Ukrainian LGBTQ activists captured a group of Russian soldiers hiding in a basement

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LGBTQ Ukrainian activists reportedly fought and captured a group of AWOL Russian soldiers in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.

Viktor Pylypenko, an LGBTQ activist and veteran who formed an organization to support other queer veterans in Ukraine and fight for the advancement of LGBTQ rights, said the Russian soldiers were discovered hiding out in basement that serves as the office of a local LGBTQ group.

Pylypenko rejoined the army last week to defend against the Russian invasion. Israel Hayom reports the activists fought and captured the soldiers.

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“This is our war, the Ukrainians, but we have also been fighting as LGBTQ people, and I’m sure that the comrades in Kharkiv understood that,” he said.

“We are confronting a tyrannical, homophobic enemy,” Pylypenko added.

“Ukraine is a European country. We have a 10-year history of Pride marches, and as you know, in Russia, the…

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