Recent incidents in Ukraine and Russia have seen a series of violent acts and assassinations. Ukrainian Security Service has identified Russian soldiers involved in raping women and torturing prisoners of war in Donetsk Oblast. A Russian soldier who shot at Ukrainian civilians has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in absentia. In Luhansk, a collaborator was blown up in a car bombing, and another collaborator was sentenced to 12 years for fighting for Russian proxy forces. Additionally, a former Ukrainian lawmaker wanted on treason charges has been found dead in Moscow. Ukrainian special forces are reported to have killed a former lawmaker near Moscow, and a pro-Russian collaborator was killed in a car bombing in Luhansk. The assassination of a pro-Russian Ukrainian politician outside Moscow has led to increased security concerns for public figures. Another Ukrainian collaborator, Oleh Popov, was also reported killed. A Ukrainian actor, Vasyl Kukharskyi, died from wounds received at the front.
🕯️ Ukrainian actor Vasyl Kukharskyi died from wounds received at front https://t.co/FoPDXIARjs
⚡️Prosecutors: Russian soldier who kidnapped teenager sentenced to 12 years in prison. According to the prosecutors, the soldier kidnapped the boy during the Russian offensive near Chernihiv in March 2022 and held him hostage for four days. 📷Prosecutor General's Office https://t.co/8gaZijSTaM
An explosion occurred at a firing range in Russia's Ryazan Region. A Rosguard officer was killed and two others were injured The local prosecutor's office said that an explosive device spontaneously detonated there during a training exercise. https://t.co/KxkNxOpBnB
Second Ukrainian 'traitor' is assassinated as car bomb kills pro-Putin politician a day after another was shot in the head near Moscow https://t.co/hCBBrEBst5 https://t.co/FdEKQHLaNr
The death of the other Ukrainian who collaborated with Russia, Oleh Popov, a former de facto lawmaker in a part of #Ukraine's Luhansk region occupied by #Russia, was also reported on December 6 https://t.co/T5QTMRkCC1
⚡Russian media: Authorities seek to tighten security for public figures following Kyva's assassination. https://t.co/IelOz7WJVL
🔫 Former MP Kyva killed with two gunshots while walking in park – Russian Investigative Committee https://t.co/N454TVwA0m
In #Luhansk, Ukrainian Agents Eliminated Popov, an Occupation Authority Leader In #Ukraine, #OlegPopov is called a "legitimate target" because he actively helped the Russians in the #war. https://t.co/4z5w3MYuF6
Pro-Russian former Ukrainian parliamentarian shot dead near Moscow https://t.co/ostSgvE0I6
⚡️Media: SBU behind assassination of collaborator in occupied Luhansk. Oleg Popov was killed in a car bombing near Avanhard Stadium in central Luhansk on Dec. 6. He served as a deputy in Moscow's proxy government in occupied Luhansk Oblast. https://t.co/SPZkyA7yqQ
☃️ He was lying in the snow in a pool of blood: Russian media on assassinated former Ukrainian MP https://t.co/zcSyy5CL1e
NEW: Kyiv assassinates pro-Russian Ukrainian politician outside Moscow: reports https://t.co/PGkcXOElx1 https://t.co/uF3Dti6ShQ
😱 Occupants say pro-Russian "council member" dies in explosion https://t.co/9sMhArW2bT
Ukrainian special forces killed former lawmaker near Moscow, officials say https://t.co/LwVTlzcu9t
Ukrainian agents gun down a former pro-Kremlin lawmaker in Moscow, who fled the country before it was invaded by Russian forces https://t.co/8TOoetHrMo
Ukraine's Security Service behind car bomb killing of pro-Russian collaborator in Luhansk https://t.co/53UB7liuJ3
Ukrainian traitor MP is assassinated in Moscow by Kyiv hit squad who shot him in the head 18 months after he urged Putin to use weapons of mass destruction https://t.co/Uf1ChZio3f https://t.co/V3A7e0fBZi
A former Ukrainian lawmaker who was wanted on treason charges after he defected and moved to Russia has reportedly been found dead in Moscow. https://t.co/HDCjzTXyEe
⚡️ Luhansk man sentenced to 12 years over fighting for Russian proxy forces. Ukrainian forces reportedly detained the collaborator in late May near Bilohorivka, one of the few settlements in Luhansk Oblast still held by Ukraine. https://t.co/mQ9sJmCMrx
A collaborator was blown up in the center of Luhansk Oleg Popov, a "deputy of the LPR People's Council", was wounded as a result of a car bombing. https://t.co/VIsbZUSbmD
⚡️Prosecutors: Russian soldier who shot at civilians sentenced to 15 years in absentia. A Russian soldier who shot at Ukrainian civilians in June has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in absentia, Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office said on Dec. 6. According to the… https://t.co/mIwn0lQ8hP
More atrocities in Donetsk Oblast: Ukraine's Security Service identifies Russian soldiers who raped women and tortured prisoners of war https://t.co/KmztKgv8jw