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... They killed my child," Tatjana Bykova laments in a video message. She uses the term "annulled" to describe how her son, Andrej, was killed by Russian military commanders. She names them and says she hates them.

First, they blackmailed Andrej, demanding half of the compensation he received for an injury. When he refused to give them the money and bought a car instead, they demanded that he give them the car. He was killed for refusing to hand over the car.

Bykova filed a complaint with the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation and the public prosecutor's office, but nothing happened. Andrej Bykov was simply declared missing. "I was told that he was beaten to death. He is lying in a forest near Galizynovka [a village in the Donetsk Oblast in Ukraine -- editor's note]," Bykova told the independent Russian media outlet Verstka.

In October 2025, the investigative news website launched a project to highlight widespread torture and so-called "annulment" -- a colloquial term for the murder of comrades in the Russian army. ...

... and another thanks to the local PBS stations for broadcasting DW's nightly news.

@#3 ... then make it systemic and deeply rooted. ...

Pres Trump is working towards making his views systemic and deeply rooted.