Moscow condemns US response to alleged war crimes against Russian soldiers in Ukraine - Fox News

Moscow came retired swinging astatine Washington Tuesday aft its warfare crimes envoy argued Russia’s atrocities acold outstripped Kyiv’s, aft videos emerged allegedly showing Ukrainian soldiers executing surrendered Russian troops.

"Any mean idiosyncratic shudders and rejects specified atrocities. We volition ne'er hide the horrendous sidesplitting of unarmed soldiers who were forced to prevarication connected the ground…then ruthlessly shot," Russia’s embassy to the U.S. said successful a Telegram post. 

"How tin the Administration explicate its callous cognition towards the decease of mean warriors to their mothers, wives and children?" it questioned. 

Russian and Chechen soldiers successful a devastated Mariupol, Ukraine vicinity adjacent to the Azovstal frontline April 16, 2022. The conflict betwixt Russian/pro-Russian forces and the defending Ukrainian forces led by the Azov battalion continues successful the larboard metropolis of Mariupol.  (Photo by Maximilian Clarke/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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Russia has been accused of committing war crimes since the onslaught of its invasion, which prompted the International Criminal Court and respective Western nations to unfastened thousands of investigations into gross quality rights abuses, including forced deportations, intersexual abuse, torture and the execution of Ukrainian civilians. 

However, questions mounted implicit the play relating to imaginable warfare crimes committed by Ukraine aft videos emerged connected societal media allegedly showing Ukrainian soldiers sidesplitting Russian troops who had seemingly surrendered. 

"We are evidently tracking that rather closely," U.S. Ambassador-at-Large connected International Criminal Justice Beth van Schaack told reporters Monday. "It’s truly important to stress that the laws of warfare use to each parties equally, some the aggressor authorities and the defender state.

"But erstwhile it comes to the warfare successful Ukraine, that’s truly wherever the equivalency ends," she continued. " When we’re looking astatine the sheer standard of criminality exhibited by Russian forces, it’s tremendous compared to the allegations that we person seen against Ukrainian forces."

Russia took contented with van Schaack’s comments, calling them "cynical" and besides took contented with her "refusal" to condemn what the embassy described arsenic a "massacre."

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The bodies of unidentified men, believed to beryllium Russian soldiers, arranged successful a Z, a awesome of the Russian invasion, prevarication adjacent a colony precocious retaken by Ukrainian forces connected the outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukraine, connected Monday, May 2. (AP/Felipe Dana)

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Fox News could not verify the authenticity of the videos, and Ukrainian officials this week said they would look into the allegations. 

Fragmented video clips were reportedly circulated connected Russian societal media implicit the play showing a radical of who appeared to beryllium Russia soldiers – donning reddish and achromatic limb and limb bands – surrendering to Ukrainian troops who were wearing yellowish and bluish bands.

According to footage reviewed by the Associated Press, 1 36-second-long video showed a radical of astir 10 Russian soldiers, immoderate lying connected the ground, portion others seemingly unarmed exited a gathering with their arms raised. Orders were past shouted, and the 10 Russians joined the men connected the ground.

A antheral who appears to beryllium equipped past emerged from down the outbuilding earlier the video became excessively blurry to marque retired what was happening arsenic gunfire rang out. 

The video past chopped off. 

Another 8-second video reportedly showed the gunman unfastened occurrence with a riffle successful a slowed down effect.

A abstracted 25-second video appeared to beryllium changeable with a drone and showed the men lying motionless successful pools of blood. 

Russia’s overseas ministry has demanded that the planetary assemblage condemn the shootings.

A pistillate walks amid destroyed Russian tanks successful Bucha, successful the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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Moscow accused the U.S. of "condoning" Kyiv’s "crimes" and said, "Washington supports murderers who merit nary forgiveness oregon justification."

The U.S. warfare envoy encouraged some Ukrainian and Russian soldiers to abide by planetary instrumentality oregon "face the consequences" for violating presumption outlined nether the Geneva Convention. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.