Aggressors claim Russian soldier has been beaten up in Crimea for wearing clothes marked with a Z
Kateryna Tyshchenko — Monday, 11 July 2022, 22:58
Unknown assailants have beaten up a Russian serviceman in the city of Sudak, in the southeast of occupied Crimea, for wearing clothes marked with the letter Z.
Source: Oleg Kryuchkov, the aggressors’ representative and so-called "advisor to the head of Crimea on information policy", speaking to Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency RIA Novosti; Andrei Medvedev, deputy speaker of the Moscow City Duma, on Telegram
Quote from Oleg Kryuchkov: "Persons unknown have beaten up a serviceman, a professional soldier, in Sudak. His clothes, which featured Z symbols, were the reason for the attack."
Details: Kryuchkov said the Russian soldier, who had been undergoing treatment in a local sanatorium, was attacked near the waterfront. There were apparently three assailants.
"The man has filed a complaint with the police. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is already dealing with this. The attackers are being sought. The response will be extremely harsh," said Kryuchkov.
Earlier on Monday (11 July), Andrei Medvedev, the deputy speaker of the Moscow City Duma, claimed, citing his social media followers, that "Russian soldiers" undergoing treatment in a sanatorium had been beaten up in Sudak at about 21:30 on Sunday 10 July.
