Russian soldiers murdered civilian in Donetsk Oblast village, prosecut

Details: Written by: Boldizsar Gyori; 14.Nov; Hits: 48

Russian soldiers shot dead an unarmed woman walking on the street of the front-line village of Terny in Donetsk Oblast, the Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office reported on Nov. 14.Numerous cases of Russian troops murdering or abusing civilians have surfaced since the start of Moscow's full-scale invasion in 2022, underscoring the humanitarian disaster wrought by the war.Pictures shared on the prosecutor's office's Telegram channel show a woman in a pink jacket walking on the outskirts of the village, with a subsequent picture showing her lying on the ground with her face in the mud.

The Kyiv Independent

The Kyiv Independent is Ukraine’s fastest-growing English-language media outlet, created in November 2021, just three months before the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Serve as the bridge between Ukraine and the world, delivering reliable news, context, and on-the-ground reporting.

More from the Author

"Russian soldiers saw a local resident walking down the street along the houses destroyed by the enemy. The soldiers opened fire on the woman. A shot from small arms killed the civilian," the statement read.According to the prosecutors, the killing took place on Nov. 10. Ukrainian authorities have launched a war crime investigation.Terny is a front-line village in northern Donetsk Oblast, some 35 kilometers (20 miles) northeast of the city of Sloviansk.Russia has committed 137,000 war crimes in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said at the United for Justice conference in Kyiv in September.The International Criminal Court (ICC) announced in June that it had issued arrest warrants for Sergei Shoigu, Russia's former defense minister, and Valery Gerasimov, chief of the General Staff of the Russian army, for intentionally harming civilians and other charges related to Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure.

Content Original Link:

https://kyivindependent.com/russian-soldiers-murdered-civilian-in-donetsk-oblast-village-prosecutors-say/

Log in to comment

NAFO Public Education Forum

The purpose of NAFO-PEF is to engage in identifying and analyzing disinformation, formulating defensive strategies, and crafting proactive measures to counter and minimize its impact.

To support our efforts, you can check out our merchandise available on Buy Me a Coffee and our Bonfire Store. Every purchase directly helps fund the forum’s activities and our ongoing fight against disinformation.

Contact Us