Selydove massacre

Sources

• Denis Grigoryuk. The assault on Selidovo. How it happened. In a week, Russian troops managed to drive out the Ukrainian - RuTube, November 10, 2024

  Second Ru forces man interviewed (in the city administration building), callsign 'Korotkii' ("short"), reconnaissance, says that residents he evacuated "the day before yesterday" told him about retreating Ukrainian forces shooting civilians.

• Mercenaries From France Shoot Civilians in Selidovo in DPR - Eyewitness - Sputnik, November 21, 2024

  SELIDOVO (Sputnik) - French mercenaries shot civilians in the city of Selidovo in the Donetsk People's Republic before retreating from the settlement, a local resident told Sputnik on Thursday.

  On October 29, the Russian Defense Ministry said that it had taken control of Selidovo, which is located 40 kilometers (24.9 miles) northwest of Donetsk and is of great strategic importance.

  "When Ukraine withdrew, it entered houses, knocked out apartment doors, shot civilians who were there. A man was left alone, barricaded the door, they could not break it down. And so he heard French speech, and on the radio they answered in Ukrainian 'the tasks are completed, there is no time, we are moving on.' That is, they had the task of shooting civilians. The French were shooting, there were Ukrainians and French. And the answer was received on the radio in Ukrainian," the eyewitness said.

• Retreating, they shot in the head. Residents of Selidovo about the atrocities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the city - DNR News November 18, 2024

  "When they retreated, they shot at civilian houses from tanks and shot civilians in the courtyards. They just shot in the head. When they retreated, they shot everyone along Mikhailovskaya and Chernikhovsky (streets), and in the head," recalls the native of Selidovo.

  She added that corpses lay in the courtyards and on the central square. The Ukrainians also shot her neighbor. When asked why Ukraine hated ordinary people who wanted to live a quiet, peaceful life, the woman just shrugged.

  "They considered us to be 'waiters' and that we adhere to Russian views and speak Russian. What right did they have to take away the right to choose from the unarmed civilian population?" the evacuee asks.

• The whole family was shot: A resident of liberated Selidovo told about the horrific crimes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces - DNR News November 23, 2024

  Bastards who consider themselves "defenders of Ukraine" mercilessly shot civilians of the city of Promo in their apartments and houses. They did not spare women or children, killing entire families.

  The militants of the 152nd Jaeger Brigade and the 15th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, who are conducting military operations in this direction, are responsible for these terrible crimes.

Photos and videos

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• SIMPLICIUS Ѱ @simpatico771 on X, November 24, 2024 (video)

  ⚡️🇺🇦‼️🚨"Scary footage from Selidovo, where the bodies of almost 100 shot civilians were found, killed by soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the retreat. As an example, the place of execution of three people at the address Kuchurinskaya 89."

• Donbass/DPR/LPR/DKR -Vk.com, November 24, 2024 (video)

  Execution-style gunshot wounds to the head, 3 people inside one house, Kuchurinskaya 89. Doctor estimates that they were killed about 10 days ago. (1) m man, about 45 yrs, 5.45 mm entrance and exit wounds; (2) a woman, grazing entrance and exit wounds, soft tissue "melted"; (3) a man in the corner, temple entrance wound. forehead exit wound

• Spetsnaℤ 007 🇷🇺 @Alex_Oloyede2 on X, November 26, 2024 (photos)

  🇺🇦 During the retreat of the Ukrainian army in Selydove, civilians who refused to leave and instead wait for the Russian army were gunned down by Ukraine.

  During the cleanup operation of the city 100+ bodies were identified, most of them elderly.

• Unai Zarraolandia @unaiwind on X, November 24, 2024 (4 videos)

  In Selidovo, dozens of civilians are being found who were executed in their homes by Ukrainian fascist units. At least 100 civilians are reported to have been killed.

