Kherson region: SBU detains guard of Russian torture chamber

The Security Service of Ukraine exposed a 40-year-old traitor who collaborated with the Russian occupiers during the temporary occupation of Kherson.

This was reported by the SBU.

According to the investigation, the offender took the position of a "junior inspector of the security department's supervision group" in the so-called "Northern Correctional Colony No. 90", which the occupiers set up in Kherson. In particular, the Russians set up a torture chamber on the basis of the colony.

While holding this position, the defendant served as a guard, controlling the cells in which Ukrainians - members of the resistance movement - were illegally detained. After the de-occupation of the city, the collaborator tried to hide to avoid punishment, but was identified and detained by the SBU right in Kherson.

The offender was served a notice of suspicion under Part 7 of Art. 111-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (cooperation). He is currently in custody. He faces up to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property.

The National Police of Ukraine served a notice of suspicion to Nazar Kurinnyi, a native of Donetsk region who served in the Russian occupation forces. He is accused of a war crime - cruel treatment of civilians committed by a group of people by prior conspiracy.

According to the investigation, on March 25, 2022, during the occupation of the Beryslav district of the Kherson region, Kurinnyi, along with two Russian soldiers, broke into the building of the Novooleksandrivka village council. The village head Oleksandr Levechko, who was not related to the army and was wearing civilian clothes, was there. The occupants tied his hands with a plastic clamp, took him out of the building and forced him into a car.

The man was transported to an illegal commandant's office in the village of Mylove, which was set up in the building of a paramedic and obstetric center. It was there that the torture began. According to the investigators, Kurinnyi and his accomplices forced Levechko to undress, put a bag over his head, beat him on the back and kidneys with assault rifle butts, and threatened to kill him. Then they put wires on his arms, pressed against his genitals, and passed electric current. The torture lasted about an hour, alternating between beatings and psychological pressure.

Катерина Глушко