🇷🇺🇺🇦 THIS IS PUTIN’S RUSSIA. AND WITKOFF CALLS HIM A HUMANITARIAN. 🇺🇸 Russian forces have been documented executing Ukrainian soldiers after capture, including men who had surrendered or were no longer capable of fighting. These are not simply accusations exchanged between two countries at war. United Nations investigators have examined footage, interviewed witnesses and documented repeated executions of Ukrainian prisoners of war. Killing a prisoner who has surrendered is a war crime. Yet American envoy Steve Witkoff recently sat across from Vladimir Putin and praised him as a humanitarian, thanking him for releasing an American detainee. That extraordinary compliment deserves to be examined alongside the documented conduct of Russian forces in Ukraine. Elon Musk’s role in the wider debate over American support for Ukraine has also attracted intense scrutiny. But criticism of Musk’s positions should not be confused with evidence that he personally endorses executions. The victims of these crimes were human beings. Some had laid down their weapons. Others were wounded or otherwise defenseless. Under international humanitarian law, they were entitled to protection. No diplomatic compliment, political argument or disagreement over military assistance changes that obligation. And no prisoner should be executed for the uniform he wears.