Forensic experts confirmed that Oleksandr Ishchenko, a Ukrainian POW from the Azov Regiment, was brutally murdered in Russian captivity in Rostov-on-Don.
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A forensic study established that the Ukrainian prisoner of war, Oleksandr Ishchenko of the Azov Regiment, was brutally murdered in Russian captivity.
Oleksandr Ishchenko was recruited by the Azov Regiment on February 27, 2022.
He served as a driver in the Azov Regiment.
He was pronounced dead by the administration of a Russian detention facility in Rostov-on-Don.
Oleksandr Ishchenko died in Russian captivity due to blunt force trauma to his chest, caused by multiple rib fractures and shock.
He was 55 years old and a native of Mariupol.
He was captured while fighting in Mariupol in 2022.
He was one of the 24 Ukrainians prosecuted by Russia in a sham trial last year.
The prisoner died from shock resulting from multiple rib fractures and blunt chest trauma caused by contact with a blunt object
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