Russian soldiers in Bucha opened fire on and killed a 41-year-old civilian man who refused to follow an order during a patrol in March 2022.
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Russian soldiers opened fire on a 41-year-old civilian man who refused to follow an order, killing him during a patrol in March 2022
A Russian shell hit a small barn behind an unremarkable two-story house in then-Russian-occupied Bucha in Kyiv Oblast.
Wounded by Russian sniper in legs during reconnaissance mission near Moshchun, evacuated by fellow soldiers
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