The murder of the Ukrainian military in Germany: a suspect Russian blames alcohol in everything

11 February 2025, 19:18 | Finance and Banking 
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In Munich, a court hearing was held in the case of a 58-year-old citizen of Russia, who is suspected of killing two Ukrainian military in the Bavarian town of Murnau in April last year. The man pleaded guilty. About this writes Deutsche Welle.

According to the investigation, the dead are 23-year-old and 36-year-old Ukrainian military. They underwent rehabilitation in a local clinic after injuries received as a result of hostilities. The attack occurred after a conflict in a bar where the suspect and two Ukrainians consumed alcohol together. During a dispute about the war of Russia against Ukraine, the Russian grabbed a knife and inflicted mortal injuries to the military.

The local community was shocked by this crime, because such cases have not happened here before. The police quickly detained the attacker in his house near the crime scene.

During the first court session, the accused pleaded guilty. Through his lawyer, he said that now, being in a sober state, he regrets deeply about his deeds.

According to the Central Directorate for Combating Extremism and the Terrorism of the Prosecutor's Office, Munich, who attacked him " But the suspect assures that the quarrel occurred exclusively due to alcohol. According to him, the Ukrainian military did not return the bottle of vodka to him and insulted him.

The prosecutor’s office noted that the accused, who has been living in Germany since the early 1990s, is a “supporter of hypertrophied Russian nationalism”, who “unconditionally advocates the aggressive war of Russia against Ukraine”. It was because of the possible political motive of the crime that the case was transferred to the jurisdiction of the department to combat extremism.

Recall, on April 29, 2024, in the landing and navigation forces, they said that one of the dead was a fighter of the 122nd airmobile battalion of the 81st separate airmobile of the Slobozhansky brigade. He participated in the battles near Belogorovka, in 2023 was injured and underwent rehabilitation in Germany.

January 7 in Germany began a trial of spouses who are accused of killing two Ukrainians. A man and a woman went to a crime due to a desire to kidnap the baby and give him out for his own child.

По материалам: dw.com