in a clip published by the state-run
June.Pro-Ukrainian Telegram channels claimed the victim was killed, with his dead body tied up and dragged through the dirt.Some pro-Kremlin
But the fog of war will not help to avoid the punishment of the executioners
