Russian soldiers are said to have killed at least 107 people and injured about the same number after returning home from the war in Ukraine.
This is shown by a review carried out by the independent Russian media Verstka. The finding is based on a review of public court documents and media coverage since the war began in 2022.
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Most of the soldiers had been recruited from Russian prisons, writes the independent Russian newspaper Meduza.
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The review paints an ugly picture of the Russian war veterans.
55 of the cases – which resulted in a total of 76 deaths – were treated as murder, writes Meduza, which has gone through the investigation. In addition, 18 deaths were classified as serious ill-treatment.
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Traffic offenses committed by soldiers also led to eleven deaths. In Verstka’s review, there is also one case where soldiers caused the death of two children by giving them drugs.
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Of the approximately 100 injured in the investigation, 70 were victims of soldiers who were prosecuted for “gross ill-treatment”. 16 were subjected to attempted murder and ten were injured in traffic accidents.
According to the investigation, the majority of the guilty soldiers – 91 people – were recruited into the army from Russian prisons. They were granted amnesty for participating in the war.
