Russian soldiers
Russian soldiers in St. Petersburg on August 25, 2022.
  • Ukrainian partisans said they killed 24 Russian soldiers in Crimea by poisoning their vodka.
  • Another 11 soldiers needed hospital care, the Crimean Combat Seagulls group said on Telegram.
  • Russia and Ukraine have both suffered from cases of poisoning in recent months.

Ukrainian partisans claimed to have killed 24 Russian soldiers in Crimea by poisoning their vodka with arsenic and strychnine, according to a Telegram post published on Saturday.

The Ukrainian partisan group Crimean Combat Seagulls said "nice girls" greeted the soldiers with "goodies" to eat, according to a translation provided by the Kyiv Post.