Participated in the shooting of civilian cars in Hostomel: Russian National Guard officer to be tried

A Russian National Guard officer involved in war crimes will be tried in Ukraine. The offender participated in the shooting of civilian cars in Gostomel, Kyiv region.

This was reported by the press service of the Kyiv Regional Prosecutor's Office. The occupier faces up to 15 years in prison or life imprisonment.

"The investigation established that on February 25, 2022, in occupied Hostomel, the accused and his colleagues received an order from their commander to kill civilians. While in combat positions in the area of Shevchenko and Sviato-Pokrovska streets, he opened fire from small arms without warning at a civilian car moving along Shevchenko Street in the direction of Bucha. The driver of the vehicle received numerous gunshot wounds. The victim later managed to escape," the prosecutor's office said.

In total, the occupiers from the said detachment of the Russian aggressor country were involved in the shooting of 12 vehicles while at their positions in Hostomel. As a result of these war crimes, 11 citizens were killed and 15 were wounded.

Kyiv regional prosecutor's office has sent to court an indictment against a deputy platoon commander of a special unit of the Russian National Guard troops in Krasnoyarsk region on the fact of violation of the laws and customs of war.

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