07.04.2025, 11:17

Occupants announce detention of "desecrator" of the grave of Russian "military commander" from Crimea

The media controlled by the Russian occupiers have released a video in which a man calling himself Alexander Kharchintsev confesses to setting fire to the grave of Russian "military commander" from Crimea Alexander Fedorchak, who died on March 24 in the TOT of Luhansk region.

On camera, the man spoke about the circumstances of the "arson", allegedly committed "in a state of nervous excitement", after which he apologized and said he was very sorry for what he had done.

"On March 30, I was heading to my friend's house in the direction of Uvarivske village, passing by the village cemetery, and went there in a state of great excitement. There he saw fresh wreaths on three or four graves and set them on fire. When I saw that the fire started to spread, I got scared and ran away from the cemetery. I am very sorry for what I did," he said on camera

Earlier, it was reported that on the night of March 31, in the village of Nizhnegorskoye, TOT of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, unknown persons set fire to and smashed the grave of the correspondent of the Russian edition Izvestia and the TV channel of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Zvezda, a native of Crimea, Alexander Fedorchak, who was buried on March 28. The graves of three other participants of the war against Ukraine were also set on fire at the cemetery.

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