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'Cut Off the Head' — Ukrainian Intelligence Accuses 'Putin's Favorite' Brigade of Another War Crime

"Cut off the head, impale it on a pike, throw it the f**k away," says the voice attributed by HUR to a company commander from Russia's infamous 155th Marine Brigade. The intelligence agency said the order, intercepted on July 10, concerned a Ukrainian prisoner of war (POW).

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Ukrainian intelligence apparently exposes a planned crime against Ukrainian prisoners of war. They were able to intercept a conversation in which a Russian commander orders a brutal execution order.

A video that went viral on social media in mid-June revealed a lot about how the Russians treat prisoners of war. The voice of the released soldier's mother can be heard on his mobile phone. "I didn't want you to be exchanged. You won't get home," she says, while the young man laughs. "They'll send you to the border with Belarus and then you'll go back to the front. You should have stayed there," she continues. The obviously irritated Russian so…

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GUR intercepted the brutal order of the commander of the 155th brigade of the Russian Federation on the execution of the Ukrainian military

·Kyiv, Ukraine
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The Kyiv Independent broke the news in Kyiv, Ukraine on Saturday, July 12, 2025.
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