Killing of five 72nd Brigade soldiers in Kharkiv region: Ukraine detains a Russian soldier, RIA cites security sources saying it was a fellow serviceman
Place: Kharkiv regionRegion: Kharkiv and Kharkiv regionautomatic summary
Where the versions diverge
Ukrainian authorities and Kyiv Independent name a Russian soldier as the suspect; RIA Novosti says a mobilised Ukrainian; RIA's version rests on anonymous sources and contradicts prosecutors.
What Russia reports
automatic summary RIA Novosti, citing Russian security agencies, claims the five Ukrainian soldiers were killed by a fellow serviceman — a mobilised man who did not want to go on a combat mission.
“Пятерых военных ВСУ, расстрелянных в Харьковской области, убил их сослуживец, который не хотел отправляться на боевую задачу”
- В Харьковской области боевик ВСУ расстрелял пятерых сослуживцев — RIA Novosti, 14 October, 21:04
What Ukraine reports
automatic summary Police said that on 13 October an unknown gunman shot five servicemen of the 72nd Mechanised Brigade in a residential building in Kharkiv district. On 14 October prosecutors announced the detention in Kharkiv of a 36-year-old Russian citizen from St Petersburg, a soldier of the 1009th Motor Rifle Regiment, being checked for involvement in the killing of five soldiers and a civilian; investigators believe he may have been part of a sabotage and reconnaissance group.
“14 жовтня в Харкові затримали 36-річного громадянина РФ, уродженця Санкт-Петербурга”
- Розстріл 5 військових і цивільного на Харківщині: затримали російського солдата — Ukrainska Pravda, 14 October, 19:13
- На Харківщині вбили п’ятьох військових 72-ї ОМБр: бригада допускає причетність росіян — Ukrainska Pravda, 14 October, 10:16
What independent sources report
automatic summary Kyiv Independent, citing prosecutors, reports the arrest of a Russian soldier suspected of killing five Ukrainian soldiers and one civilian; Ukrainian media had earlier reported a Russian who escaped captivity.
“A Russian soldier suspected of killing five Ukrainian soldiers and one civilian was arrested in Kharkiv on Oct. 14”
- Update: Russian soldier arrested, suspected of killing 5 Ukrainian soldiers, 1 civilian in Kharkiv Oblast — Kyiv Independent, 14 October, 13:20
Confirmation
Confirmation: the sides contradict each other
The groups of sources give incompatible information (the model, reading the texts, flagged incompatible statements of fact; differing figures are shown in the card). The site does not decide who is right.
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