Two families dispute identity of soldier caught on camera calling ‘glory to Ukraine’ before being killed by Russian captors
T. A Ukrainian prisoner of war, unarmed, is derided by his Russian captors, who are recording the scene. He calmly puffs on his cigarette, looks his tormentors in the face and says: “Glory to Ukraine.” Within an instant, multiple shots can be heard. He slumps dead to the ground.a war crimes investigation
The final verdict will not bring the prisoner back to life, but it will write his name into Ukrainian history, alongside the border guard on Snake Island who famously declared in the face of the enemy: “A video grab of the soldier, whose identity is in question, smoking a cigarette before being shot by Russians.
The grave of Oleksandr Igorevich Matsievskyi in Nizhyn cemetery, alongside those of other territorial defence members who died in battle.But while the Ukrainian military says Shadura’s body is still missing, Matsievskyi’s body was exchanged for the remains of Russian soldiers killed in Bakhmut in January and returned to the family in early February.
“I think he could become another symbol of Ukrainian resistance,” said Oleksandr Kodola, the mayor of Nizhyn.“In order to commemorate the hero, there’s going to be quite a few initiatives. It could be a monument or perhaps we could rename a street after him,” he said. He said the police and military had prepared the paperwork for further investigation with a possible exhumation so forensic specialists could examine if his wounds could have come from the shots in the video.
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