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[–] SeborrheicDermatitis@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Bad source for sure though there is ample evidence (you can watch videos of it) of quite large-scale execution and torture of PoWs among Russian and Wagner troops. It has happened on both sides but certainly far more on the Russian side...

[–] ThereRisesARedStar@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

but certainly far more on the Russian side...

Can you give a credible source to this claim?

[–] SeborrheicDermatitis@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago (6 children)

There has been no quantitative data released but based on solid reporting in re-taken areas e.g., Bucha it is evident that there were large-scale arbitrary executions.

By contrast, Russian media has presented little evidence of large-scale executions. There have been individual cases but there is no evidence to suggest it is as systemic.

While you are right to critique my claim, which I should not have made with such certainty perhaps, one can collate the available evidence and make a claim with reasonable-albeit not total-confidence. If Russia did have evidence of large-scale execution of PoWs, they'd obviously put it in their own friendly media outlets + it would be in Russian Telegrams.

[–] NoYouLogOff@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wasn't Bucha the place that had pictures of bodies with the white armbands (Russian collaborators in occupied territories) and Russian ration packs in the background and everyone was like "Russia did this!"

[–] GaveUp@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

Yep, the massacre was probably from Ukraine's side

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