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Natalie Thomas & Benjamin Lynch

Mum says son was shot in back by Russians after they smashed his phone SIM card

A mum in Ukraine is seeking justice for her son after yet more claims of alleged war crimes by Russian troops.

81-year-old Taisia Herasymenko claims her son Roman, 57, was shot and killed in his hometown in Ukraine by invading Russian soldiers while he retired to recover a sim card from his phone they had smashed.

Shot in the back, he struggled away from the scene, but died mere hours later in his own home in Borodianka, in the now infamous Bucha district.

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