The intercepted radio messages show a Russian commander ordering his men to shoot civilians in a village near Mariupol, according to the Ukrainian intelligence service. An unnamed soldier can be heard describing the positions of non-combatants in a village near the besieged southern port city. Then the superior says to him: “Kill them all. What are you expecting moms ***? Spend them all. Do you understand? ‘ Expressing his anger at the soldiers’ reluctance to slaughter civilians, he says: “What is wrong with you, mothers?” In intercepted radio messages posted on the Facebook account of Ukraine’s SBU intelligence service, a soldier was also heard complaining about the lack of support provided to Russian forces. He says it is “unfair” that his team was forced to move to a village where there are far fewer. Russia has turned Mariupol into a Nazi-style death camp by burning corpses and blocking humanitarian convoys from hiding evidence of their atrocities, Ukrainian officials have said. To view this video, enable JavaScript and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A theater is destroyed after a ruthless bombardment by Russia in Mariupol (Image: AP) Locals cook in the yard as they try to survive the day (Image: Reuters) City Mayor Vadym Boichenko said more than 5,000 civilians – including at least 210 children – had been killed during weeks of bombing and street fighting. He said Russian forces had bombed hospitals in Mariupol, including one where 50 people had been burned to death. In a message to the Telegram, city officials said mobile crematoria were operated by Putin’s forces to burn the bodies of dead civilians. “People have not seen the magnitude of the tragedy in Mariupol from the Nazi concentration camps,” Boychenko said in a statement. “The Russians have turned our whole city into a death camp. This is no longer Chechnya or Aleppo. “This is the new Auschwitz or Maidanek.” To view this video, enable JavaScript and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Images of dead civilians have emerged from Bukha, near Kyiv, but massacres are believed to have occurred in many parts of Ukraine (Image: Getty Images) A Mariupol resident sits next to a bullet-proof building in Mariupol to read her book (Image : Reuters) It comes as video on social media appeared to show a Ukrainian army killing a Russian prisoner of war. The BBC said it had confirmed the location north of the city of Dmytrivka, near Kyiv, and found satellite images of corpses lying on the ground. The video appears to show four Russian paratroopers on a road in lakes of blood. “She is still alive. Capture these raiders. Look, he’s still alive. He is panting “, a man can be heard saying about a survivor. A soldier then shoots the man twice and then again when he continues to move. The New York Times verified the video and reported that the Ukrainian soldiers were recognizable by the flag patch and their blue armbands. They often say, “Glory to Ukraine.” Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said it was “trying to verify” the video. Contact our news team by emailing us at [email protected] For more stories like this, check out our news page.
