How a Ukrainian bank worker came to face life in a Russian prison

General Washington Archived • August 16, 2026 •

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia says Artem Murdid is a killer who followed orders from Ukrainian intelligence to plant bombs in his Ukrainian city, Melitopol, after Russian troops captured it. Murdid says he did nothing wrong.

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