Russia captured the village of Robotyne in the Zaporizhzhia region.
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Russia captured the village of Robotyne in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Russian occupiers committed another war crime near Robotyne in Zaporizhzhia Oblast - they shot Ukrainian POWs. The episode of the execution was recorded on video: four Ukrainian military personnel with raised hands without weapons surrendered, Russians forced them to lie face down and shot them at close range.
The perpetrators were identified as Russian occupiers who were part of the assault group of the 70th Motorized Rifle Regiment (military unit 71718) of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces.
The permanent deployment location of this military unit is in the city of Shal (Chechnya, Russia).
At the time of the execution of Ukrainian POWs near Robotyne, the 70th Motorized Rifle Regiment was commanded by Colonel Abaev Yuri Mairbekovich, born in 1990, call sign 'buffalo'.
The enemy attacked the defence line near Robotyne four times, but our positions were not lost.
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