Press TV- The Takfiri Daesh terror group has released video footage purportedly showing the beheading of a Russian intelligence officer captured in Syria, a report says.
The SITE Intelligence Group, a US-based organization that tracks terrorists online activities, reported the emergence of the 12-minute Russian-language video on Tuesday.
Russia has denied reports of the alleged execution.
The footage shows a Takfiri militant clad in black ranting before proceeding to behead the purported agent, according to the report.
The executioner is seen in the video urging Russian agents to surrenderand saying, This idiot believed the promises of his state not to abandon him if he was captured.
The release coincides with Russian celebrations marking the anniversary of the 1945 victory over Nazi Germany with military parades.
The group has used expertly-crafted footage as a means of intimidation on numerous occasions. Such propaganda videos have featured Daesh terrorists executing people of various nationalities, including Russians and Japanese.
In September 2015, Russia started lending its air power to the Syrian militarys counterterrorism operations. The support has proven considerably effective against the Takfiri terrorists, among other foreign-backed militants operating against the Damascus government since 2011.
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Russian servicemen assist air force pilots in a Russian Sukhoi Su-30SM fighter jet before departure on a mission at the Russian Hmeimin military base in Latakia Province, in the northwest of Syria, December 16, 2015. (Photo by AFP)[/caption]Daesh released a video in November that year, threatening attacks inside Russia in retaliation for the back-up airstrikes. The video featured chants of Soon, very soon, the blood will spill like an ocean.
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The terrorist group seized swathes of Syria after taking on the country in 2014. Its turf, however, started to dwindle since the launch of the Russian operations, and has now been reduced to the northern city of Raqqah.
