Now the butchers of Bucha, at least some of them, have a name and a face. In an attempt to reveal her identity, Kyiv Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova posted personal details and photos of 10 officers and non-commissioned officers of the notorious 64th Russian Motorized Rifle Brigade from Siberia to Facebook. The list is opened by Sergeant Vyacheslav Lavrentyev, a little further down by Corporal Andriy Bizyaev, and in the group also by a general, Albert Radnaev. Almost all of them, like their ferocious leader, Lieutenant Colonel Omurbekov Azatbek Asanbekovich, display typical features of the Buryats, a population in between Russia, Mongolia and China, which is the largest Siberian ethnic minority. Ukrainian authorities have filed the first war crimes charges against them and have urged anyone who recognizes them to provide evidence of their involvement in the massacre of civilians in the Kyiv region.
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The torture
Here is Bucha, where after the troops left 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. They were executed by the same men who, a few days ago, Vladimir Putin bestowed with one of Russia’s highest honors and praised them for their 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. According to the investigation, writes Venediktova, “during the occupation of Bucha, they took unarmed civilians hostage, left them to starve and thirst, robbed them, kept them on their knees with their hands tied and blindfolded, mocked and beat them ».
“Fists and asses were used. People – continues the prosecutor – were beaten for information and some were tortured for no reason ». The Russian military is also said to have “threatened to kill the victims and even staged the execution of their prisoners”. 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