15 people died, of whom 12 managed to survive. The search is being conducted by units of the Russian Ministry of Defense and the regional police leadership in the Lomonosov district.
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The search began after six months
According to the portal “47news”, A. Kijka was recruited into the war with Ukraine from prison in mid-2024, at which time he still had seven years left to serve. In the autumn of 2025, he escaped from the war hospital in Kronstadt, where he was rehabilitating after a front-line injury. However, the ministry only began searching for 41-year-old A. Kijka in May 2026, “until then his escape was concealed, and the police were informed at the latest,” said sources from the portal.
Andrei Kijka began attacking women at the age of 19. During the investigation, it was established that between 2004-2007 he committed three murders, eight rapes, and 11 robberies. In 2005, the man was declared unfit for military service due to mental health.
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According to the law, persons who have committed serious and especially serious crimes cannot sign a contract with the Ministry of Defense to participate in the war, writes “The Moscow Times”. Nevertheless, murderers and rapists continue to be sent to the front. Thus, in 2025, the Magnitogorsk maniac Alexander Egorov, who had been hiding from law enforcement for 7 years, avoided prison. He faced 20 years in prison for raping seven women.
Also recruited from prison into the war was Volzhsk resident Alexander Maslennikov, sentenced to 23 years in prison for double murder and rape of girls. In addition, Pavel Shuvalov, known as the Tulun maniac, was killed in Ukraine. According to the investigation, he raped at least 27 women and killed two.
