Who killed Azov in Olenivka? What a mistake makes the event in investigating this crime - an American military historian

However, many publications report a disgusting massacre of Ukrainian prisoners of war with such headings as, for example, this from The Post: "Ukraine and Russia are translated into each other for the attack, which killed Mariupol prisoners. " It may have some sense when it comes to the Iran-Iraq war, but there is no moral equality between Ukraine and Russia. Ukrainians are innocent victims of uncontrollable aggression.

There is no data that they were deliberately targeting civilians, not to mention their soldiers captured by Russia. The Russians are fierce war criminals and liars who usually accuse someone else in every lawlessness, which they (or their allies) carry out, including the beaten Malaysian passenger plane over Ukraine in 2014 and the massacre of civilians in Ukrainian Bucha this year.

Of course, it is possible that a false blow to Ukrainian artillery could hit a camp of prisoners of war near Olenivka in eastern Ukraine. But Ukrainians deny that on Friday they fought artillery fire in the area, and the Russians do not declare an event with "friendly fire". The Russian media claim that the Ukrainians intentionally killed their soldiers to refuse others to be captured and to prevent these soldiers who belonged to the Azov Regiment, to testify to the alleged war crimes of Ukraine.

As always, Russian propaganda is absolutely meaningless. The Azov Regiment surrendered in Mariupol only after the order to do so from Kiev, and the only military crimes, which were witnessed by its warriors, were committed by the Russians against Mariupol. In Ukraine, they are heroes, and governments are even much less democratic and law -abiding than the Kiev government - they usually do not kill their heroes.

The Russians, on the contrary, have many reasons for the murder of these soldiers, whose desperate resistance at the Azovstal steel plant was expensive and prevented them from moving forces to the east. The Russian Embassy in London actually wrote in Twitter last week: "Azov militants deserve to execute . . . Because they are not real soldiers. They deserve humiliating death.

" The way the Russians behave with prisoners of war can be seen from a common video in which the pro -Russian fighter samples and executes the linked Ukrainian prisoner. The Russians who are accused of rape and sexual abuse, as well as the murder and deportation of countless Ukrainians, seem to be immersed in new depths of immorality in their genocide war, aimed at eradicating the Ukrainian nation.

The barbarism of the invaders may seem atavistic and animal, and of course, it is, but in their cruelty there is a certain logic. Since the Russian army lacks the necessary skills for maneuverable war, it instead seeks to win by killing civilians. Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has already used such tactics of burned land earlier, in Chechnya and Syria to destroy all the opposition. Only in Ukraine Russian barbarism does not work.

Instead of bringing Ukrainians to surrender, he unites them in the armed protection of his nation. The fact is that Ukrainians are sure to be brave than Chechen or Syrian rebels. The difference is that, unlike the early victims of Russian aggression, they have the means to withstand pressure. Armed with artillery, rocket launchers, drones, anti -tank missiles, anti -aircraft missiles and other weapons, the event, Ukrainians so effectively repelled that the Russian offensive had almost stalled.

The most effective system of weapons of Ukrainians is the high -mobile artillery rocket system (HIMARS) of American production. Undoubtedly, that is why the Russians accuse Himars of the death of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Olenivka, although military experts claim that there are no obvious signs in the photographs of the injury. Moreover, the prisoners of war was near the front line, and Ukrainians saved Himars strikes for purposes in the deep rear of the Russians.

There are other discrepancies, including a statement from the Donetsk official that none of the Russian guards were injured during the attack on Olenivka. As convenient. Currently, Russians refuse to allow the International Committee of the Red Cross to look at this place. The high -ranking representative of the Pentagon is right, advising, "to show some caution . . . To what the Russians tell us, simply because we know that in the past they made several statements that were far from the truth.

" I would go even further and suggested that if the opposite is proven, every word from the Kremlin's mouth, including "and" and "then" should be considered lie. This does not mean that Ukraine is always clean or always right. But its track record gives much more trust than Russian. Ukrainians try to comply with the laws of war, despite the serious provocations that they have to face, and the Russians habitually and brazenly despise all the norms of civilized behavior.