Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦(@rshereme):He was sixteen years old. Stepan Chubenko was a goalkeeper. He played for the youth team of FC Kramatorsk. He dreamed of being a professional footballer. He took care of the children at the local orphanage with his friends, bringing them toys and books and sweets. He had a girlfriend. They had talked about getting married someday. In the summer of 2014, three russian-backed militants tortured him for a week and shot him three times in the head in a village near Donetsk. His killers offered to spare his life if he would side with the so-called “Donetsk People’s Republic.” He refused. Read the full story on my Substack:

2026.06.25 15:17

He was sixteen years old. Stepan Chubenko was a goalkeeper. He played for the youth team of FC Kramatorsk. He dreamed of being a professional footballer. He took care of the children at the local orphanage with his friends, bringing them toys and books and sweets. He had a girlfriend. They had talked about getting married someday. In the summer of 2014, three russian-backed militants tortured him for a week and shot him three times in the head in a village near Donetsk. His killers offered to spare his life if he would side with the so-called “Donetsk People’s Republic.” He refused. Read the full story on my Substack: