Near Kharkiv, law enforcement officers discovered the body of a man who was tortured and then shot

by the Russian military during the occupation of the village of Tsyrkuny

.

As reported by the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office, on February 17, 2023, law enforcement officers exhumed the corpse of a 56-year-old local resident at the cemetery in the village of Tsyrkuny.

According to preliminary data, in May of last year, the man was shot by Russian servicemen during the occupation of the settlement.

During the examination of the body of the deceased, traces of violent death were found.

A man killed by Russians in the Kharkiv Region, photo by the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office

The body was sent for an autopsy to determine the cause of death.

It will be recalled that the bodies of nine civilians were exhumed

in the Kharkiv region

.

Last year, on April 14, they were shot by Russian troops.

The dead were in evacuation buses at that time. 

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