Russian deserter confesses to killing 5 Ukrainian #POWs

31 y/o #Russian serviceman said in interview he participated in May 2024 killing of 5 captured #Ukrainian #soldiers in Donetsk Oblast

The 5 #Ukrainian #soldiers were captured on May 5, 2024, in #Karlovka, near #Avdiivka

They were stripped of phones, body armor, then shot in the back of their heads while kneeling, according to an audio recording of the interview that Vot Tak released.

https://kyivindependent.com/russian-deserter-confesses-to-killing-five-captured-ukrainian-soldiers-in-the-back-of-the-head-polish-media-reports/

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Russian deserter confesses to killing 5 captured Ukrainian soldiers

A 31-year-old Russian serviceman claimed in an interview to have participated in the May 2024 killing of five captured Ukrainian soldiers in Donetsk Oblast, according to Polish-Belarusian media outlet Vot Tak.

The Kyiv Independent

Russian soldier, fighter of the Somali battalion Ivan #Okhlopkov stated in an interview with the publication Vot Tak that in May 2024 he participated in the murder of five Ukrainian soldiers captured in the village of #Karlovka near #Avdiivka in the Donetsk region.

https://meduza.io/news/2025/08/22/vot-tak-boets-rossiyskogo-batalona-somali-zayavil-chto-po-prikazu-komandovaniya-ubil-pyateryh-plennyh-voennyh-vsu

#Ukraine #Russia #Somalia

«Вот так»: боец российского батальона «Сомали» заявил, что по приказу командования убил пятерых пленных военных ВСУ

Российский военный, боец батальона «Сомали» Иван Охлопков заявил в интервью изданию «Вот так», что в мае 2024 года участвовал в убийстве пятерых украинских военных, взятых в плен в селе Карловка под Авдеевкой Донецкой области.

Meduza

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On #ChasivYar direction 🇷🇺 advanced near #Ivanovske while 🇺🇦 continues to hold the town

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