In a pre-trial detention center in Belgorod, a serviceman who participated in combat operations in Ukraine committed suicide. He was accused of murdering and raping local residents of the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka.

In pre-trial detention center No. 3 of the Belgorod region, serviceman Alexei Kostrikin, accused of committing murders and rape in the settlement of Novaya Tavolzhanka, has committed suicide. This information was disseminated by the "Interfax" agency, which cites the press service of the regional Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) directorate.