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https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-russian-forces-retreated-mock-executions-and-beatings-increased-in-ukraine-11653557401
NOVYI BYKIV, Ukraine—The Russian soldier calling people outside to be shot must have had a change of heart, Maksym Didyk recalled thinking.
After nearly two weeks of beatings, the thought of dying was no longer so terrifying, he said later. He was ready. But the bullet he thought was meant for him whizzed past his ear and hit the ground where he was kneeling.
