![Russian senior lieutenant Vasiliy Litvinenko is accused of ordering the killing of civilians during the occupation of the village of Lypivka, in Kyiv region, in March 2022. He is accused of ordering his subordinates to shoot an elderly civilian man while he was in his courtyard [pictured] and then fire at his house from a tank.](https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/spai/q_glossy+ret_img/https://iwpr.net/sites/default/files/styles/teasers_tablet_322_x_322_/public/images/story/ukraine-Vasiliy-Litvinenko-Lypivka-village.jpg?h=c20353c4 "Russian senior lieutenant Vasiliy Litvinenko is accused of ordering the killing of civilians during the occupation of the village of Lypivka, in Kyiv region, in March 2022. He is accused of ordering his subordinates to shoot an elderly civilian man while he was in his courtyard [pictured] and then fire at his house from a tank.")
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