Brutal sect of Chechens executed RUSSIAN troops in Ukraine: Kadyrovtsy fighters shot wounded comrades dead at 'field hospital' and operated a torture chamber near Bucha where civilians were massacred, claim witnesses
Artem Hurin claimed Kadyrovtsy would 'shoot dead' wounded Russian soldiers in hospital northwest of Bucha
The deputy commander in Ukraine's Territorial Defense Forces spoke to local witnesses on visit to Borodyanka
He was the first in the town and saw the litany of horrors after the Russians retreated Bucha earlier last month
Comes as Chechen soldiers made TikTok video going house-to-house in Mariupol while firing wildly at houses
Meanwhile Zelensky switched into Russian and urged Putin's soldiers not to fight in Ukraine on Saturday night
By Kaya Terry For Mailonline
Published: 08:13 BST, 1 May 2022 | Updated: 12:12 BST, 1 May 2022
A brutal sect of feared Chechen soldiers executed 'heavily wounded' Russian troops in a 'field hospital' that was situated northwest of Bucha, eyewitnesses have claimed.
The Kadyrovtsy, who have been used as a PR tool in Vladimir Putin's war, allegedly murdered their own comrades and 'operated a torture chamber' in a glass factory on Yablonska Street - confirming previous reports by Ukraine's ombudsman for human rights, Lyudmila Denisova.
Artem Hurin, a member of the city council of the neighboring town of Irpin who also serves as a deputy commander in Ukraine's Territorial Defense Forces, was one of the first to visit Borodyanka, northwest of Bucha, after the Putin's soldiers retreated last month when Ukrainian forces recaptured the town on April 2.
He said: 'They would bring heavily wounded Russian soldiers to a big hospital they had there, and those who were very heavily wounded, they would just shoot them. No one other than the Kadyrovtsy did this.'
Hurin recalled the litany of horrifying stories from residents who were tortured and raped by lawless Russian troops and saw evidence of 'executed civilians' who lay dead on the street, the Daily Beast reports.
According to residents of the town, the killer squad of Chechen fighters - known as Kadyrovtsy - had executed people as early as March 5.
The revelations came as Ukraine said the first group of civilians were safely evacuated from the steel plant in the besieged city of Mariupol on Saturday night.
A Ukrainian fighter, who had sheltered in the network of underground rooms and tunnels located underneath the factory since mid-April, said a group of around 20 women and children had managed to get out - but a reported 1,000 people are currently still stuck underneath the plant.
Sviatoslav Palamar, Azov regiment deputy commander, told Reuters: 'We are getting civilians out of the rubble with ropes – it’s the elderly, women and children.'
A brutal sect of Chechen soldiers executed 'heavily wounded' Russian troops in a hospital that lies northwest of Bucha , witnesses have claimed. Pictured: A group of Chechen fighters have been seen on video wildly firing heavy machine guns towards residential buildings in Ukraine's besieged city of Mariupol