Former Wagner soldiers confess to killing Ukrainian civilians, including children.

Two former commanders of the Russian paramilitary organization known as the Wagner group claim they killed more than 20 Ukrainian children and teens in Bakhmut and the Donetsk region, in video interviews posted by a Russian human rights organization. The former Wagner pair also told Vladimir Osechkin — head of Gulagu.net, the Russian human rights group that published the video — how the group killed dozens of civilians during the clearing of residential buildings in Bakhmut and Soledar. Ukrainian prosecutors have started an investigation based on the Wagner fighters’ testimonies.