Two Russian soldiers massacred two villages in a drunken rampage as they shot anyone who did not have alcohol, it is claimed.
Alexander Osipov, 34, and Alexander Kaigorodtsev, 37, are accused of leaving a trail of death in Ukraine as they drove around in a Patriot military pickup truck. Local reports suggested the pair, from the 144th Guards Motor Rifle Division of the Russian Ground Forces, killed seven people during the night of horror. A report said: “They killed residents and burned their houses if they were refused alcohol.”
Despite the bloody massacre, no criminal cases have been opened in villages controlled by Putin’s army, reported Astra independent media. Among the dead was collaborator Lyubov Tymchak, 54, the Russia-appointed head of occupied Abrikosivka village, who had earlier been a Ukrainian official before switching sides to the occupiers. Alexei Glinin, 40, reported to be Tymchak’s partner and a Russian serviceman, was also killed.
Sergei Shuvaev, aged 32, was shot dead, as was a Russian serviceman, named Maxim. Both their bodies were set alight. In neighbouring Podo-Kalynivka village, pensioner Valentina Starchenko, 65, was killed, it is alleged.
The pair are said to have doused the corpses of their victims with fuel in village houses and threw grenades at them to seek to cover up their crime, according to reports. They were eventually detained “on the point of unconsciousness” after their alcohol-fuelled killing spree. Osipov and Kaigorodtsev reportedly confessed to four murders but are now suspected of a total of seven killings.
Last week it was recorded a loyal Vladimir Putin supporter was tortured by Russian soldiers who mistook him for a Ukrainian spy. Footage showed the man being held at gunpoint and marched in for interrogation with a bag over his head, after being stopped near an airbase.
They tortured him, using pliers in an attempt to tear off his ear, it is claimed. Ruslan Khammatov, 40, was beaten causing a fractured eye socket and ribs, as well as a broken nose, as they sought to force a confession. But they got the wrong man - they used their brutal torture on loyal Putin backer.
“They hit me on the forehead with a [gun] butt, pulled my ear with pliers, and broke my ribs,” he revealed to Sota. “They threatened to rape me, to shove a stun gun up my anus, to cut off my testicle. They found out that I was divorced - and said this meant I was gay.” He continued: “The first blow with a tactical glove hit me in the face, my nose was broken, I was bleeding, I covered my face and pressed myself to the floor, and then they kicked me. And they kept pulling me out, talking to me, asking me questions, torturing me, then this senior officer said: ‘You have two ways.