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Sadak Souici / Le Pictorium - The Martyrdom of Malaya Rohan Village - 6/6/2022 - Ukraine / Kharkiv / Malaya Rohan - The remains of a Ukrainian civilian killed by Russian shelling are removed from her makeshift grave by residents of Malaya Rohan, east of Kharkiv. Inna was killed in a shelling. On the edge of the village, at the end of a road dotted with bomb craters, a Kharkiv forensic police van drives off in a cloud of dust. On board was the body of Inna Semenivna, a woman in her seventies who had just been exhumed from the vegetable garden of her house, where her husband, Vadim, had taken six days to bury her under a deluge of fire. "The Russians seized our house and put five tanks in the garden after mining the street," says the man with a face marred by grief. "On 12 March, when the detonations were less regular, Inna and I went out of the cellar to get some fresh air. But the bombing suddenly started again, this time right on our house. My wife was fatally hit in the head. Could the bombs have come from the Ukrainian side? No," says Vadim. The Russians shelled their own positions in the chaos of the retreat, the trajectory of the shells leaves no doubt." Prostrate under a tree, his son Pacha refused to attend the exhumation of his mother's body. Too painful, especially since the police had to open the coffin to document the investigation. What the Russians did to my parents is a horrible war crime," the 30-year-old What the Russians did to my parents is a horrible war crime," says the thirty-year-old, holding a photo of Inna. At his side, Maxim Klimovets, the young prosecutor in charge of the investigation, confirms: "Shooting civilians is a war crime. We are collecting shrapnel to identify the type of military unit that committed this crime. From there, we will work with intelligence to find out which battalions were present in the area at the time.

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Sadak Souici / Le Pictorium - The Martyrdom of Malaya Rohan Village - 6/6/2022 - Ukraine / Kharkiv / Malaya Rohan - Vadim Bobrynceva, the 70-year-old husband of the victim. "My wife refused to evacuate, she didn't want to leave her pets behind," the man explains from the stoop where his wife was fatally hit by a shell. Inna was killed in a shelling. On the edge of the village, at the end of a road dotted with bomb craters, a Kharkiv forensic police van drives off in a cloud of dust. On board was the body of Inna Semenivna, a woman in her seventies who had just been exhumed from the vegetable garden of her house, where her husband, Vadim, had taken six days to bury her under a deluge of fire. "The Russians seized our house and put five tanks in the garden after mining the street," says the man with a face marred by grief. "On 12 March, when the detonations were less regular, Inna and I went out of the cellar to get some fresh air. But the bombing suddenly started again, this time right on our house. My wife was fatally hit in the head. Could the bombs have come from the Ukrainian side? No," says Vadim. The Russians shelled their own positions in the chaos of the retreat, the trajectory of the shells leaves no doubt." Prostrate under a tree, his son Pacha refused to attend the exhumation of his mother's body. Too painful, especially since the police had to open the coffin to document the investigation. What the Russians did to my parents is a horrible war crime," the 30-year-old What the Russians did to my parents is a horrible war crime," says the thirty-year-old, holding a photo of Inna. At his side, Maxim Klimovets, the young prosecutor in charge of the investigation, confirms: "Shooting civilians is a war crime. We are collecting shrapnel to identify the type of military unit that committed this crime. From there, we will work with intelligence to find out which battalions were present in the area at the time.

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Sadak Souici / Le Pictorium - The Martyrdom of Malaya Rohan Village - 6/6/2022 - Ukraine / Kharkiv / Malaya Rohan - Villagers dig the grave of Inna Bobrynceva Semenivna. Harassed by bombs, the husband took six days to bury his wife. Inna was killed in a shelling. On the edge of the village, at the end of a road dotted with bomb craters, a Kharkiv forensic police van drives off in a cloud of dust. On board was the body of Inna Semenivna, a woman in her seventies who had just been exhumed from the vegetable garden of her house, where her husband, Vadim, had taken six days to bury her under a deluge of fire. "The Russians seized our house and put five tanks in the garden after mining the street," says the man with a face marred by grief. "On 12 March, when the detonations were less regular, Inna and I went out of the cellar to get some fresh air. But the bombing suddenly started again, this time right on our house. My wife was fatally hit in the head. Could the bombs have come from the Ukrainian side? No," says Vadim. The Russians shelled their own positions in the chaos of the retreat, the trajectory of the shells leaves no doubt." Prostrate under a tree, his son Pacha refused to attend the exhumation of his mother's body. Too painful, especially since the police had to open the coffin to document the investigation. What the Russians did to my parents is a horrible war crime," the 30-year-old What the Russians did to my parents is a horrible war crime," says the thirty-year-old, holding a photo of Inna. At his side, Maxim Klimovets, the young prosecutor in charge of the investigation, confirms: "Shooting civilians is a war crime. We are collecting shrapnel to identify the type of military unit that committed this crime. From there, we will work with intelligence to find out which battalions were present in the area at the time.

