A Ukrainian refugee was strangled to death in Germany by her ex-husband after repeated clashes over his desire to wear women’s clothing. Olesia Sinkova, 35, was killed in her apartment in Frechen-Bachem by 45-year-old Oleksandr H., who admitted to the crime in court and has been sentenced to 11 years in prison.
Sinkova and Oleksandr had built a new life in Germany after fleeing Ukraine with their three children in 2022. Sinkova had quickly adjusted well to life in Germany, learning the language and training to be a yoga instructor. She became an advocate for other refugees, and held inspirational workshops targeted at women in need.
Privately, however, Sinkova remained trapped in a toxic relationship with Oleksandr. She told friends and relatives she feared for her safety and repeatedly contacted authorities, saying her ex-husband often prevented her and the children from leaving the apartment.
In 2023, she filed for divorce from Oleksandr, but the two continued to share a home. The arrangement would grow increasingly volatile as Sinkova found new friends and success in Germany, while Oleksandr, who worked as an elevator repairman, struggled to adjust. The conflict intensified as Oleksandr began publicly cross-dressing and posting photos of himself online, something Sinkova openly disapproved of, according to Rundschau Online.
Just hours before her death, she posted a video to Instagram showing bruises on her body and reporting that Oleksandr had blocked the apartment doors and dragged her away from the exit when she tried to leave. She had managed to call the police, but officers didn’t stay long after responding to the call. Within hours of their visit, Sinkova would be dead.
After the killing, Oleksandr took the children to his workplace, told them he had killed their mother, and bought one a belated birthday gift in Cologne before returning home to await arrest. He left behind a handwritten confession: “Olesia is no more. She attacked me, and I strangled her.”
In court, Oleksandr claimed he had murdered Sinkova in self-defense, alleging she had attacked him with a vacuum cleaner pipe and that he restrained her until she stopped moving. But prosecutors were quickly able to dismiss this version of events as fabrication after reviewing details of the crime scene. Sinkova’s body had been discovered naked and hidden behind a laundry rack, her legs splayed and hair matted with blood, suggesting deliberate staging. The vacuum cleaner Oleksandr claimed she used to attack him was found intact and neatly placed in the hallway, far out of reach.
Court documents and witness testimony revealed a pattern of escalating hostility, rooted largely in Sinkova’s rejection of her ex-husband’s cross-dressing. Oleksandr attempted to portray Sinkova as a bigot who had reacted to his proclivities with cruelty.
During the trial, Oleksandr tried to present himself as the victim of Sinkova’s intolerance, claiming she had derided him with insults, including calling him a “sissy” and “faggot” when he wore women’s clothes. The court ultimately rejected his claims, with presiding Judge Peter Koerfers calling the killing “an utterly senseless act that left three children half-orphans.”
The children, who overheard the attack, are now undergoing therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder. One described her father as a “monster” and told a therapist she had wanted to help her mother but was too terrified to leave her room.
On May 11, Oleksandr was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 11 years in prison. Prosecutors classified the killing as a femicide, part of a wider crisis of male violence in Germany. According to the Federal Criminal Police Office, 360 women and girls were killed by men in 2023. In the Rhein-Erft district alone, more than 1,600 domestic violence cases were recorded over the past two years, though experts believe the real figure is much higher.
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