Ukrainian LGBTQ activists beat up AWOL Russian soldiers

Ukrainian gay rights activist tells Israel Hayom that members of the community who found the soldiers beat them and took them captive. «We are fighting a tyrannical, homophobic enemy».

A group of Russian soldiers gone AWOL picked an unfortunate place to hide, reports out of Ukraine said Sunday afternoon.

According to the reports, the soldiers hid in a basement in Kharkiv used by members of the city’s LGBTQ community, only to be found by members of the community – who reportedly beat them and took them captive, israelhayom.com reports.

The account has not been independently verified.