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Sadak Souici / Le Pictorium - The Martyrdom of Malaya Rohan Village - 6/6/2022 - Ukraine / Kharkiv / Malaya Rohan - A local resident helps to extract the remains of a Russian war crime victim not far from the Kharkiv front. It took several months for the forensic police to start their investigation. Inna was killed in a shelling. On the edge of the village, at the end of a road dotted with bomb craters, a Kharkiv forensic police van drives off in a cloud of dust. On board was the body of Inna Semenivna, a woman in her seventies who had just been exhumed from the vegetable garden of her house, where her husband, Vadim, had taken six days to bury her under a deluge of fire. "The Russians seized our house and put five tanks in the garden after mining the street," says the man with a face marred by grief. "On 12 March, when the detonations were less regular, Inna and I went out of the cellar to get some fresh air. But the bombing suddenly started again, this time right on our house. My wife was fatally hit in the head. Could the bombs have come from the Ukrainian side? No," says Vadim. The Russians shelled their own positions in the chaos of the retreat, the trajectory of the shells leaves no doubt." Prostrate under a tree, his son Pacha refused to attend the exhumation of his mother's body. Too painful, especially since the police had to open the coffin to document the investigation. What the Russians did to my parents is a horrible war crime," the 30-year-old What the Russians did to my parents is a horrible war crime," says the thirty-year-old, holding a photo of Inna. At his side, Maxim Klimovets, the young prosecutor in charge of the investigation, confirms: "Shooting civilians is a war crime. We are collecting shrapnel to identify the type of military unit that committed this crime. From there, we will work with intelligence to find out which battalions were present in the area at the time.

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Sadak Souici / Le Pictorium - The Martyrdom of Malaya Rohan Village - 6/6/2022 - Ukraine / Kharkiv / Malaya Rohan - The forensic police opened the victim's coffin to identify the body. It will then be sent to the Kharkiv Forensic Institute for an autopsy, before being returned to the family. Inna was killed in a shelling. On the edge of the village, at the end of a road dotted with bomb craters, a Kharkiv forensic police van drives off in a cloud of dust. On board was the body of Inna Semenivna, a woman in her seventies who had just been exhumed from the vegetable garden of her house, where her husband, Vadim, had taken six days to bury her under a deluge of fire. "The Russians seized our house and put five tanks in the garden after mining the street," says the man with a face marred by grief. "On 12 March, when the detonations were less regular, Inna and I went out of the cellar to get some fresh air. But the bombing suddenly started again, this time right on our house. My wife was fatally hit in the head. Could the bombs have come from the Ukrainian side? No," says Vadim. The Russians shelled their own positions in the chaos of the retreat, the trajectory of the shells leaves no doubt." Prostrate under a tree, his son Pacha refused to attend the exhumation of his mother's body. Too painful, especially since the police had to open the coffin to document the investigation. What the Russians did to my parents is a horrible war crime," the 30-year-old What the Russians did to my parents is a horrible war crime," says the thirty-year-old, holding a photo of Inna. At his side, Maxim Klimovets, the young prosecutor in charge of the investigation, confirms: "Shooting civilians is a war crime. We are collecting shrapnel to identify the type of military unit that committed this crime. From there, we will work with intelligence to find out which battalions were present in the area at the time.

