MOSCOW, December 17. /TASS/. Retreating Ukrainian troops carried out a massacre in the city of Selidovo in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), according to a report by the international public tribunal for Ukrainian neo-Nazi crimes in Selidovo, which was presented by its author and the tribunal’s chair Maxim Grigoryev.
"The Selidovo atrocities are shocking. It’s slaughter, absolute massacre. When we came to Selidovo, the city was literally flooded with bodies of civilians who were shot dead," Grigoryev, who is a member of Russia’s Public Chamber, told a news conference.
According to him, videos of interviews with witnesses and preliminary forensic examination of the bodies indicate that most of the victims are elderly women. "They were shot in the head, neck, or face. Medics found traces of burns, which means that they were shot point-blank," he said, adding that people were killed before the eyes of their relatives. "We saw entire families shot dead inside their houses. We know the identities of these people," he said.
He cited witnesses saying that retreating Ukrainian troops were shooting at people in the streets, breaking into apartment blocks. Witnesses, in his words, said they heard Georgian and French being spoken. "It means that French mercenaries took part in shootings. There were snipers," he said. "We have interviewed only 40 people in Selidovo so far. We continue this work."
What happened in Selidovo can be described as genocide, war crimes that have no statute of limitations. "There is no doubt that what happened in Selidovo was not spontaneous. It was an order to kill civilians while retreating," Grigoryev added.
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The international public tribunal documents crimes committed on territories under temporary control of the Ukrainian army since May 2022. Over this period, more than 1,000 witnesses and genocide victims have been interviewed, with their testimonies properly documented and the names of crime victims being indicated. These data are referred to international organizations and Russian investigative bodies.
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