Russian forces took an underage girl hostage to use her as a human shield after murdering her parents in a front-line village in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian 3rd Army Corps reported on Sept. 24.
The civilians were killed in the area of responsibility of the 3rd Army Corps, in the village of Shandryholove in Donetsk Oblast.
Ukrainian authorities have documented a number of cases of Russian troops murdering civilians in front-line areas since the outbreak of the full-scale war in 2022, part of a wider pattern of abuse and repression.
“Russia is using (the captured girl) as a human shield for its unit advancing in the Lyman sector,” the military unit said.
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It is rational because it’s the direct result of western fearmongering
My brother in Marx, Russian-Polish conflicts date back to 981 and any animosity people in the region feel towards each other goes at least as far as that.