• "The whole family was shot: A resident of liberated Selidovo told about the horrific crimes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces" dnr-news.ru, November 23, 2024

  A man on video tells that he witnessed his wife, son, grandson, "nevestka" (daughter-in-law or possibly a wife of some other relative), and "svakha" (that would literally mean matchmaker; he is confused with either "snokha" -daughter-in-law or svekrrov' - her mother; those terms are somewhat confusing/not often spoken) - shot by a Ukrainian militant who visited his house earlier. He struggles with words in general. He did not clearly explain how he escaped death himself but indicated running away and coming back the next day, to find bodies burned. He also describes discovering the bodies of few neighbors shot in other houses.

• Solomon, "RuTube", posted November 26, 2024.

  Romanenko Vladimir Vasilevich 68 yo (this is the same man as in the previous video entry), describes events on October 24, 2024, 7 am, went to the outhouse, heard shouts "everybody out," shouted by a man, about 50 yo, in Ukrainian fatigues. There were two men, but this was the one seen clearly; and he shouted very loudly. Romanenko's family was lined against a wall, first his wife, then son or grandson, "do not remember" (he means the order in which they were lined up), then "nevestka," then "svakha," "mother of nevestka" (see above). "He started to shoot them, starting from my wife, Nevestka started to cry, what are you doing? I did not wait, and ran away via the gardens (ogorody). Came back on 28th. They were by the wall where they were shot, but they were burnt". We then see men from the video crew showing what they say are burnt human ribs fragments, + what they say is nevestka's (hair) clip, and spinal cord fragments (in the crewman other hand). (Romanenko VV started the video by showing what he says is nevestka's clip, from a distance). Romanenko VV continues: next day (after discovering burnt bodies), he came back, collected the remains in 5 bags, and buried them, "for the time being", by the exit of a private house where they lived (we see a grave with a cross, and 5 names (+ Shot by UAF nazis, at the bottom). Names on grave sign: Romanenko Olga Ivanovna, 13.02.55 , Romanenko Roman Vladmirovich 22.09.78, Nikolaichuk (?)/Zavarzina Olga Yur'ievna 07.02.74, Nikoliachuk Vladislav V(a/e?)rievich (maybe Valerievich, abbreviated?), "91", Zavarzina Lidia Petrovna, 08.04 51. Dates of death are all 24.10.2024. (Noted, the relationship of Nikolichuk family and Romanenko family is unclear, if Roman Romanenko would marry Olga Zavarzina, their son would have last name Romanenko; so Nikolaichuks appear to be some other relatives. Or else, Olga Zavarzina married some "V-ry/Valery" Nikolaichuk previously (not another son of VV Romanenko, having different last name) , had a son Vladislav with him, and then became 'nevestka' to Romanenko family, perhaps Roman Romanenko bride.

• Lord Bebo @MyLordBebo on X, November 28, 2024 (4 videos)

  The residents of Selidovo who stayed in the city to wait for the Russian soldiers were simply shot point-blank by Ukranians.

Novogrodovka, September 2024

• Marat Khairullin @RealKhairullin on X, September 25, 2024

  During their retreat from Novogrodovka (Pokrovsk direction), Ukrainian soldiers committed another mass murder of civilians.

  ❗️About 180 people, mostly women, children and the elderly, hid in basements in the village, waiting for the arrival of the Russian army.

  During their retreat, the Ukrainian military methodically went through all the residential buildings and killed everyone they could find. There are recorded acts of burning living people, including children, along with their houses. Only seven people remained alive in the village.

  Friends, this information must be disseminated, as hundreds of people in the Selidovo-Pokrovskaya agglomeration are waiting for our soldiers to arrive. Maximum publicity, including international, will save the lives of these people and stop the atrocities of the Ukrainian military!

• Just like that. Evacuees told how the Ukrainian Armed Forces shot a family in Novogrodovka - DNR News, November 23, 2024

  "They burned houses, killed us. Without reason, they came in and shot civilians. Four of our friends were shot, a family was shot. A man was just going to the garden, to the toilet, and his whole family was killed - his mother, his wife, and his son," said a resident of Novogrodovka.