Sakhanka and Leninskoe killings

In the evening of August 12, 2021 in Sakhanka a group of soldiers drank alcohol. After that, Corporal Danil Tsupryk started behaving inappropriately and started shooting at others. There he shot three civilians. They were his girlfriend, an old woman, and an old man. He then fled, taking with him an AK-74, four magazines and a hand grenade. He was in camouflage and had a bulletproof vest. After that, he began to be searched. On the night of August 12–13, he was surrounded by the DNR MVD SOBR (Russian: СОБР МВД ДНР) (Special Rapid Response Unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Donetsk People's Republic) (Russian: Специальный отряд быстрого реагирования Министерства внутренних дел Донецкой Народной Республики) in a two-story building in Leninskoye. During the assault, he threw a grenade and killed the detachment commander and three soldiers. He was then shot.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Tsuprik Danil Nikolaevich (Russian: Цуприк Данил Николаевич), 19 was born on February 23, 2002. He served in the 9th Separate Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 1st Army Corps of the DPR (Russian: 9 отдельный мотострелковый полк 1-го армейского корпуса ДНР). After the killings, the command issued an order to release him from the army on August 9 before the killings.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]