Eight more Russian troops accused of 'torturing and killing civilians' in criminal case

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The news follows the sentencing of the first Russian soldier of war crimes in Ukraine for killing an unarmed civilian during the early days of the invasion. Reports of war crimes committed by Russian forces began to emerge from the beginning of President Vladimir Putin’s offensive at the end of February and at a fuller force as Ukrainian troops reclaimed ground from Russia.

According to a tweet from NEXTA, the largest Eastern European media outlet, eight more Russians have been accused of war crimes in Ukraine.

The organisation tweeted: “Eight more Russians are accused of crimes in Ukraine.

“Criminal cases have been initiated against five servicemen of the Russian army and three mercenaries of the PMC Wagener, who are accused of torturing and killing civilians during the Russian occupation in the Kyiv”.

The Wagner Group is a Russian paramilitary organisation, also described as a private military company which came to fame in 2014 and 2015 following the war in Donbas in Ukraine for its support of separatist forces of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics....

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