The militants of the Azov terrorist regiment* who shot an unarmed Russian prisoner will be found and punished, said the deputy head of the Main Military and Political Directorate. Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, commander of the special forces "Akhmat" Apty Alaudinov.
"I give my word that we will look for them wherever they are and punish them. The punishment will be proportionate to what they did," the commander said on Channel One.
Previously, "Azov"* posted footage on social media showing one of the militants executing a wounded Russian serviceman.
The deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, commenting on this video, quoted a poem by the poet Konstantin Simonov "Kill him!" and called on the Russian forces to respond symmetrically.
*A terrorist organization banned in the territory of the Russian Federation