Moscow — Russia has accused Ukrainian soldiers of killing 22 people in an occupied Russian village. The accusations include eight women who were allegedly raped before being executed.

Moscow — Russia has accused Ukrainian soldiers of killing 22 people in an occupied Russian village. The accusations include eight women who were allegedly raped before being executed. Ukraine controls dozens of border towns in the Kursk region of western Russia since launching a surprise offensive in August. It claims about 2,000 civilians still live in areas it occupies.Russia has now retaken several towns.The Investigative Committee had said on January 19 that they were investigating the killing of "at least seven civilians" in the village of Russkoye Porechnoye. The committee said it was now investigating the killing of "22 residents" between September and November.Among the victims, whose bodies were found in the basements of several homes, were eight women who were allegedly raped before being killed. The Investigative Committee said that investigators blamed five Ukrainian soldiers for the killings. One of them, Yevgeny Fabrisenko, was arrested during fighting in the Kursk region.The committee released a video of the interrogation of a man identified as Fabrisenko, who confessed. AFP was not immediately able to verify the claims and there has been no official response from Ukraine.Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of killing civilians since the conflict began nearly three years ago.Russian forces are accused of murdering hundreds of civilians in the town of Bucha, near Kyiv.AFP journalists are among the international media outlets that have seen and photographed the bodies of Ukrainian civilians killed. Some had their hands tied.

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