Iryna Domashchenko
Kyiv-based IWPR's court reporter
Kyiv-based IWPR's court reporter
IWPR's court reporter, she regularly writes for the Ukraine's Justice Report. She also works with Ukraine's Media Initiative For Human Rights and has previously worked for the Court Reporter justice platform. Based in Kyiv, Iryna is originally from the southern port city of Kherson where she reported for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Civilians were illegally detained and brutally treated during the occupation of strategic town.
The servicemen killed four civilians and took their mobile phones which helped investigators identify them.
The corporal admitted guilt, declined to appeal and requested he be exchanged.
The pensioner, according to the investigation, had asked his assailants not to scare his livestock.
Servicemen accused of brutalising civilians during the occupation of parts of the Kyiv region.
Investigators will now check whether the accused is deceased, a prisoner of war or a fugitive.
The rifleman is suspected of shooting and killing a Ukrainian soldier after he had surrendered.
Case will proceed after Kyiv court of appeal accepts prosecutor's objections over procedural shortcomings.
In March 2022, nearly 400 civilians were crammed into a cellar and used as human shields by occupation forces.
The men opened fire with machine guns on a vehicle carrying fleeing villagers.