Occupation authorities in the Kherson region publicly hanged 56-year-old nurse Tatyana Mudrenko in front of a courthouse in Skadovsk in October. This is reported by the Financial Times (FT) with reference to her twin sister Natalia Chernaya. Also, the Ukrainian media told the story of Mudrenko.
According to eyewitnesses, Mudrenko opposed the Russian occupation, for which the pro-Russian authorities dragged her out into the street and publicly executed her. Before the war, Tatyana helped disabled children, and during the occupation, a woman rode a bicycle around the city to put pensioners on drips, her sister said. Mudrenko, according to her sister, openly expressed her position and tried to talk with the Russian military. One of the most recent incidents occurred in early October, when she scolded the Ukrainian police for cooperating with Russian troops and shouted, “Skadovsk is Ukraine!”
In October, Mudrenko and her partner, 60-year-old Anatoly Orekhov, were abducted from their backyard by pro-Russian police officers, the couple's home was ransacked, and their bicycle and car were taken away. For several days, no one knew about their whereabouts, and on October 15, a local resident called the woman's sister and said that Mudrenko was dead. The woman stated that the nurse was dragged outside, "poured something into her mouth" and then hung in front of the courthouse. Orekhov was released from captivity with a broken arm and signs of beatings, he was allowed to bury Mudrenko, after which the man disappeared and did not get in touch.
When Chernaya called the local mortuary to confirm her sister's death, the officer initially refused to speak to her. As a result, a certificate was sent to the sister, which indicated that the cause of Mudrenko's death was "mechanical asphyxia" (asphyxia caused by exposure to a mechanical factor on the body).
FT journalists studied Mudrenko's death certificate, as well as text messages and discussions between local residents and eyewitnesses, confirming Chernaya's version, the publication says.
According to Chernaya, in general, residents of Skadovsk, including herself and Mudrenko, took to the streets in the first days of the occupation to express their dissatisfaction, and also expressed their opinion on social networks. After Russian troops began firing warning shots and throwing smoke bombs at the crowd, the protests of the population ceased.
Earlier, Chernaya spoke about her sister to the Censor.net portal. According to her, Mudrenko had a clear pro-Ukrainian position:
“Once she baked cookies and took them to Russian soldiers. And at the same time I wrote them a letter about what they were doing: “Guys, try the cookies. Look, I'm eating – it's not poisoned! Take it, and I wrote you a letter, read it. But it was useless, the soldiers answered her: “Wait, now our chief will come, he will tell you! ..” My sister ran and got on her bicycle and slipped out of there. I don't know if they read her letter."
Tatyana also traveled around the city in a blue jacket and a yellow hat.