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Ukraine identifies first suspect in the ‘Bucha massacre.’

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Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova said on May 2 that authorities had identified the first Russian suspected of conducting the massacre of civilians in Bucha – Sergey Kolotsey, commander of a Russian National Guard unit. The Bucha police and prosecutors established that Kolotsey killed four unarmed men on March 18 and tortured another civilian on March 29.

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The latest announcement comes as Kyiv experienced widespread power outages on Oct. 8 following a Russian attack on Ukrainian energy infrastructure. Over 3 million residents in the capital lost power in what officials described as "an attack on one of the energy facilities important for the city of Kyiv."

The railway operator initially reported that the passenger train's driver suffered a leg injury and four passengers required medical attention. The crew of the electric locomotive was unharmed.

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