He belonged 30th motorized brigade from Ukrainian Armywho is fighting in Bahamuttheater of fierce fighting in recent months.

IN February 3rd lost track of it. Yesterday it was released on Russian telegram video of an unarmed Ukrainian soldier with a cigarette in his mouth confronting Russian soldiers. He was a prisoner of war.

In the video, the Russians can be heard asking him if he has anything to say. He takes a drag on his cigarette and replies: Glory to Ukraine. Russians him they mess with Kalashnikov. Today it became known that this soldier’s name is Timothy Santura and was 40 years old.

This video was widely shared in both countries. The Russians thought they were somehow demoralizing the Ukrainians. The opposite happened. They created an unlikely hero — a photo of him defiantly staring at the Russians while being stigmatized has gone viral.

Monday night the president Vladimir Zelenskyin his evening sermon, mentioned the soldier, saying that ” Ukraine promised to find Russian soldiers who killed an unarmed Ukrainian prisoner of war. We will find the killers.”

In his speech, Zelensky added that the “occupiers” killed “a warrior who bravely said to their faces: “Glory to Ukraine!”.

“I want us all to respond in unison to his words:”Glory to the Hero! Glory to the heroes! Glory to Ukraine!“”.

OUR Ukrainian Army announced that “the body of our soldier is in the temporarily occupied territories.”

Before the soldier’s name was released, his sister told the BBC: “My brother could definitely stand up to the Russians like that. He never concealed the truth in his life, and certainly would not do so in front of an enemy.”

The alleged killer or killers not on the video have not been identified.

International media based in Ukraine have not confirmed where or when the video was filmed. We know that he first appeared in social media on Monday.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba tweeted that the video is “further proof that this war is genocide” and called for an “immediate investigation” by the International Criminal Court.

A gruesome video of an unarmed Ukrainian prisoner of war being executed by Russian troops just for saying “Glory to Ukraine”. Another proof that this war is a genocide. It is extremely important that @KarimKhanQC launches an immediate ICC investigation into this heinous war crime. The culprits must be brought to justice.

— Dmitry Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) March 6, 2023

Commissioner for Human Rights of Ukraine, Dmitry Lubinetsaccused Russian troops of committing war crimes in violation of the Geneva Conventions on the Treatment of Prisoners of War.

And the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine Andrey Kostin stated that a criminal case had already been initiated.

Ukraine has accused Russian troops of torture, rape and murder of Ukrainian prisoners of war.

In July last year, a video was published showing a captive Ukrainian soldier being castrated in the Donbass, in eastern Ukraine. Russian soldier filmed in the city Severodonetsk commit this heinous act and was identified as a member of a unit belonging to the Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov.

In November, Moscow accused the Ukrainian security forces that they executed a group of Russian prisoners. This was followed by a video from the front line in eastern Ukraine showing some soldiers surrendering in a fatal incident.

A Ukrainian official said the surrender was “staged” by Russian forces in an attempt to attack their captors.

The name of the Ukrainian soldier shot dead by the Russians for shouting “Glory to Ukraine” (Glory to Ukraine) is Tymofiy Shadura.

Has been missing since February 3, 2023, after hostilities near the city of Bakhmut https://t.co/OKau3MoI3d pic.twitter.com/snAwfJQrgw

— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) March 7, 2023

Info: BBC, Reuters, ukraininform, kyivnezavisimaya