Claims of new Russian atrocity after gruesome image appears to show the head of a Ukrainian POW stuck on a pole
- A new image posted by Ukrainian officials appear to show the skull of a Ukrainian soldier impaled on a stick.
- The news comes recently after prison was bombed in Olenivka in the Donetsk Region, killing 53 POWs.
A new image posted by a Ukrainian official appears to show the skull of a Ukrainian prisoner of war placed on a stick outside a building in the eastern Ukrainian town of Popasna, which was captured by Russian forces in May.
Serhiy Haidai, the governor of Ukrainian Luhansk province, shared the unsettling photo on his Telegram channel. Insider has not been able to verify the image independently.
Geolocation tools suggest it is genuine,
said The Guardian, and the gruesome photo was taken in late July, not far from the center of Popasna.
Near the head are the remains of a decapitated body, in uniform without its hands. Two hands have been placed on metal spikes on a fence on either side of the head, a video shows, reported The Guardian.
"There is nothing human about the Russians. We are at war with non-humans," Haidai said under the image.