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Sadak Souici / Le Pictorium - The Martyrdom of Malaya Rohan Village - 6/6/2022 - Ukraine / Kharkiv / Malaya Rohan - Inna and Vadim's house, destroyed by a Russian artillery strike on 12 March 2022. Inna was killed in a shelling. On the edge of the village, at the end of a road dotted with bomb craters, a Kharkiv forensic police van drives off in a cloud of dust. On board was the body of Inna Semenivna, a woman in her seventies who had just been exhumed from the vegetable garden of her house, where her husband, Vadim, had taken six days to bury her under a deluge of fire. "The Russians seized our house and put five tanks in the garden after mining the street," says the man with a face marred by grief. "On 12 March, when the detonations were less regular, Inna and I went out of the cellar to get some fresh air. But the bombing suddenly started again, this time right on our house. My wife was fatally hit in the head. Could the bombs have come from the Ukrainian side? No," says Vadim. The Russians shelled their own positions in the chaos of the retreat, the trajectory of the shells leaves no doubt." Prostrate under a tree, his son Pacha refused to attend the exhumation of his mother's body. Too painful, especially since the police had to open the coffin to document the investigation. What the Russians did to my parents is a horrible war crime," the 30-year-old What the Russians did to my parents is a horrible war crime," says the thirty-year-old, holding a photo of Inna. At his side, Maxim Klimovets, the young prosecutor in charge of the investigation, confirms: "Shooting civilians is a war crime. We are collecting shrapnel to identify the type of military unit that committed this crime. From there, we will work with intelligence to find out which battalions were present in the area at the time.

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Sadak Souici / Le Pictorium - The Martyrdom of Malaya Rohan Village - 6/6/2022 - Ukraine / Kharkiv / Malaya Rohan - Forensic scientists are gathering evidence to classify Inna's death as a war crime. Nearly 15,000 such crimes are believed to have been committed by the Russian army since its invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Inna was killed in a shelling. On the edge of the village, at the end of a road dotted with bomb craters, a Kharkiv forensic police van drives off in a cloud of dust. On board was the body of Inna Semenivna, a woman in her seventies who had just been exhumed from the vegetable garden of her house, where her husband, Vadim, had taken six days to bury her under a deluge of fire. "The Russians seized our house and put five tanks in the garden after mining the street," says the man with a face marred by grief. "On 12 March, when the detonations were less regular, Inna and I went out of the cellar to get some fresh air. But the bombing suddenly started again, this time right on our house. My wife was fatally hit in the head. Could the bombs have come from the Ukrainian side? No," says Vadim. The Russians shelled their own positions in the chaos of the retreat, the trajectory of the shells leaves no doubt." Prostrate under a tree, his son Pacha refused to attend the exhumation of his mother's body. Too painful, especially since the police had to open the coffin to document the investigation. What the Russians did to my parents is a horrible war crime," the 30-year-old What the Russians did to my parents is a horrible war crime," says the thirty-year-old, holding a photo of Inna. At his side, Maxim Klimovets, the young prosecutor in charge of the investigation, confirms: "Shooting civilians is a war crime. We are collecting shrapnel to identify the type of military unit that committed this crime. From there, we will work with intelligence to find out which battalions were present in the area at the time.

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Sadak Souici / Le Pictorium - The Martyrdom of Malaya Rohan Village - 6/6/2022 - Ukraine / Kharkiv / Malaya Rohan - A team of volunteers comes to help exhume Inna's remains. "The Russians must pay for their crimes," one of them shouted. Inna was killed in a shelling. On the edge of the village, at the end of a road dotted with bomb craters, a Kharkiv forensic police van drives off in a cloud of dust. On board was the body of Inna Semenivna, a woman in her seventies who had just been exhumed from the vegetable garden of her house, where her husband, Vadim, had taken six days to bury her under a deluge of fire. "The Russians seized our house and put five tanks in the garden after mining the street," says the man with a face marred by grief. "On 12 March, when the detonations were less regular, Inna and I went out of the cellar to get some fresh air. But the bombing suddenly started again, this time right on our house. My wife was fatally hit in the head. Could the bombs have come from the Ukrainian side? No," says Vadim. The Russians shelled their own positions in the chaos of the retreat, the trajectory of the shells leaves no doubt." Prostrate under a tree, his son Pacha refused to attend the exhumation of his mother's body. Too painful, especially since the police had to open the coffin to document the investigation. What the Russians did to my parents is a horrible war crime," the 30-year-old What the Russians did to my parents is a horrible war crime," says the thirty-year-old, holding a photo of Inna. At his side, Maxim Klimovets, the young prosecutor in charge of the investigation, confirms: "Shooting civilians is a war crime. We are collecting shrapnel to identify the type of military unit that committed this crime. From there, we will work with intelligence to find out which battalions were present in the area at the time.

