Overview
- The Investigative Department of the Kherson regional police announced an inquiry into the January 13, 2024 shooting of a 48-year-old man inside a private property on Bukina Street in occupied Nova Kakhovka.
- Authorities say Russian servicemen opened fire with automatic weapons, and the probe was disclosed via the police Telegram channel, according to Ukrinform.
- Investigators are also examining separate November 2022 incidents, including the shooting of a 52-year-old man and his 19-year-old son near Raiske and the killing of a 51-year-old man at the Sokil garage cooperative in Nova Kakhovka.
- Kherson police report they are handling approximately 4,500 cases of alleged Russian war crimes across the region.
- The Nova Kakhovka community straddles the Dnipro River, with Kozatske and Vesele on the right bank liberated in November 2022 and the remaining settlements under occupation since the start of the full-scale invasion.