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The story of Bohdan and Yevhen Samodiy, who were shot by Russians

The story of Bohdan and Yevhen Samodiy, who were shot by Russians

2025, 21 min

Chernihiv region, village of Mokhnatyn, 2025. The story of Oksana Samodiy, whose twin sons were shot by Russians. The video shows the place where the brothers died, the cemetery, the boys' graves, and an interview with Oksana Samodiy.

Reference: On March 14, 2022, in the village of Mokhnatyn near Chernihiv, Russian soldiers shot three local teenagers — 17-year-old twin brothers Yevhen and Bohdan Samodiy and their 18-year-old friend Valentyn Yakymchuk. According to Serhiy Vasylyna, then head of the Chernihiv Regional Prosecutor's Office, a convoy of Russian military equipment was passing through Mokhnatyn: seven fuel trucks and three KamAZ trucks with ammunition, accompanied by an infantry fighting vehicle. Local residents were walking by when they were shot from the infantry fighting vehicle.