A participant in the war with Ukraine shot a crowd of children near Volgograd. One child sustained a through-and-through wound.

Relatives of the injured boy spoke about the incident, which occurred on July 12. told to journalists only now.

According to them, in the evening, children aged 9 to 13 years were walking around the farm Ugolsky With a music speaker. As they passed the house where a veteran of the war with Ukraine lived, "some kind of party" was going on. After a while, they started shooting at them. First, the children fell to the ground, then ran. The shooting continued throughout this time. One of the bullets pierced the leg of a 12-year-old boy, who is currently in the hospital.

A 48-year-old contract soldier who fought in the war with Ukraine and was on leave due to injury has been detained. Police found shell casings from a carbine and a Makarov pistol at the scene.

At the time of the shooting, the detainee's brother, who is also a participant in the war with Ukraine, was with him.

People Volgograd area In the comments, people wonder whether the children who suffered and the journalist who reported this will be jailed for "fakes about the army."

“Otherwise the children would have attacked him first, — people write. — We haven't heard the SVO hero's justification yet; wait to draw your conclusions. Maybe the children will still be making a collective apology to the new elite."