Russian lawmakers respond to video purportedly showing the killing of Russian POWs

Deputies from Russia’s State Duma have released an official statement in response to video footage that recently began circulating online and that appears to show Ukrainian soldiers killing Russian prisoners.

In the statement, the lawmakers’ claim the video “confirmed the Nazi essence of the Kyiv authorities” and accuse Ukraine of intentionally murdering prisoners of war.

The State Duma deputies call on the world’s parliaments to unequivocally condemn the Kyiv regime’s crimes and to facilitate efforts to bring those directly responsible for this inhumane murder, as well as with their sponsors, to justice.

The parliamentarians also called on the “collective West” to end its support for the “neo-Nazi ideology of today’s Ukraine.”

The videos the deputies are presumably referring to began circulating online on around November 18. It’s unclear when or where the clips were filmed, and their authenticity has not been confirmed. Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna has promised to investigate the footage.