Tragedy in Vovchansk: Russian forces kill woman in wheelchair
This is another example of the unimaginable brutality of the Russians towards their victims. In Vovchansk, where battles have been ongoing for two days, and the fate of the city hangs in the balance, advancing Russians shot an older woman in a wheelchair. The drama was recounted to military prosecutors by the woman's husband, who witnessed the death of his beloved. The details are shocking.
For several days now, fighting in the Kharkiv region has not ceased, and as usual, civilians are the most affected. The local district prosecutor's office informed a few days ago about the drama in Vovchansk, which the Russians are fighting to capture.
Officials reported that the occupiers shot a person in a wheelchair. It ultimately turned out that the victim was not a man but his dependent and disabled wife. Now, the victim's husband has spoken about what happened to him. He couldn't hold back his tears and was shaking all over.
During the attack on their city, the couple didn't leave their home for four days. When they finally managed to organize help in the form of a wheelchair with the support of strangers, an unimaginable tragedy occurred. They were preparing to escape.
We got the wheelchair early in the morning, but then there were two more days of shelling. (...) Bombs or grenades were flying, I don't know - the man recounts on the recording. - Fire was coming, glass was flying, so I said (to my wife, ed.) Alochka, we won't make it.
The couple left their home practically as they were. The wife still put on a red jacket, and they took their documents. The husband tried to push his wife in the wheelchair, but it got stuck every few metres on the uneven surface. And shots were heard all around.
The man bent down to unlock the wheel, and at that moment, the occupiers fired a burst from a machine gun in their direction. It proved lethal.
I shouted: what are you doing? We are civilians - the man recalls. But when he turned around, his wife was already dead.
As he told the prosecutor who is investigating and documenting Russian war crimes in Ukraine, one of the bullets hit her in the head. He saw the wound, pieces of brain, and the blood that had found its way onto the murdered woman's body. He wanted to evacuate her but couldn't manage, as the wheelchair got stuck. He escaped on foot, leaving his wife's body by the roadside...
