Execution of Oleksandr Matsievskyi
[1] On 6 March 2023, a graphic 12-second video was published[5] showing an unidentified soldier in camouflage Ukrainian uniform, unarmed, standing in a shallow trench in a winter wood, calmly puffing a cigarette.Shadura was a Ukrainian soldier, a serviceman of the 30th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,[13] and had been missing since February 3 near the village of Zaliznianske (Soledar urban hromada, Donetsk Oblast).[6] Matsievskyi's territorial defense forces' comrades reporting his group of four soldiers went missing on 30 December 2022, following a failed counter attack on the outskirts of Soledar.[14][7] The Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets emphasized that Ukraine's goal, as well as that of the entire democratic world, is to bring Russia to justice.[14] The Servant of the People party announced that once all the circumstances and identifying the deceased were established, it would send an appeal to Zelenskyy to grant the soldier the title of Hero of Ukraine posthumously.[6] On 13 March, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Moldova condemned the killing of Matsievskyi and called it a war crime and a violation of international law.