Russian-beheaded Ukrainian soldier lived in Nagyszőlős

A video went viral last week showing a Ukrainian soldier and some Russians who executed him cold-bloodedly. The victim’s name was Szerhij Pataki (or Potoki in Ukrainian), and he lived in Nagyszőlős (Vynohradiv), a small town of 25 thousand inhabitants in Transcarpathia. Transcarpathia is a region of Ukraine near the Hungarian border where more than 100 thousand Hungarians live. They did not move there. They were born there as members of the indegenous Hungarian community. Thus, it is not surprising that a quarter of Nagyszőlős’s population was Hungarian before the Russian invasion, while the mayor is also Hungarian, István Bocskai.

According to telex.hu, Mr Pataki had two kids, a 6-year-old daughter and an 18-month-old son. Ukrainian government sources confirmed that he was the victim of the Russian brutality committed in Bakhmut, the Ukrainian city, where fighting is the most serious currently. According to eyewitnesses and troopers, the situation in the city turned into a battleground is like WWI and WWII.

A councillor of the Nagyszőlős municipal council said the Russians took his phone and recorded what they did to him to show everybody. Vicseszlav Kusz added that Pataki worked in the local market and sold vegetables and fruits. He became a soldier after the mobilisation.

Here is a photo of him: