Photos surfaced on Facebook of ten Russian officers and non-commissioned officers, nicknamed the “Bukhaz Butchers” for their ferocity and cruelty.. The identity and face of the military man accused of war crimes have been revealed by Kyiv Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova.
The burqa butcher list
The opening list of Bucha Butchers, all of whom belong to the infamous 64th Motorized Rifle Brigade from Siberia, is the Sergeant Vyacheslav Lavrentieva little further down the Corporal Andriy Bizyaev and Sergeant Nikiti Akimov. In the group also a General, Albert Radnaev. They also appear in the list published on Facebook Soldier Grigory Narishkin, Soldier Vasily Knyazev, Soldier Semen Maltsev, Soldier Sergei Peskarov, Sergeant Mikhail Kashin, Sergeant Dmitry Sergienka. Almost all of them, like their cruel leader, Lieutenant Colonel Omurbekov Azatbek Asanbekovich, show the typical characteristics of the Buryats, a population between Russia, Mongolia and China, which is the largest Siberian ethnic minority.
The photos of the Bucha butchers published on Facebook (photo Ansa)
accused of war crimes
The Ukrainian authorities were the first to oppose them War crimes allegations, and urges anyone who recognizes them to provide evidence of their involvement in the killing of civilians in the Kyiv region. Here it is Buchawhere after the withdrawal of troops from Moscow at least 400 bodies were found on the street, in houses, in mass graves. Some with their hands tied behind their backs and a blow to the back of the head, victims of real executions.
Putin praised her for her heroism
To execute them, the same men that a few days ago Vladimir Putin bestowed one of the highest honors on Russia, praising it for its heroism. “It’s proof that it was the Kremlin that orchestrated the massacres,” explains the Ukrainian prosecutor, who describes the violence of the 10 identified torturers in the post. Some of them appear very young, some are shown in camouflage clothing and combat gear, some in civilian clothes.
They tortured and killed unarmed civilians
Based on the results of the investigation, Venediktova writes: “During the occupation of Bucha, they took unarmed civilians hostage, leaving them to die of hunger and thirst, they robbed her, held her on her knees with her hands bound and blindfolded, mocked her and beat her. Fists and butts were used. According to the prosecutor, the people were beaten up for information some were tortured for no reasonThe Russian military is also said to have “threatened to kill the victims and even staged the execution of their prisoners.”
Moscow denies the allegations
Moscow rejects all allegations and continues to speak of fake news. But Kiev prosecutors announced in the hours when UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was visiting the horrors of the war in Ukraine that they had identified over 8,000 Russian war crimes since the conflict began. In contrast, the number of civilian fatalities rose to over 1,150 in the Kyiv region alone.