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Sadak Souici / Le Pictorium - The Martyrdom of Malaya Rohan Village - 6/6/2022 - Ukraine / Kharkiv / Malaya Rohan - Inna's remains. Originally from the Kharkiv area, she had lived in Russia for a long time during the Soviet Union. "I would never have thought that Russia could do this to us," says Vadim, her husband. Inna was killed in a shelling. On the edge of the village, at the end of a road dotted with bomb craters, a Kharkiv forensic police van drives off in a cloud of dust. On board was the body of Inna Semenivna, a woman in her seventies who had just been exhumed from the vegetable garden of her house, where her husband, Vadim, had taken six days to bury her under a deluge of fire. "The Russians seized our house and put five tanks in the garden after mining the street," says the man with a face marred by grief. "On 12 March, when the detonations were less regular, Inna and I went out of the cellar to get some fresh air. But the bombing suddenly started again, this time right on our house. My wife was fatally hit in the head. Could the bombs have come from the Ukrainian side? No," says Vadim. The Russians shelled their own positions in the chaos of the retreat, the trajectory of the shells leaves no doubt." Prostrate under a tree, his son Pacha refused to attend the exhumation of his mother's body. Too painful, especially since the police had to open the coffin to document the investigation. What the Russians did to my parents is a horrible war crime," the 30-year-old What the Russians did to my parents is a horrible war crime," says the thirty-year-old, holding a photo of Inna. At his side, Maxim Klimovets, the young prosecutor in charge of the investigation, confirms: "Shooting civilians is a war crime. We are collecting shrapnel to identify the type of military unit that committed this crime. From there, we will work with intelligence to find out which battalions were present in the area at the time.

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Sadak Souici / Le Pictorium - The Martyrdom of Malaya Rohan Village - 6/6/2022 - Ukraine / Kharkiv / Malaya Rohan - A Ukrainian helicopter gunship flies low over Malaya Rohan. The front line with Russia is only 15 kilometres away. Inna was killed in a shelling. On the edge of the village, at the end of a road dotted with bomb craters, a Kharkiv forensic police van drives off in a cloud of dust. On board was the body of Inna Semenivna, a woman in her seventies who had just been exhumed from the vegetable garden of her house, where her husband, Vadim, had taken six days to bury her under a deluge of fire. "The Russians seized our house and put five tanks in the garden after mining the street," says the man with a face marred by grief. "On 12 March, when the detonations were less regular, Inna and I went out of the cellar to get some fresh air. But the bombing suddenly started again, this time right on our house. My wife was fatally hit in the head. Could the bombs have come from the Ukrainian side? No," says Vadim. The Russians shelled their own positions in the chaos of the retreat, the trajectory of the shells leaves no doubt." Prostrate under a tree, his son Pacha refused to attend the exhumation of his mother's body. Too painful, especially since the police had to open the coffin to document the investigation. What the Russians did to my parents is a horrible war crime," the 30-year-old What the Russians did to my parents is a horrible war crime," says the thirty-year-old, holding a photo of Inna. At his side, Maxim Klimovets, the young prosecutor in charge of the investigation, confirms: "Shooting civilians is a war crime. We are collecting shrapnel to identify the type of military unit that committed this crime. From there, we will work with intelligence to find out which battalions were present in the area at the time.

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Sadak Souici / Le Pictorium - The Martyrdom of Malaya Rohan Village - 6/6/2022 - Ukraine / Kharkiv / Malaya Rohan - "Our relations with Russia have now reached a point of no return," says Valentina, 73, a resident of Malaya Rohan, standing in front of her house which is riddled with shell holes. Inna was killed in a shelling. On the edge of the village, at the end of a road dotted with bomb craters, a Kharkiv forensic police van drives off in a cloud of dust. On board was the body of Inna Semenivna, a woman in her seventies who had just been exhumed from the vegetable garden of her house, where her husband, Vadim, had taken six days to bury her under a deluge of fire. "The Russians seized our house and put five tanks in the garden after mining the street," says the man with a face marred by grief. "On 12 March, when the detonations were less regular, Inna and I went out of the cellar to get some fresh air. But the bombing suddenly started again, this time right on our house. My wife was fatally hit in the head. Could the bombs have come from the Ukrainian side? No," says Vadim. The Russians shelled their own positions in the chaos of the retreat, the trajectory of the shells leaves no doubt." Prostrate under a tree, his son Pacha refused to attend the exhumation of his mother's body. Too painful, especially since the police had to open the coffin to document the investigation. What the Russians did to my parents is a horrible war crime," the 30-year-old What the Russians did to my parents is a horrible war crime," says the thirty-year-old, holding a photo of Inna. At his side, Maxim Klimovets, the young prosecutor in charge of the investigation, confirms: "Shooting civilians is a war crime. We are collecting shrapnel to identify the type of military unit that committed this crime. From there, we will work with intelligence to find out which battalions were present in the area at the time.

