The SBU reported Cadirov’s correspondence suspicion: ordered the use of prisoners as a “live shield”

The Security Service of Ukraine in absentia reported the suspicion of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov for war crimes against the Ukrainian military.

Source: SBU

Details: According to the investigation materials, during the speech to Russian propagandists, Kadyrov stated that he had ordered his “subordinates” not to capture the Ukrainian military, but to shoot them on the battlefield. He also ordered the departed Ukrainian defenders, who were kept in Chechnya, on the roofs of military facilities in the Grozny, and use them as a “live shield” from the attacks of drones of defense forces.

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Literally: “Such statements of the person involved are a violation of the laws and customs of war used in armed conflicts in accordance with the rules of the Roman Statute of the International Criminal Court.

On the basis of new evidence, the investigators of the Security Service informed Kadyrov in absentia of suspicion under Part 1 of Art. 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (Military Crimes) ”

That preceded:

• On October 30, 2024 Kadyrov stated that he ordered the commanders of “Akhmat” no longer to take Ukrainian soldiers in captivity.
• On September 15, Akhmat Alaudinov, Akhmata commander, refused to release Chechnya residents from the Ukrainian captivity and advised to “wash away their shame with blood” and make them killed.
• In August, the state project of the GUR Ministry of Defense of Ukraine “I want to live” published a video with Russian prisoners of war, who say that they were from the thunderstorm and, according to the project, were captured in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation.
• On November 2, Kadyrov stated that he canceled his order to the Akhmat fighters not to capture the Ukrainian military.
• On December 4, the ruler of Russian Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov visited Ukrainian prisoners of war and threatened to use them as a living shield from drones attacking the republic.
• In September 2022, the Security Service of Ukraine was wanted by the leader of the occupied Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.