The two soldiers went around asking for alcohol and where they were refused, they killed residents and burned their houses, according to local reports.
Russian soldiers Alexander Osipov, 34, (left) and Alexander Kaigorodtsev, 37, (right) demanded alcohol from villagers and shot them if they refused, according to a Telegram report.
The Kherson region, which remains partially under Russian occupation, has allegedly suffered abuses under the reign of Moscow, with troops targeting marginalized populations.
Russian authorities arrested two soldiers who had been on a drunken killing spree in the Moscow-occupied part of Kherson, according to reports. "They killed residents and burned their houses if they were refused alcohol," Telegram channel VChK-OGPU reported. Alexander Kaygorodtsev, 36, and Alexander Osipov, 34, were detained on April 24 on suspicion of murder. The
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