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Sadak Souici / Le Pictorium - The Martyrdom of Malaya Rohan Village - 6/6/2022 - Ukraine / Kharkiv / Malaya Rohan - A Russian tank lies burnt out in front of the garden of a house in Malaya Rohan. After their lightning offensive towards Kharkiv, the Russian army had to retreat. However, the region remains under daily bombardment. Inna was killed in a shelling. On the edge of the village, at the end of a road dotted with bomb craters, a Kharkiv forensic police van drives off in a cloud of dust. On board was the body of Inna Semenivna, a woman in her seventies who had just been exhumed from the vegetable garden of her house, where her husband, Vadim, had taken six days to bury her under a deluge of fire. "The Russians seized our house and put five tanks in the garden after mining the street," says the man with a face marred by grief. "On 12 March, when the detonations were less regular, Inna and I went out of the cellar to get some fresh air. But the bombing suddenly started again, this time right on our house. My wife was fatally hit in the head. Could the bombs have come from the Ukrainian side? No," says Vadim. The Russians shelled their own positions in the chaos of the retreat, the trajectory of the shells leaves no doubt." Prostrate under a tree, his son Pacha refused to attend the exhumation of his mother's body. Too painful, especially since the police had to open the coffin to document the investigation. What the Russians did to my parents is a horrible war crime," the 30-year-old What the Russians did to my parents is a horrible war crime," says the thirty-year-old, holding a photo of Inna. At his side, Maxim Klimovets, the young prosecutor in charge of the investigation, confirms: "Shooting civilians is a war crime. We are collecting shrapnel to identify the type of military unit that committed this crime. From there, we will work with intelligence to find out which battalions were present in the area at the time.

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Sadak Souici / Le Pictorium - The Martyrdom of Malaya Rohan Village - 6/6/2022 - Ukraine / Kharkiv / Malaya Rohan - Natalia, the mother of a woman raped by a Russian soldier in a school during the occupation of the village. "He raped her by cutting her face and neck," she says, her eyes still clouded with anguish. Inna was killed in a shelling. On the edge of the village, at the end of a road dotted with bomb craters, a Kharkiv forensic police van drives off in a cloud of dust. On board was the body of Inna Semenivna, a woman in her seventies who had just been exhumed from the vegetable garden of her house, where her husband, Vadim, had taken six days to bury her under a deluge of fire. "The Russians seized our house and put five tanks in the garden after mining the street," says the man with a face marred by grief. "On 12 March, when the detonations were less regular, Inna and I went out of the cellar to get some fresh air. But the bombing suddenly started again, this time right on our house. My wife was fatally hit in the head. Could the bombs have come from the Ukrainian side? No," says Vadim. The Russians shelled their own positions in the chaos of the retreat, the trajectory of the shells leaves no doubt." Prostrate under a tree, his son Pacha refused to attend the exhumation of his mother's body. Too painful, especially since the police had to open the coffin to document the investigation. What the Russians did to my parents is a horrible war crime," the 30-year-old What the Russians did to my parents is a horrible war crime," says the thirty-year-old, holding a photo of Inna. At his side, Maxim Klimovets, the young prosecutor in charge of the investigation, confirms: "Shooting civilians is a war crime. We are collecting shrapnel to identify the type of military unit that committed this crime. From there, we will work with intelligence to find out which battalions were present in the area at the time.

