i don t want to get into politics, but it certainly isn t based in any kind of military reality that i ve seen. and a purported new intercepted communication appears to reveal russian soldiers referring to an alleged order to kill ukrainian prisoners of war in the eastern region of luhansk. ukraine s military intelligence released this remarkable report. listen. what can i tell you, damn it. you keep the most senior among them and let the rest go forever. let them go forever, damn it, so no one will ever see them again. including relatives. now cnn has not been able to independently confirm the authenticity of the recording. certainly sounds similar to what we ve heard time and again, but what s your reaction when you hear this? my reaction, jim, is that the audio is matching the video of
out say there is hell, and its name is mariupol. but he does have hope that ukraine will get the besieged city back. how and when, we don t know. thatter interest view just ahead. brianna. jim, new this morning, ukraine s military intelligence released purported communications of russian forces referring to an alleged order to kill ukrainian prisoners of war in the city of popas in the eastern region of luhansk. here it is. translator: what can i tell you, damn it. you keep the most senior among them and let the rest go forever. let them go forever, damn it, so that no one will ever see them again, including relatives. now, cnn has not been able to confirm the authenticity of the reporting. natasha bertrand and kylie atwood with us. kylie, this is bad.
intercepted communications appears to reveal russian soldiers referring to an alleged order to kill ukrainian prisoners of war in the eastern region of luhansk. ukraine s military intelligence released the recording. take a listen. what can i tell you? you keep the most senior among them and let the rest go forever. let them go forever, damn it, so that no one will ever see them again, including relatives. now, cnn has not been able to independently confirm the authenticity of that recording. joining me to discuss this and much more is retired general wesley clark, former supreme allied commander of nato. great to see you. let me get you to respond to those intercepted recordings there. is that more evidence of war crimes to you? it sure is. murdering captured soldiers is a war crime. it is wrong.
but as president zelenskyy said, that the west needs to offer more. let me get your reaction to something that ukrainian intel has released. they say that it is a recording of russian forces talking about an order to kill princisoners o wars. let s listen and then i want to hear from you. what could i tell you, damn it. [ bleep ]. you keep the most senior among them and let the rest go forever. [ bleep ]. let them go forever, damn it, so that no one will ever see them again, including relatives. russia has already been accused of committing war crimes. this would be another one. your reaction to what you heard there? well, first of all. we need to document it and process the war crimes as need to happen. but i mean to me, it gets back to my earlier point about the quality of russian soldier right now. they re poor. or they have poor values. they don t share our values and that should scare the entire world. one more reason for us to step
wolf, it s not just civilians here who are facing great danger. ukrainian security services have released an audio tape that purportedly shows communications between russian forces in which they discuss an alleged order to kill prisoners of war in the town. take a listen. what can i tell you, damn it. you keep the most senior among them and let the rest go forever. so that no one will ever see them again, including relatives. cnn cannot independently confirm the authenticity of that audio. we have also reached out to the russian ministry of defense, wolf, who have perhaps unsurprisingly yet given us any