“Ukraine handed over to Lithuania a Russian soldier who is suspected of torturing prisoners, among whom was a Lithuanian volunteer. This was reported by the Security Service of Ukraine. Serhii Naumyuk, deputy head of the Security Service of Ukraine, noted that this is the first case since the beginning of the full-scale war when Ukraine extradits a Russian serviceman to another state. According to the SBU, the detainee is a citizen of the Russian Federation, Margen Hajimagomedov, an inspector of the military police”, — write on: ua.news
Ukraine handed over to Lithuania a Russian soldier who is suspected of torturing prisoners, among whom was a Lithuanian volunteer.
This was reported by the Security Service of Ukraine. Serhii Naumyuk, deputy head of the Security Service of Ukraine, noted that this is the first case since the beginning of the full-scale war when Ukraine extradits a Russian serviceman to another state.
According to the SBU, the detainee is a citizen of the Russian Federation, Margen Gadzhimagomedov, a military police inspector of the 177th separate marine regiment of the Caspian flotilla. He tortured Ukrainian prisoners in the prison created on the territory of the captured airfield in Melitopol. Among his victims was a citizen of Lithuania who volunteered in Ukraine.
The prisoners were kept in inhumane conditions: in safes, they were strangled until they lost consciousness, they were hung by their tied hands, they were doused with cold water in the freezing cold, and they were electrocuted. The Ukrainian military took Gadzhimagomedov prisoner in the Robotyny district in August 2024.
The Vilnius City Court recognized him as a suspect in violation of the Geneva Conventions, laws and customs of war. The Deputy Prosecutor General of Lithuania, Gintas Ivanauskas, said that such crimes are punishable by 10 to 20 years or life imprisonment under Lithuanian law.
Previously, the Security Service of Ukraine was in Kherson delayed a Russian agent who was preparing a breakthrough of saboteurs on the right bank of the region.
In the Lviv region, the Security Service of Ukraine detained a local resident who was collecting intelligence for Russian airstrikes.
In Kharkiv detained FSB agent Russian Federation which transmitted the enemy data for strikes in the city and publicly promoted to rem Ivo propaganda . She faces life imprisonment.
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