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The British newspaper The Sunday Times has named 13 Russian commanders believed to be involved in the murders and torture of civilians in Bucha. Eight of them have already appeared in investigations, but five are being named for the first time, the Agency notes .
New defendants
- Colonel General Valeriy Solodchuk commanded units accused of murder. Putin promoted him this year. Ukrainian intelligence had previously linked Solodchuk's subordinates to crimes in the Kyiv region.
- Colonel Andrei Kondrov commanded the 5th Tank Brigade, whose soldiers are accused of robbery and murder. He has not been personally charged.
- Major General Vadim Pankov—according to The Times, ordered the execution of 30 civilians and forced others to bury the bodies of Russian soldiers. His 45th Airborne Brigade participated in the battle for Gostomel.
- Colonel Yuri Medvedev—his subordinates committed more than 40 rapes. In 2022, he was killed by his own soldiers.
- Colonel Sergei Karasev is accused of beating and murdering civilians, but these crimes occurred in Irpen, not Bucha.
Already known participants
The publication also mentions officers whose involvement in the Bucha massacre has previously been confirmed:
- Colonel Generals Alexander Chaiko and Alexander Sanchik,
- Colonel Azatbek Omurbekov (the "butcher from Bucha"),
- Major General Sergei Chubarykin,
- Colonel Artem Gorodilov,
- Lieutenant Colonel Denis Suvorov,
- Colonel Alexey Tolmachev,
- Major General Vladimir Seliverstov.
According to Ukrainian authorities, more than 80 soldiers under their command have already become suspects in the crimes committed in Bucha.
In December 2022, The New York Times reported that the killings in Bucha were carried out with the knowledge of the command of the 234th Airborne Assault Regiment. The commander of the 234th Regiment is Colonel Artem Gorodilov. Two paratroopers who were in Bucha confirmed to the NYT that Gorodilov was there. In addition to Gorodilov, the publication cited the names of another 29 servicemen who visited Bucha: Artem Koloda, Viktor Rybnikov, Denis Monakhov, Alexander Popov, Alexander Ageev, Vladimir Vasiliev, Dmitry Antonnikov, Andrey Latynin, Sergey Malyshek, Vladislav Ochirgoryaev, Anatoly Zhirov, Evgeny Domrachev, Ilya Saburov, Nikolay Kartashev, Maxim Bolbatov, Daniil Konovalov, Alexey Vishnevsky, Andrey Smirnov, Tsyrenzhap Budaev, Vladimir Kushnir, Andrey Dmitrienko, Artem Mishin, Anatoly Konoplev, Alexander Valin, Anatoly Idiyatulin, Alexander Pereverzev, Radiy Zaburin, Vladimir Bakaev, Mikhail Guryanov.
