This was reported by the press service of the regional department of the UK.
According to the agency, on February 13, the children's mother went to her sister's house to help her light the stove.
The report says that the suspect returned home drunk and, not finding his cohabitant on the spot, out of jealousy, took a gun and went in search of her.
When he found a cohabitant, he began to swear at her.
Her sons came to the aid of the mother.
“The eldest son was the first to help his mother.
In the dark, without seeing the child, drunkenly mistaking him for a lover, the suspect pointed a gun at the boy and fired.
The shot shot hit the victim in the legs, ”the Investigative Committee said.
The woman grabbed the gun, but during the struggle, "the suspect fired another shot, which wounded the legs of the second boy."
The suspect fled the scene but was soon arrested by police.
The children were hospitalized and treated.
“Currently, the investigator is interrogating the man, after which the issue of bringing charges against him will be decided,” the Investigative Committee said.
On February 13, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case after a man shot dead his seriously ill wife from a gun in Sredneuralsk.