Beating on the head, breaking limbs, shooting: law enforcement officers identified two more Russian soldiers who committed crimes in the Mykolaiv region
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- Yuliia Tkach
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12:28, 19 March, 2024
Two Russian military personnel were informed in absentia about the suspicion of brutal treatment of the civilian population in Mykolaiv Oblast, committed by a group of persons based on a prior conspiracy (Part 2 of Article 28, Part 1 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
This was reported in the Mykolaiv Regional Prosecutor's Office.
The suspects are servicemen of the 205th Separate Motorized Rifle Cossack Brigade of the Ground Forces of the Russian Federation.
Suspected Russian military. Photo: Prosecutor's Office of the Mykolaiv OblastAccording to the investigation, from March to November 2022, during the temporary occupation of the village of Novopetrivka in the Shirokivka Territorial Community of Bashtanka District in the Mykolaiv Oblast, the suspects and another Russian serviceman, who had been identified earlier and reported on suspicion, brutalized the civilian population, threatening them with weapons and using force.
«The occupiers abducted local residents from private homes or right in the middle of the street, took them to the premises of an illegally seized agricultural enterprise, where they subjected people to numerous tortures in order to persuade them to cooperate with the occupiers. The attackers shot in the direction of civilians, hit people on the head and torso with the butt of a machine gun, and broke their limbs,» the message reads.
It is known about four men who were injured by the actions of servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
A special pre-trial investigation is being carried out by the SSU in the Mykolaiv region. For what they have committed, they face from 8 to 12 years of imprisonment.
Earlier, Mykolaiv police established the identity of a Russian soldier who gave orders to torture people during the occupation of Snihurivka.
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.