Three Terrorists to Be Tried for Torturing Civilians in Kherson Region

Prosecutors of the Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office have sent an indictment to court against three terrorists from the so-called 'DPR Army Corps', accusing them of cruelty to civilians and violation of the laws of war.

This is stated on the website of the prosecutor's office.

According to the investigation, three servicemen from the "2nd Motorized Rifle Battalion of the 109th Rifle Regiment of the 1st Army Corps of the DPR" tortured local residents in the occupied Kalynivka community in Kherson region in March 2022.

In one case, a man was forced to open the door under the threat of execution, and then taken to a seized educational institution, where he was held in unsanitary conditions for almost two months. He was constantly tortured: his tattoos were burned off, he was beaten until he lost consciousness, and he was restricted in food, water and access to the toilet.

Under similar circumstances, the defendants illegally detained other community members, using physical and psychological violence against them.

The head of the Russian Criminal Investigation Department will be tried for torture in Kherson region. Law enforcement officers have sent to court an indictment against a man who headed the so-called criminal investigation department of the Russian Interior Ministry's Hornostayevsky department during the occupation. He is accused of cruel treatment of civilians committed by prior conspiracy with other persons under Part 2 of Article 28, Part 1 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - violation of the laws and customs of war.

According to the investigation, in June 2023, the accused, together with members of the Russian army, arrived at a house in the temporarily occupied Hornostaivka. Under the pretext of a search, they broke into the home of a local resident. The owner was beaten, after which he and his wife were detained and taken to the premises of the former police station, which the Russians seized and used for their own purposes.

Катерина Глушко