“ The Security Service of Ukraine has identified another Russian soldier who committed war crimes against Ukrainians. Source: SBU, Prosecutor General’s Office Details: We are talking about Volodymyr Polupoltinnykh, the commander of the “6th separate motorized rifle Cossack regiment of the LPR” created by the occupiers, which is part of the armed formations of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation. According to the investigation, on June 10, 2022, the suspect ordered his subordinates to torture Ukrainian soldiers who were captured during the fighting on the Eastern Front. As the investigation established, Polupoltinnykh personally participated in the torture. It is documented that during one of the tortures, he carved the letter “Z” on the forehead of a Ukrainian prisoner of war with a knife. According to the case file, the defendant is a resident of the temporarily occupied part of the Luhansk region, who in 2014 joined the illegal armed groups controlled by the Russian Federation. Since the beginning of the full-scale war, the attacker participated in the battles in the east of Ukraine as part of the occupation groups of the Russian troops. Currently, the investigators of the Security Service informed the Polupoltinnys in absentia about the suspicion under Part 1 of Art. 28, Part 1 of Art. 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (violation of the requirements of Articles 4, 13, 14, 15 of the Convention on the Treatment of Prisoners of War dated August 12, 1949, which prohibits any illegal act or inaction on the part of the detaining state, which creates a serious threat to the health of a prisoner of war under its protection, committed by a group of persons). Currently, the issue of declaring a wanted suspect is being resolved. The pre-trial investigation continues, the OGP adds.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: SBU, Prosecutor General’s Office
Details: We are talking about Volodymyr Polupoltinnyh, the commander of the “6th separate motorized rifle Cossack regiment of the LPR” created by the occupiers, which is part of the armed formations of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation.
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According to the investigation, on June 10, 2022, the suspect ordered his subordinates to torture Ukrainian soldiers who were captured during the fighting on the Eastern Front.
As the investigation established, Polupoltinnykh personally participated in the torture. It is documented that during one of the tortures, he carved the letter “Z” on the forehead of a Ukrainian prisoner of war with a knife.
According to the case file, the defendant is a resident of the temporarily occupied part of the Luhansk region, who in 2014 joined the illegal armed groups controlled by the Russian Federation.
Since the beginning of the full-scale war, the attacker participated in the battles in the east of Ukraine as part of the occupation groups of the Russian troops.
Currently, the investigators of the Security Service informed the Polupoltinnys in absentia about the suspicion under Part 1 of Art. 28, Part 1 of Art. 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (violation of the requirements of Articles 4, 13, 14, 15 of the Convention on the Treatment of Prisoners of War dated August 12, 1949, which prohibits any illegal act or inaction on the part of the detaining state, which creates a serious threat to the health of a prisoner of war under its protection, committed by a group of persons).
Currently, the issue of declaring a wanted suspect is being resolved. The pre-trial investigation continues, the OGP adds.