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31 Jan, 05:04Updated at: 08:30

Russia nabs Ukrainian soldier who executed Kursk civilians

The man confessed to the crime and gave evidence of other violence and murders

MOSCOW, January 31. /TASS/. The Russian troops nabbed a Ukrainian soldier who executed 22 civilians in Kursk region, Spokeswoman of the Investigative Committee Svetlana Petrenko said.

The man has confessed that together with other soldiers he had shot dead 22 civilians in Russkoye Porechye settlement.

"The main military investigative department of Russia has established the complicity of Ukrainian servicemen of the 92nd assault brigade in the execution of civilians in Russkoye Porechye in Kursk region. They included senior soldier Yevgeny Fabrisenko, commander of the 11th company of the 4th battalion with Kum call sign and three servicemen with call signs Motyl, Provodnik and Khudozhnik. They are suspected of staging a terrorist act, rape and sexual violence. From September 28 to November 24, 2024, they killed eleven men and three women in Russkoye Porechye. They also raped eight women and killed them. They brought the bodies of killed 22 civilians into the basements of private houses," she said.

Russian troops seized Fabrisenko in Sudzha district of Kursk region. He confessed to the crime and gave evidence of other violence and murders. The investigation in Russkoye Porechye exposed massive crimes committed by Ukrainian militants.

"We saw a girl in a private house and four of us raped her. I made her kneel then and shot dead. I shot in the back of the head. We then entered another house with two men and a woman. We tied the men up and shot them in the back of the head. I raped the woman, forced her to kneel and shot her in the back of the head," Fabrisenko confessed.

The Ukrainian soldiers then found three elderly men and three elderly women, pushed them into a basement and threw a grenade there. The next victims were a man and two girls. The man was shot and the girls raped. "I killed both of them", Fabrisenko said.