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Sadak Souici / Le Pictorium - The Martyrdom of Malaya Rohan Village - 6/6/2022 - Ukraine / Kharkiv / Malaya Rohan - The streets of Malaya Rohan are strewn with countless bruises. It will take months for the investigators to record all the abuses committed by the invader. Inna was killed in a shelling. On the edge of the village, at the end of a road dotted with bomb craters, a Kharkiv forensic police van drives off in a cloud of dust. On board was the body of Inna Semenivna, a woman in her seventies who had just been exhumed from the vegetable garden of her house, where her husband, Vadim, had taken six days to bury her under a deluge of fire. "The Russians seized our house and put five tanks in the garden after mining the street," says the man with a face marred by grief. "On 12 March, when the detonations were less regular, Inna and I went out of the cellar to get some fresh air. But the bombing suddenly started again, this time right on our house. My wife was fatally hit in the head. Could the bombs have come from the Ukrainian side? No," says Vadim. The Russians shelled their own positions in the chaos of the retreat, the trajectory of the shells leaves no doubt." Prostrate under a tree, his son Pacha refused to attend the exhumation of his mother's body. Too painful, especially since the police had to open the coffin to document the investigation. What the Russians did to my parents is a horrible war crime," the 30-year-old What the Russians did to my parents is a horrible war crime," says the thirty-year-old, holding a photo of Inna. At his side, Maxim Klimovets, the young prosecutor in charge of the investigation, confirms: "Shooting civilians is a war crime. We are collecting shrapnel to identify the type of military unit that committed this crime. From there, we will work with intelligence to find out which battalions were present in the area at the time.

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Sadak Souici / Le Pictorium - The Martyrdom of Malaya Rohan Village - 6/6/2022 - Ukraine / Kharkiv / Malaya Rohan - The entrance sign to Malaya Rohan, a martyred village on the edge of the Kharkiv frontline. After falling to the Russians for several weeks, the village is slowly beginning to heal its wounds. Inna was killed in a shelling. On the edge of the village, at the end of a road dotted with bomb craters, a Kharkiv forensic police van drives off in a cloud of dust. On board was the body of Inna Semenivna, a woman in her seventies who had just been exhumed from the vegetable garden of her house, where her husband, Vadim, had taken six days to bury her under a deluge of fire. "The Russians seized our house and put five tanks in the garden after mining the street," says the man with a face marred by grief. "On 12 March, when the detonations were less regular, Inna and I went out of the cellar to get some fresh air. But the bombing suddenly started again, this time right on our house. My wife was fatally hit in the head. Could the bombs have come from the Ukrainian side? No," says Vadim. The Russians shelled their own positions in the chaos of the retreat, the trajectory of the shells leaves no doubt." Prostrate under a tree, his son Pacha refused to attend the exhumation of his mother's body. Too painful, especially since the police had to open the coffin to document the investigation. What the Russians did to my parents is a horrible war crime," the 30-year-old What the Russians did to my parents is a horrible war crime," says the thirty-year-old, holding a photo of Inna. At his side, Maxim Klimovets, the young prosecutor in charge of the investigation, confirms: "Shooting civilians is a war crime. We are collecting shrapnel to identify the type of military unit that committed this crime. From there, we will work with intelligence to find out which battalions were present in the area at the time.

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Sadak Souici / Le Pictorium - The Martyrdom of Malaya Rohan Village - 6/6/2021 - Ukraine / Kharkiv / Malaya Rohan - A portrait of Inna Bobrynceva Semenivna, victim of a Russian bombing in the vicinity of Kharkiv. She was 23 years old and living in Vologda, north of Moscow. Inna was killed in a shelling. On the edge of the village, at the end of a road dotted with bomb craters, a Kharkiv forensic police van drives off in a cloud of dust. On board was the body of Inna Semenivna, a woman in her seventies who had just been exhumed from the vegetable garden of her house, where her husband, Vadim, had taken six days to bury her under a deluge of fire. "The Russians seized our house and put five tanks in the garden after mining the street," says the man with a face marred by grief. "On 12 March, when the detonations were less regular, Inna and I went out of the cellar to get some fresh air. But the bombing suddenly started again, this time right on our house. My wife was fatally hit in the head. Could the bombs have come from the Ukrainian side? No," says Vadim. The Russians shelled their own positions in the chaos of the retreat, the trajectory of the shells leaves no doubt." Prostrate under a tree, his son Pacha refused to attend the exhumation of his mother's body. Too painful, especially since the police had to open the coffin to document the investigation. What the Russians did to my parents is a horrible war crime," the 30-year-old What the Russians did to my parents is a horrible war crime," says the thirty-year-old, holding a photo of Inna. At his side, Maxim Klimovets, the young prosecutor in charge of the investigation, confirms: "Shooting civilians is a war crime. We are collecting shrapnel to identify the type of military unit that committed this crime. From there, we will work with intelligence to find out which battalions were present in the area at the time.

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