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Mansur Mirovalev

Bucha victim: ‘Russian troops beat me, doused me in diesel fuel’

A mass grave with bodies of civilians, who according to local residents were killed by Russian soldiers, is seen in Bucha, in Kyiv region, Ukraine [Vladyslav Musiienko/Reuters]

Vinnytsya, Ukraine – In mid-march, two weeks after Russian troops entered Bucha hoping to move farther southeast to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Viktor had been walking home.

Gun-toting soldiers stopped him to check his ID. They rummaged through his backpack to find a bottle of liquor, a torchlight and his documents.

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