Вeat, mocked and simulated shooting: the police found a military officer of the Russian Federation who ordered the torture of Snihurivka

The Mykolaiv police established the identity of the Russian soldier who gave orders to torture people during the occupation of Snihurivka.

This was reported by the Mykolaiv Police Department of Police Communications.

The occupier was informed in absentia about the suspicion of torturing local residents in the former temporarily occupied territory of the Mykolaiv region.

Investigators of the Department of Investigation of Crimes Committed in the Conditions of the Armed Conflict established that during the occupation of Snihurivka, the Russian military began repression of the local population and illegally imprisoned three men and a woman.

The imprisoned men were taken one by one to different rooms of the house and the garage, where they were mocked, beaten, tortured and simulated shots to the head, demanding to provide information about the location of the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, territorial defense, correctional officers and weapons. From the woman, the Russian military tried to obtain any information they requested by means of threats of death and psychological pressure.

In January 2024, investigators of the Investigative Department and criminal analysis specialists of the regional police headquarters identified the commander (call sign «Siberia») of the 2nd special purpose group, 23rd special purpose detachment «Obereh» of the Ural District of the National Guard of the Russian Federation, who issued orders for illegal detention and torture residents of Snihurivka, in which he himself directly participated.

Under the procedural guidance of the Mykolaiv Regional Prosecutor's Office, investigators informed him in absentia of the suspicion of brutal treatment of the civilian population and issued an order to commit such actions (Part 1 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine), which is punishable by imprisonment for a term of up to twelve years.

Currently, law enforcement officers are establishing the identities of other Russian soldiers involved in the commission of the specified crime. A pre-trial investigation is ongoing.

We will remind you that the law enforcement agencies of the Mykolaiv region recorded 2 thousand 523 violations of the laws and customs of war.