{"id":1427533,"date":"2022-04-10T10:44:59","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T14:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1427533"},"modified":"2022-04-10T10:45:02","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T14:45:02","slug":"danish-volunteer-soldier-alleges-ukrainians-have-executed-russian-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/danish-volunteer-soldier-alleges-ukrainians-have-executed-russian-prisoners\/","title":{"rendered":"Danish Volunteer Soldier Alleges Ukrainians Have Executed Russian Prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdanish-volunteer-soldier-alleges-ukrainians-have-executed-russian-prisoners%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1427533&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A Danish soldier who volunteered to fight alongside the Ukrainian armed forces has made unverified claims that Ukrainian soldiers have been executing Russian prisoners of war.<\/p>\n<p>The Dane, who uses the pseudonym Jonas, has alleged that Ukrainian soldiers have killed Russian prisoners of war during the war, saying: \u201cI have heard of one successful prisoner exchange, and that\u2019s it,\u201d and adding: \u201cPeople are being killed.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Said to be a marksman, Jonas travelled to Ukraine to volunteer to fight alongside the Ukrainian armed forces and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nyheder.tv2.dk\/udland\/2022-04-07-russiske-krigsfanger-bliver-henrettet-i-ukraine-fortaeller-dansker\">told<\/a>\u00a0state-owned Danish broadcaster TV2 he has also killed Russian soldiers \u2014 but never any captured prisoners.<\/p>\n<p>He told the broadcaster of an 18-year-old Russian prisoner of war who told him he had worked as a compute programmer in Russia prior to the war and did not want to be in Ukraine. According to Jonas, the teen was buried the next day after being killed.<\/p>\n<p>TV2 admitted that they had no way to confirm whether or not the Danish volunteer\u2019s claims were accurate but still cited prior claims of similar behaviour by the Ukrainian armed forces.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Zelensky Softens Army\u2019s \u2018Slaughtered Like Pigs\u2019 Threat to Russian Soldiers: If You Surrender, We Will Treat You \u2018Decently\u2019<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/904Qfkcdj4\">https:\/\/t.co\/904Qfkcdj4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1503823354956034056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Last month the official Facebook page of the\u00a0Command of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/03\/03\/ukrainian-forces-account-surrendering-russian-artillerymen-will-be-slaughtered-like-pigs\/\">implied<\/a> that surrendering Russian gunners would be executed, which in itself would be a war crime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom now on, there will be no more captured Russian artillerymen. No mercy, no \u2018please do not kill, I surrender\u2019 will not pass,\u201d the post stated, adding that such Russians would be \u201cslaughtered like pigs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post was subsequently edited to remove these comments, however, and it was followed by another post showing what they said was a video of a captured Russian who had \u201ckilled Ukrainian children with [a] jet fire system\u201d and realised \u201cthe horror of what was happening [and] made a wise decision and gave up, falling under the Geneva Convention\u201d \u2014 likely an attempt to reassure concerned Westerners that prisoners were not being \u201cslaughtered\u201d despite their earlier rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>Days later, Ukrainian president\u00a0Volodymyr Zelensky released his own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/15\/zelensky-softens-armys-slaughtered-like-pigs-threat-russian-soldiers-surrender-we-will-treat-you-decently\/\">statement<\/a>, telling Russian soldiers: \u201cOn behalf of the Ukrainian people, I give you a chance. Chance to survive. If you surrender to our forces, we will treat you the way people are supposed to be treated. As people, decently.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Zelensky Alleges Russians Plan to Falsely Claim Ukrainians Massacred Civilians In Mariupol<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1XHTMGAiVj\">https:\/\/t.co\/1XHTMGAiVj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1512399867921973248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Unverified videos have emerged allegedly showing Ukrainian soldiers <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/video-appears-to-show-ukrainian-soldier-killing-russian-prisoner-12584437\">killing surrendered Russian soldiers<\/a>, including one published this week allegedly showing a Ukrainian soldier shooting and killing a wounded Russian soldier near Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian Foreign Minister\u00a0\u00a0Dmytro Kuleba commented on the video, stating he was aware of it but had not seen it himself and that, in any case, the Ukrainian military \u201cobserves the rules of warfare. There might be isolated incidents of violations of these rules and they will definitely be investigated.\u201d<\/p>\n<h5><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><em><strong><span class=\"a-size-large\">Follow Chris Tomlinson on Twitter at\u00a0<span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomlinsonCJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@TomlinsonCJ<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>or email at\u00a0ctomlinson(at)breitbart.com.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Danish soldier who volunteered to fight alongside the Ukrainian armed forces has made unverified claims that Ukrainian soldiers have been executing Russian prisoners of war. 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