Can this be blamed on scared “trigger happy” conscripts?
Not that it makes it right.
Considering there is like 500 people dead and counting in the same town, many of whom shot with their hands bound or apparently just walking out of their home, the answer is: no.
Looks like most if not all of the point blank killing of civilians was done by the Chechens - its work they love.
Some videos show them at work smiling happily as they kill UA soldiers and recapturing UA captured RGF vehicles