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William Walker

Jailed Putin critic says Russian troops killed Ukrainian because he had the same name

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has claimed Russian soldiers killed a 60-year-old man because he shared the same last name.

Ilya Navalny was killed in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, allegedly just because he shared Navalny's name.

Russian forces retreated from Bucha last month and Ukrainian officials say they have discovered more than 400 bodies of people they believe were killed by Russian troops during their occupation of the area.

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