Racist commander forced a family from Kherson to pay 80 thousand dollars

Law enforcement officers served a notice of suspicion to the commander of the Akhmat detachment of the Russian Guard, who tortured civilians and extorted money during the occupation of Kherson. Together with his accomplices, he held people by force and also took away property from local entrepreneurs.

This was reported by the press service of the Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office.

According to the investigation, in 2022, he participated in the occupation of part of the Kherson region: he deployed equipment, raided private homes, carried out illegal detentions, used force, and took people's property.

In November of the same year, the suspect and his accomplices broke into the yard of local entrepreneurs in Kherson. Threatening a woman and her son, he demanded to know where the head of the family was. When he did not receive an answer, he took the boy by force, beat him in the car and continued torturing him in front of his mother.

PHOTO: Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office

When the owner returned, he was forced to go to the warehouse with the family equipment. On the way, the commander demanded 80 thousand dollars for her son's life. The woman handed over this amount in full.

Later, the military conducted a search, claiming to have found weapons. Threatening criminal liability, they forced the family to hand over the keys and documents for the equipment and sign blank purchase and sale agreements. As a result, the occupiers seized 12 trucks, 12 trailers and a boat.

The Kherson RegionalProsecutor 's Office served a notice of suspicion in absentia to a platoon commander of the Akhmat special forces unit of the Russian National Guard. He is suspected of ill-treatment of civilians and other war crimes committed in collusion with other military personnel under Part 2 of Article 28, Part 1 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

The identification of other participants in the crime is ongoing. The investigation is being conducted by the SBU Office in Kherson region with the support of the SBU and the NGO Global Rights Complianc.

In Kherson region, more than 1,500 cases of torture of civilians during the occupation have been documented, including about 50 deaths caused by torture. Law enforcement officers have already notified more than a hundred people of suspicion, including Russian military personnel, FSB officers, and local traitors. At least 13 torture chambers have also been discovered in the region.

Анна Бальчінос