Pro-war Russian blogger posts image depicting two Ukrainian POWs facing what appears to be preparations for an extrajudicial execution

Russian pro-war journalist Alexander Garmaev published a photo that appears to show two Ukrainian prisoners of war tied together. One of them is holding a hand grenade with the safety pin removed — set to explode as soon as he can no longer hold the lever.

Theoretically, the pin could be reinserted. However, Garmaev’s post makes no mention of such intentions. It is also possible that the photo was staged, since the time of its publication on Telegram — August 28 at 18:13 Moscow time — no clarification has been given.

Garmaev captioned the photo by writing:

“The waltz of POWs performed by two khokhols* 🤣 Not everyone will understand that this dance cannot end without lethal consequences 🤣” [The Insider kept the original spelling, punctuation, and formatting].

*derogatory for Ukrainians