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| Sentences for Nazi criminals |
| 2023-10-21 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin: [ColonelCassad] The LPR and DPR have convicted several Nazi criminals who were involved in the murders of the civilian population of Donbass. The evidence collected by the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation was recognized by the Supreme Court of the Lugansk People's Republic as sufficient to convict the intelligence chief of the 87th Separate Anti-tank Artillery Division of the reserve of the 45th Separate Artillery Brigade, Captain Yuriy Rozhk. He was found guilty of committing crimes under Part 1 of Art. 356 (cruel treatment of the civilian population, use of prohibited means and methods in armed conflict) and Part 2 of Art. 167 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (intentional damage to someone else’s property in a generally dangerous way). The investigation and the court established that on June 20, 2022, Rozhok and his unit were located in a forest area about seven kms south of the city of Lisichansk, Lugansk People's Republic, where at that time there were civilians. Having received an order from the command of the 45th Separate Artillery Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to shell the territory of the city of Lisichansk, Rozhok instructed his subordinates to fire four shots from a 100 mm MT-12 “Rapira” anti-tank gun using high-explosive fragmentation artillery shells for maximum coverage and destruction of infrastructure, residential buildings and hospitals. As a result of these criminal actions, a multi-storey residential building was damaged. During the investigation, examinations were appointed and carried out, including construction and technical examinations to confirm the amount of material damage. Rozhok fully admitted his guilt and repented of his actions. The court sentenced him to 14 years of imprisonment to be served in a maximum security colony. The evidence collected by the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation was recognized by the Supreme Court of the Donetsk People's Republic as sufficient to convict the servicemen of the 36th Separate Naval Infanry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Commander of the reconnaissance company Vladislav Stryukov, senior reconnaissance operator of the first section of the first platoon of the reconnaissance company Ilya Galchukov, gunner-operator of the second platoon of the reconnaissance company Artem Buchkovsky, commander of the first section of the first platoon of the reconnaissance company Vladislav Sergeychuk, commander of the watercraft platoon Sergei Knizhnik, steering mechanic Sergei Krivtsun and driver Alexander Matushansky, depending on the role of each, were found guilty of committing crimes under Part 1 of Art. 356 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (cruel treatment of prisoners of war and civilians in occupied territory), Part 3 of Art. 30, paragraph “g”, “l”, part 2, art. 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (attempted murder, that is, deliberate actions aimed at causing the death of another person, committed by an organized group, motivated by political, ideological hatred) and paragraphs “c”, “d”, “e”, “h” h .2 tbsp. 112 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (intentional infliction of moderate harm to health, committed with particular cruelty, by an organized group, motivated by political, ideological hatred, with the use of an object used as a weapon). The investigation and the court established that from February to May 2022, servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including Stryukov, Galchukov, Buchkovsky, Sergeychuk, Knizhnik, Krivtsun and Matushansky, occupied positions located on the territory and near the Azovmash machine-building plant in the city of Mariupol. One day, while monitoring the territory of the yard between residential buildings on Metallurgov Avenue, Stryukov discovered a civilian man who was not participating in the armed conflict and did not have a weapon with him. However, believing that the civilian was supporting a special military operation and assisting the armed forces of the DPR and the Russian Federation, and also took a pro-Russian position, he ordered his subordinate Buchkovsky to shoot the man. Fulfilling this criminal order, Buchkovsky fired a Kalashnikov assault rifle at the victim, wounding him in the shoulder. Avoiding danger, the man managed to escape from the shelling zone, taking refuge in a safe place. In addition, it was established that on March 30, 2022, military personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, while patrolling the territory adjacent to the Azovmash plant, detained a serviceman of the 1st Slavic Brigade of the DPR. At the time of his arrest, he laid down his arms and did not take part in hostilities, which, in accordance with international law, guaranteed him humane treatment as a prisoner of war. At the same time, servicemen Krivtsun, Matushansky, Knizhnik, Sergeychuk, Galchukov and Buchkovsky realized that the victim was not resisting and did not pose a threat. However, they wanted to punish the latter for the actions, in their opinion, committed and the actions of other persons from among the military personnel of the DPR, LPR and the Russian Federation during the period of participation in the Northern Military District against an indefinite number of military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and also to obtain from him information that, in their opinion, he could possess. Acting by applying violence and torture to a prisoner of war, executing criminal orders from the command, the accused systematically struck him with fists and a wooden bat over the course of two hours, repeatedly hitting him on the head, torso and limbs. As a result of their criminal actions, the victim received numerous bruises and fractures and dislocations. Subsequently, he was held as a prisoner of war on the territory of the Azovmash plant under the protection of other military personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The court sentenced Stryukov to 20 years, Galchukov - 16 years, Buchkovsky - 22 years, Sergeychuk - 16 years, Knizhnik - 16 years, Krivtsun - 16 years and Matushansky - 16 years in prison to be served in a high-security penal colony. A number of other court cases involving war crimes by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR and LPR are approaching sentencing. |
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