Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has condemned a video circulating online that shows a Ukrainian being decapitated by "Russian occupiers." Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder and financier of the Wagner private military company, has called for the entire Russian society to be mobilized in support of Moscow's war effort in Ukraine. The video has sparked outrage and condemnation from around the world, and Ukraine's security services have vowed to investigate and bring those responsible to justice.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has condemned the perpetrators of two videos that have recently emerged on social media, showing the beheaded corpses of two Ukrainian soldiers. In response, Russian lawmakers have voted to enforce an electronic draft system to make it nearly impossible for men to avoid conscription. The videos have sparked outrage and raised questions about the ongoing conflict between the two countries.
Two former fighters of the Russian private military company Wagner have spoken to CNN about their experiences on the battlefield in eastern Ukraine, where they described horrific losses in “first wave” assaults reminiscent of World War I. Ukrainian forces have responded to the shelling with counterattacks, and have managed to down five drones and capture two former Wagner fighters. Despite the shelling, officials in Kyiv said that Moscow is having trouble launching its large-scale offensive in the east of the country.
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Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief General Valeriy Zaluzhnyi reported that the capital of Kyiv was attacked by anti-aircraft guided missiles from the north on Saturday. The Ukrainian defense forces managed to intercept and destroy 18 cruise missiles and three guided aircraft missiles, with two-thirds of the Russian missiles fired at Ukraine being intercepted. This attack is the latest in a series of escalations between Ukraine and Russia, with the United Nations calling for a peaceful resolution to the conflict.