Extrajudicial executions near Kyiv: Amnesty confirms at least 60 war crimes

Ballistic research proves that the ammunition belongs to the “elite troops of the Russian Federation”. It is primarily about the weapons of the units that operated in Borodyanka and Bucha.

Human rights activists from Amnesty International note convincing evidence that that the actions of Russian troops in the vicinity of the Ukrainian capital – nothing more than war crimes. Many of the documented testimonies from the occupied territories in February and March testify to the frequent cases of extrajudicial executions of civilians:

head, ”says one of the victims, Viktor Klokun, his partner.

Another man who survived actually witnessed the murder of his wife and neighbors by Russian artillery.

“I left the apartment to work in the garage, and my wife was going to take a few older neighbors to the basement,” said a resident of Borodyanka. – When I reached the garage, 150 meters from the house, there was a terrible explosion. I rushed to the garage… The whole middle part collapsed – right where the residents were hiding in the basement. My wife Halyna was among those killed. I still see her at the door of our house… where we lived for forty years “,

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The organization conducted its own ballistic examination, which confirms that the weapons used by the invaders in Bucha belong to the arsenal of weapons used only by “elite Russian units.” An obvious example in this situation is the murder of 43-year-old manager and father of two children Yevhen Petrashenko. He was shot in his own apartment on the notorious Yablunska Street, where the bloodiest events in Bucha took place, and later photos will fly from here to all the world's media after the deoccupation of the city.

When the city was liberated and journalists and psychologists were able to communicate with the survivors, Eugene's wife said: the husband decided to stay in the apartment, did not go down to the basement and stayed to help neighbors whose apartments were searched by Russian soldiers. At first, the woman lost contact with him, and a day later his body was found in the apartment (the woman was allowed to visit her apartment by the Russian military). She told about what she saw:

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“Eugene was lying in the kitchen, dead. He was shot in the back, lungs and liver. His body remained in the apartment until March 10, when we were able to bury him in a shallow grave in the yard. “

Amnesty International's investigation team found two bullets and three shell casings at the scene. An Amnesty weapons researcher has identified bullets as 9 × 39 mm 7H12 armor-piercing cartridges with black tips that can only be fired from specialized rifles. They are used by some elite Russian units, including those that, according to available information, at the time operated in Bucha.

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Based on materials: ZN.ua

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