Russian soldiers killed a child in the Kakhovka district of the Kherson region. Ukrainian law enforcement officers have started an investigation.
Russian occupiers killed a child in the Kherson region
According to the investigation, in the temporarily occupied territory of the Kakhovka district of the Kherson region, the Russian military forces killed a minor boy.
Investigative actions are ongoing to establish additional circumstances of the event and persons from the ranks of Russian military personnel involved in the crime.
A pre-trial investigation has been launched in criminal proceedings for violation of the laws and customs of war, combined with intentional murder, the prosecutor's office notes.
The sanction of the article provides for life imprisonment.
The boy's death was already officially confirmed by the Kherson RMA chief Oleksandr Prokudin during the final press conference.
The teenager was shot on December 20. The Russian invaders were angered by the fact that the teenager was apparently "taking pictures of something".
The guy was walking by somewhere and seemed to be taking pictures of something. Russian soldiers captured him, brought him home and shot him. They did it right in front of the family, Oleksandr Prokudin says.
In addition, he added that after the shooting of the child, the boy's mother fell into despair and tried to commit suicide. However, family members managed to "rescue her from the noose".
Prokudin himself intends to appeal to the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada for human rights, Dmytro Lubinets, and all relevant authorities so that they record yet another war crime committed by Russian soldiers.
Russian occupiers not only kill, but also abduct Ukrainian children
For Children's Day in 2023, the Online.UA team presented the documentary project "Abducted Childhood", which collects the stories of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia, as well as their families.
Some of them were in captivity, and some were forcibly taken to a "rehabilitation camp". Some were separated from their parents during the so-called filtering measures.
During almost two years of war, Ukraine was able to return only a few hundred children. What is essential to understand is that the authorities of the Russian Federation claim that they "evacuated" 744,000 minor Ukrainians.
The regime of Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko is also involved in these crimes.
