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Russia's Embassy in the UK says Azov fighters "deserve a humiliating death"

30 July, 2022 Saturday
17:39

The Russian Embassy in the UK has stated that the fighters serving with Ukraine's Azov Regiment "deserve a humiliating death", because they are "not real soldiers"

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The Russian embassy published a statement about this on Twitter.

"Azov militants deserve execution, but death not by firing squad but by hanging, because they're not real soldiers. They deserve a humiliating death", the Russian Embassy to the UK wrote.

The tweet caused a stormy reaction on the network. Twitter flagged it as violating the network's hate speech rules, but kept it available in the public interest. 

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