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Russian soldier says he was ordered to shoot civilians

KHARKIV — During his videotaped interrogation with Ukraine’s state security bureau, the injured Russian soldier looked nervous.

Breathing heavily as he responded to questions, the young prisoner explained his commander’s orders on the first day of the Russian invasion.

After crossing the border that morning in an armoured column, his unit was on the ring road that encircles Kharkiv city when a traffic jam formed, he said.

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