Occupants shoot three civilians on the left bank of Kherson region

Under the procedural guidance of the Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office, a pre-trial investigation has been launched into a war crime committed by the Russian Federation that led to the death of people.

This was reported by the Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office.

On the night of September 18, 2025, in the temporarily occupied village of Kozachi Lageri, Kherson district, Russian soldiers shot three civilians - two men aged 55 and 64 and a woman aged 62.

The intentional killing of civilians is classified as a particularly serious international crime and is a gross violation of the Geneva Conventions. Currently, urgent investigative and search activities are underway to establish all the circumstances of the incident and identify the persons involved in the crime. The investigation is being carried out by the Kherson Region Police.

A resident of Kherson was sentenced to 13 years in prison for participating in an illegal law enforcement agency of the occupation authorities. The court also confiscated his property and banned him from holding positions in government, local government or law enforcement agencies for 14 years.

According to the Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office, in May 2022, the 32-year-old agreed to head the medical department of the "Department of the Penitentiary Service" created by the occupation authorities. Before the occupation, he worked as the head of the medical unit No. 90 of the State Institution "Centralized Health Center of the SPS of Ukraine" in the Kherson region, had experience in organizing medical care for prisoners and access to management processes in the field of penitentiary.

After joining the occupiers, he began to apply Russian protocols for medical supervision and organization of the institution, and gave interviews to propaganda media, talking about the health of prisoners and creating a false impression of the humanity of the occupation structures. Such actions, according to the investigation, contributed to the legalization of the illegal activities of the occupation administration and harmed the national security of Ukraine. The court passed the verdict in absentia: the man will serve his sentence from the moment of his arrest.

Катерина Глушко