According to reports, Russian authorities have arrested two soldiers who committed a drunken murder in the Moscow-occupied region of Kherson.
Telegram channel VChK-OGPU reported: “When denied alcohol, they killed residents and burned their homes.”
On April 24, Alexander Kaigorodtsev (36) and Alexander Osipov (34) were taken into custody on suspicion of murder. The men, members of the 144th Guards Motor Rifle Division, admitted to killing at least five people and told investigators that they hid the bodies of additional victims, including the head of the village of Abrikosovka, where the killings occurred.
The victims included a 65-year-old man and two women, who were shot in the abdomen before setting the house on fire. They continued to “disfigure” some of their victims, including cracking their skulls. They used grenades and fire to destroy bodies and crime scenes and attempt to hide evidence of the crime.
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Their victims included other Russian military personnel, making their motives even more mysterious to investigators. They shot and killed one of the victims, Lyubov Tymchak. Because she told him she couldn’t find a vacant house to occupy.
Russian soldiers Alexander Kaigorodtsev (37) and Alexander Osipov (34) are said to have left a trail of death in two villages in the Kherson region. (East 2 West)
Russian telegram channel Astra East2West reported that no formal charges had been filed against the two soldiers, but another report claimed that the two would be investigated by the Russian Investigative Committee’s 126th Military Investigation Department. did.
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Kaigorodotsev was previously convicted of murder and involvement in drug trafficking and was sentenced to five years in prison, suspended for six months. If convicted of the new murders, he faces life in prison.
A destroyed car stands near a destroyed house after Russian shelling in Kherson, Ukraine, March 28, 2024. Russian troops shelled the Dniprovsky district of Kherson. As a result of the attack, buildings of higher education institutions and civilian residences were damaged. (Ihor Pedchenko/Suspilne Ukraine/JSC “UA:PBC”/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
ukrainian outlet new voices of ukraine It claimed the killings were part of “ongoing violence and chaos” within Russian-occupied areas of the country. Reports have highlighted a number of crimes committed against Ukrainian residents in Russian-occupied territories, including an alleged attack on LGBTQ+ residents in the city of Kherson.
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Report from Human rights NGO monitoring group Projector — In partnership with Outright International — documents in detail attacks against the city’s LGBTQ+ residents from March to September 2023, during which period some Russian military forces intentionally targeted gay residents The group claims that.
Authorities and nearby residents are working to repair damaged buildings after an explosion on Mykolaiv Highway 11 in Kherson, Ukraine, on March 9, 2024. A 7-year-old child was injured and hospitalized. (Gian Marco Benedetto/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The projector claimed that many survivors of these crimes rarely contacted law enforcement for fear of not receiving assistance.
In February, the bruised and possibly executed body of a Ukrainian Orthodox priest was found on a street in Kalanchak, also in the Kherson region. The priest, Father Stepan, was found with what media reports described as a possible gunshot wound to his head.
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Russian troops had captured him two days earlier, and a local bishop claimed that the military had tortured and killed the priest. According to forum 18Norwegian News Agency.
