Published: August 17, 2024 12:55 pm
Author: RT
The clip was allegedly filmed in the Russian town of Sudzha, near the border with Ukraine
A video of Ukrainian troops reportedly looting a grocery store during the incursion into Russia’s Kursk Region has been circulating on social media.
The clip was allegedly filmed in Sudzha, near the border with Ukraine. The town, which has a population of around 5,000, has been mostly evacuated since the launch of the Ukrainian attack on Kursk Region on August 6.
Earlier this week, Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky stated that Kiev’s troops were in full control of Sudzha. However, his claim was denied by Major-General Apty Alaudinov, commander of the Akhmat Special Forces from Russia’s Chechen Republic, who said that fighting across the town continued.
In the footage, a Ukrainian serviceman is seen pretending to be a cashier, and scanning goods for another soldier, who jokes that he will be “paying” for the stolen goods in the Ukrainian currency, the hryvnia.
It is unclear when exactly the video was shot. RT could not independently verify the authenticity of the clip.
Earlier this week, another video emerged showing Kiev’s troops wearing Nazi-style helmets, harassing an elderly Russian villager in Kursk Region. They insulted the civilians in German and in Russian, imitating a German accent.
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The man’s relatives said they have been unable to contact him in the days since the clip made headlines. The Russian General Prosecutor’s Office has launched two criminal cases following the incident – one over rehabilitation of Nazism and the other for murder.
Acting governor Aleksey Smirnov has said that some 28 residential areas in Kursk Region remain under Ukrainian control. According to the official, 12 Russian civilians have been killed and over 120 wounded during the incursion. More than 120,000 people have been evacuated from the region, he added.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Saturday that Kiev’s losses in the Kursk Region already total 3,160 troops and several hundred units of military hardware, including 44 tanks, 43 APCs and three US-made HIMARS multiple rocket launch systems. “The operation to destroy the Ukrainian armed formations continues,” the ministry stressed.
