“ For the first time since the beginning of the full-scale aggression of the Russian Federation, Ukraine handed over to a foreign state – Lithuania – a Russian soldier for real criminal prosecution for war crimes, in particular against a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania, which were committed in Melitopol in 2022 during the temporary occupation. Source: Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko on social networks, OGP Details: Kravchenko called this a historic and important precedent for the entire system of international justice. The suspect was brought to Lithuania and handed over on October 29, 2025. On October 30, the Vilnius District Court took the suspect into custody for three months. It is about a senior sailor of the military police of the armed forces of the Russian Federation, who was taken prisoner by Ukrainian soldiers on the Zaporizhzhia direction near Robotyny in 2023. According to the OGP, the detainee was involved in illegal detention, torture and inhumane treatment of civilians and prisoners of war. He used beatings, electric torture, strangulation, keeping people in metal safes and other horrors together with other soldiers of his unit. One of his victims was a citizen of Lithuania. Kravchenko explains that in Lithuania, the Russian is suspected of war crimes, torture, illegal deprivation of liberty, violation of the Geneva Conventions under the articles of the Criminal Code, and he can be imprisoned for life. Direct speech: “I want to note that this became possible thanks to the effective work of the Joint Investigative Group “The Case of Ukraine” and the partnership with Lithuanian colleagues. This is not just a legal action. This is a clear signal to every war criminal: you will not be able to hide from responsibility in any country of the free world. Justice will be served.””, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko in social networks, OGP
Details: Kravchenko called it a historical and important precedent for the entire system of international justice.
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The suspect was brought to Lithuania and handed over on October 29, 2025. On October 30, the Vilnius District Court took the suspect into custody for three months.
It is about a senior sailor of the military police of the armed forces of the Russian Federation, who was taken prisoner by Ukrainian soldiers on the Zaporizhzhia direction near Robotyny in 2023.
According to the OGP, the detainee was involved in illegal detention, torture and inhumane treatment of civilians and prisoners of war.
He used beatings, electric torture, strangulation, keeping people in metal safes and other horrors together with other soldiers of his unit.
One of his victims was a citizen of Lithuania.
Kravchenko explains that in Lithuania, the Russian is suspected of war crimes, torture, illegal deprivation of liberty, violation of the Geneva Conventions under the articles of the Criminal Code, and he can be imprisoned for life.
Direct speech: “I would like to note that this became possible thanks to the effective work of the Joint Investigative Group “Affairs of Ukraine” and partnership with Lithuanian colleagues.
This is not just a legal action. This is a clear signal to every war criminal: you will not be able to hide from responsibility in any country of the free world. Justice will be served.”