"Most likely, they wanted to boast." As a video of torture and murder of the Ukrainian military got to the network - the version of Christ Grozev
“Some of them said that such things should be shown to prove to Ukrainians that they do not need to go to the army, to enroll in a volunteer. Some logical goal in their argumentation was. And the other half said that "it is all the good we did with Ukrainian, but Europe will see it differently. " Then they began to think: it may not be necessary, ”said BillingCat. According to him, the position of the administrators of these channels has changed "in a couple of hours".
“Apparently, someone called them. They said that "they are not sure that we are most likely Ukrainians," - describes Grozev developments. “There is a second, conspiracy explanation. The video, of course, is authentic, really shows the Russian fighters who do it, but I do not exclude the possibility that the Russian special services, having received this video once, sent it anonymously to pro-Russian telegrams-channels to make them come. This is a normal practice during the war, ”he said.
The Billingcat manager added that the path of video in Telegram channels remains unclear, "but most likely the easiest explanation that they wanted to boast about it, to frighten future Ukrainian servicemen. " "Then the FSB told them and they realized that it was a very stupid idea," Grozev said. The Prosecutor General's office opened criminal proceedings after publication of a video with torture and the murder of Russian military captives Ukrainian, and the UN stated that they were "stunned".