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People walk along an embankment near a local harbor in the town of Berdyansk, Zaporizhzhia region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, May 10, 2023.REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Two teenagers have been killed by Russian authorities in the Ukrainian city of Berdyansk, local news reports.
The pair shot dead a police officer and a civilian, according to reports.
In May, a Ukrainian non-profit group said the 17-year-olds had been tortured by Russian police.
Two teenagers were killed by Russian authorities on Saturday near an embankment in the Ukrainian city of Berdyansk, local news reports.
This came after the pair shot dead a police officer and a civilian, according to an independent Russian investigation news broadcast Novaya GazetaWHO Ukrainian cover called a “collaborator” and an “occupier”.
The two 17-year-olds, referred to as “pro-Ukrainian terrorists” by Russian authorities, were “neutralized,” Russian news agency Interfax reported. Interfax also reported that two other residents were also injured, according to Novaya Gazeta.
According to local reports, the teens’ names were Tigran Oganisyan and Mikita Khanganov.
The city of Berdyansk, in Zaporizhia Oblast, was under Russian control since the beginning of the country’s invasion of Ukraine last year.
A Ukrainian news outlet posted a video on Telegram recorded by Oganesyan shortly before his death. In it, he said they planned to kill two people and point the camera at what appears to be a Kalashnikov rifle. “That’s it, it’s death, guys, goodbye! Glory to Ukraine!” he said according to Novaya Gazeta.
Tigran Oganisyan, 17, made a farewell video before launching an attack in the occupied Ukrainian city of BerdyanskUkraine Pravada
In May, local news reports reported that the Russian Commission of Inquiry had charged Oganisyan and Khanganov with sabotage attempts. Novaya Gazeta.
Media Initiative for Human Rights, a Ukrainian nonprofit, reported in May that the teens had been tortured by Russian law enforcement.
Oganisyan was subjected to “cruel” interrogations involving beatings and electrical torture, the organization said. Khanganov was subjected to interrogations and “investigative experiments” when Russian investigators forced the pair to confess that they planned to sabotage the Melitopol Railway to prevent Russian troops from receiving supplies, the nonprofit said.
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