Responsible for a number of war crimes during Bucha occupation: law enforcers identify seven more Russian soldiers. Video

Law enforcement officers identified seven more Russian servicemen involved in committing war crimes during the occupation of Bucha, Kyiv region. The offenders were served a notice of suspicion of violating the laws and customs of war.

This was reported by the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine. The suspects face long prison terms.

According to law enforcement officers, the offenders are servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces who fought in various units of the 234th Guards Air Assault Regiment of the 76th Guards Air Assault Division, aged 19 to 29. Three were commanders, and four held high positions.

The investigation established that the suspects shot four civilians in March 2022. The commander, along with a sergeant major and a senior sapper, found pro-Ukrainian information on a local's cell phone.

"The suspects beat the man with their hands and feet, as well as with the butt of a weapon, and then the commander ordered him to be killed. The sapper tied the victim's hands and shot him. Another suspect, a platoon commander of the 3rd Parachute Regiment of the 1st Battalion, shot him after checking the phone of a local, firing at least seven times," the press service said.

The investigation also identified those involved in the shooting of two people in Bucha at the occupiers' checkpoints. A private with other soldiers stopped a civilian car and then fired a shot through the driver's door window. He pulled the civilian out of the car and laid him on the road. Subsequently, the private and the deputy commander of the combat vehicle shot the man, firing simultaneously.

At another checkpoint, the occupants killed the owner of a house who was leaving his yard. The attacker shot the Ukrainian with an automatic small arms twice. The investigation has already established the involvement of this soldier in the murder of another civilian. The bodies were found after the town was liberated. All the killed locals were civilians and did not participate in the armed conflict. Currently, the case against 6 suspects has already been submitted to court.

"Ukrainian investigators and prosecutors continue to investigate crimes committed during the occupation of the city. We are working to identify all those involved in the massacres of civilians. Within the framework of the criminal proceedings, prosecutors, together with investigators and operatives of the National Police of Ukraine, carried out a significant amount of investigative and search activities: 2000 interrogations of victims and witnesses, 500 forensic examinations (forensic, molecular, ballistic, explosive, chemical and other), 400 different examinations, 120 investigative experiments and 130 identifications... Bucha was under Russian occupation for 33 days. During this time, more than 1200 war crimes were established," the Prosecutor General's Office added.

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