2 Ukrainian teenagers who it's alleged were tortured by the Russians shot an 'occupier' and a 'collaborator' before they were gunned down reports say

People walk along an embankment near a local port in city of Berdyansk, Zaporizhzhia region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, May 10, 2023.

REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

• Two teenagers were killed by Russian authorities in the Ukrainian city of Berdyansk, local news reported. 
• The pair shot and killed a police officer and a civilian, according to reports. 
• In May, a Ukrainian nonprofit said the 17-year-olds had be tortured by Russian law enforcement. 

Two teenagers were killed on Saturday by Russian authorities at an embankment in the Ukrainian city of Berdyansk, local news reported. 

This came after the pair shot and killed a police officer and a civilian, according to Independent Russian investigative news outlet Novaya Gazeta, who Ukrainian coverage called a "collaborator" and an "occupier."

The two 17-year-olds, referred to by Russian authorities as "pro-Ukrainian terrorists," were "neutralized," Russian news agency Interfax reported. Interfax also reported two other residents were also wounded, per Novaya Gazeta.

The teenagers were named Tigran Oganisyan and Mikita Khanganov, per local reports. 

The city of Berdyansk, in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, has been under Russian control since the beginning of the country's invasion of Ukraine last year. 

A Ukrainian news outlet posted a video on Telegram recorded by Oganesyan shortly before his death. In it, he said they planned to kill two people and pans the camera to what appears to be a Kalashnikov rifle. "That's it, it's death, guys, goodbye! Glory to Ukraine!" he said, according to Novaya Gazeta.

Tigran Oganisyan, 17, made a farewell video before launching an attack in the occupied Ukraiian city of Berdyansk

Ukraine Pravada

In May, local news reports said Russia's Investigative Committee brought charges against Oganisyan and Khanganov for trying to carry out sabotage, per Novaya Gazeta.

Media Initiative for Human Rights, a Ukrainian nonprofit organization, reported in May that the teenagers had been tortured by Russian law enforcement. 

Oganisyan was subjected to "brutual" interrogations with beatings and electric torture, the organization said. Khanganov was subjected to interrogations and "investigative experiments" as Russian investigators forced the pair confess to plannng to sabotage the Melitopol railway in order to prevent Russian forces from receiving supplies, per the nonprofit. 

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