WorldCar bomb kills ex-prison official accused by Ukraine of torturing POWs
A bomb planted under a car killed its driver, Roman Syromyatnikov, in Novomoskovsk in Russia’s Tula region on October 2, according to Ukrainian and Russian Telegram channels. Syromyatnikov had worked for the Federal Penitentiary Service, and Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office accused him of torturing and beating Ukrainian prisoners of war in 2022. An investigative outlet could not independently verify his FSIN work that year.
Car bomb kills ex-prison official accused by Ukraine of torturing POWs