How Russian Forces Hunted Down A Ukrainian Shopkeeper In Bucha Bloodbath

This is the exclusive story of a Ukrainian shopkeeper turned territorial defense volunteer whose body was found, with his hands bound and a bullet wound in his head, at the site of an abandoned Russian headquarters in Bucha. Oleksiy Pobihay was among hundreds of Ukrainians massacred by occupying Russian forces in March 2022. Using phone intercepts, previously unpublished videos, documents, and witness statements, RFE/RL has pieced together the story of Pobihay’s life and death.