Azatbek OmurbekovCommander of the 64th Brigade Russian of the Motorized Fusiliers, nicknamed the “Butcher of Bucha“because charged, at the head of massacre and from rapes committed by the army To fly in the city ofUkraine North, was funded by Putin. This was announced by the news agency Agent Stvo After this, Omurbekov received the gallons of colonel, a position of greater prestige than the previous lieutenant colonel.
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Putin promotes “Buchas butcher”
According to international reports, Omurbekov oversaw the atrocities committed in Bucha. The men under his command were charged with gang rape, torture and mass executions of civilians. His promotion comes after the brigade he led was commended by the Tsar himself for “heroism, courage, steadfastness and bravery”.
Because he was promoted
The official reasons for the colonel’s promotion are not clear. They are probably associated with the “success” of the operations performed. The fact is that the brigade was recognized by Kremlin “having fended off more than 50 enemy attacks with tanks, armored personnel carriers and heavy artillery”. Donbassnew front of the Russian attack.
The Bucha Atrocities
Although Russian officials have consistently denied that their soldiers killed civilians in Bucha and other towns around Kyiv (and accused Ukraine of orchestrating the atrocities), only today did the UN Monitoring Mission in Ukraine document the execution of fifty people in the City on the outskirts of Kyiv Kyiv. The United Nations Human Rights Agency stressed that the war in Ukraine was the “horror story of injuries to civilians” in which respect for international law had been “put aside”. The UN investigations in Ukraine show that what happened in Bucha is not an isolated case and that over 300 extrajudicial executions are reported in the country. Violations documented by the UN Monitoring Mission also include sexual violence, indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas and infrastructure, and the detention, ill-treatment, torture and even killing of civilians and prisoners of war by all parties to the conflict.