Law enforcers reported on suspicion of one of the commanders of the special unit “Akhmat” for war crimes in Kyiv region
In the village of Mykulychi in the Kiev region, the suspect, along with other Russian military men, conducted special raids aimed at intimidating civilians. It was established that the specified military of the Russian Federation are involved in the killings of civilians of the region.
According to the materials of the Department for the Protection of Public and State Interests of the National Police of Ukraine, under the procedural guidance of prosecutors of the Office of the Prosecutor General, the commander of the Rapid Response Group of the Special Rapid Response Detachment “Akhmat” of the National Guard of the Russian Federation in the Chechen Republic was informed of the suspicion of the commander of the rapid response team “Akhmat” of the National Guard of the Russian Federation in the Chechen Republic in violation of the laws and customs of war stipulated by international treaties relating to premeditated murder.
Since February 24, during the large-scale Russian invasion and rocket attack from the territory of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, moving on various military equipment equipped with weapons, armed forces and other military formations of the Russian Federation have occupied the Buchansky district of the Kiev region. The occupation was carried out directly by the special rapid response unit “Akhmat” of the Federal Service of the National Guard troops of the Russian Federation in the Chechen Republic.
During the pre-trial investigation, law enforcement officers established that during March in the village. Mykulychi is suspected, along with his subordinated Rapid Response Team fighters, in gross violation of the requirements of international humanitarian law, conducting special raids aimed at intimidating civilians. The Russians killed civilians in the Kiev region and threatened violence.
The commander of the rapid response unit was informed of the suspicion of committing a criminal offense provided for in Part 2 of Art. 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment for a term of ten to fifteen years or life imprisonment.
Pre-trial investigation in criminal proceedings is carried out by investigators of the Main Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine in the city. Kyiv and Kyiv region.
Communications Department of the National Police of Ukraine
