Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine published a list of Russian soldiers involved in the atrocities in Bucha

Monday, 4 April 2022, 14:01

"Ukrainska Pravda" — MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022, 14:01

Chief Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine has published a list of soldiers of the 64th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of Russia who committed crimes against Ukrainians in Bucha near Kyiv.

Source: Chief Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine

Quote: "The Chief Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine has obtained a list of Russian soldiers of the 64th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of Russia who committed war crimes against people of Ukraine in Bucha. All war criminals will be prosecuted for crimes against the civilians of Ukraine. "

Details: The published list includes the names and personal data of soldiers - from privates to colonels. Most of them are employees of the internal affairs bodies and the migration service of the Russian Federation.

Colonels: 

  • Kurbanov Andrey Boevich
  • Klobukov Vyacheslav Sergeevich
  • Vince Alexander Viktorovich
  • Shershnev Alexander Leonidovich

Lieutenant colonels:

  • Vetrov Sergey Alexandrovich
  • Mityaev Ruslan Ovsepovich
  • Ermishko Andrey Nikolaevich
  • Platonenkov Maxim Alekseevich
  • Matafonov Vladimir Viktorovich
  • Lvov Dmitry Ivanovich
  • Ladyzhensky Evgeny Valerievich
  • Pakhandrin Dmitry Viktorovich
  • Shipitsyn Anatoly Alexandrovich
  • Deev Denis Nikolaevich
  • Bukhvalov Oleg Yurievich
  • Smolyago Dmitry Alexandrovich
  • Bolshakov Alexey Vyacheslavovich
  • Nadezhdin Roman Vladimirovich
  • Filippov Viktor Vladimirovich

Majors:

  • Mammadov Faik Sameddin
  • Fedotov Igor Evgenievich
  • Kulemin German Nikolaevich
  • Burdo Roman Viktorovich
  • Kozlov Dmitry Arkadievich
  • Kurkin Ivan Alexandrovich
  • Vazhenov Evgeniy Yurievich
  • Ionov Dmitry Yulianovich
  • Kochergin Alexander Anatolievich
  • Kopylov Alexander Vladimirovich
  • Chernyshev Maxim Vladimirovich
  • Makarov Stanislav Igorevich
  • Ivanov Andrey Nikolaevich
  • Pereshivkin Sergey Gennadievich
  • Prysev Alexey Vladimirovich
  • Rudenko Sergey Viktorovich
  • Khamenok Olga Alexandrovna
  • Levin Dmitry Gennadievich
  • Gonchar Dmitry Alekseevich
  • Zorin Sergey Sergeevich
  • Potapov Alexander Alexandrovich
  • Grigorov Stepan Viktorovich
  • Mosalev Sergey Viktorovich
  • Lutsak Valentin Pavlovich
  • Borisenko Sergey Nikolaevich

These are only the highest ranks, the full list is on the  Ukrainian Chief Intelligence Directorate website.

Reference: The 64th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade is a part of the 35th Combined Arms Army of the Russian Federation, located in the village of Knyaze-Volkonskoye (Khabarovsk region).

Background: 

  • On February 24, Russia started a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and on March 8, there was a humanitarian catastrophe in the captured towns near Kyiv - Hostomel, Bucha, Irpen, and Vorzel. 
  • On April 1, Bucha was liberated from the Russian occupiers. On April 2, the Mayor of Bucha Anatolii Fedoruk announced that nearly 300 citizens had been buried in mass graves, and that dozens of corpses were in the streets, some with their hands tied. As of the morning on April 4, 330-340 civilians killed by Russians in Bucha were buried.
  • On April 3, the Prosecutor General announced that 410 bodies of killed civilians had been taken to be examined by forensic experts from the territory of Kyiv region, which had been liberated from the occupiers.
  •  Polish President Andrzej Duda has said that photos from Bucha deny that a compromise should be sought at any cost, and the US State Department spokesman Ned Price announced new sanctions against Russia.