Five Ukrainian soldiers shot dead in residential building near Kharkiv
dpa KievFive Ukrainian soldiers were shot dead behind the front lines near Kharkiv by an unknown gunman, Ukrainian authorities said on Wednesday. The General Prosecutor’s Office o...
Five Ukrainian soldiers from the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade were shot dead on October 13 in the village of Kutuzivka, located in the Kharkiv region. According to Ukraine's Military Law Enforcement Service, a man dressed in civilian clothes and armed with an automatic weapon opened fire. The slain soldiers reportedly had no disciplinary problems and got along well with their comrades.
The Security Service of Ukraine confirmed that the attacker, a 36-year-old Russian soldier from St. Petersburg with a previous criminal conviction, has been detained. The agency did not state if the individual was a prisoner of war. While the motive for the attack remains unknown, Ukrainian law enforcement authorities are considering several explanations and have not ruled out the involvement of Russian soldiers.
Meduza (English) reports that the news outlet Hlavkom stated police are searching for two Russian soldiers who had escaped captivity in connection with the killings. Additionally, law enforcement sources told Suspilne that the gunman had been detained in a district of Kharkiv, though police and prosecutors have not yet confirmed that specific account.
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