The executioners of Bucha: most of the russian soldiers committing genocide in Ukraine are 20-year-olds

A team of investigative journalists is working on identifying Russian servicemen who committed atrocities and genocide in Bucha, Irpin and Gostomel. They have identified several men, some from the 155th Marine Brigade of the Russian Pacific Fleet.

This was reported by Slidstvo Info journalist Dmytro Replyanchuk.

«Most of them are twenty-year-olds who have just finished school, vocational school and joined the army. Some of them explicitly confirm that they killed Ukrainians,” Replyanchuk writes.

He adds:

«155th Brigade of Marines from Vladivostok Pacific Fleet. These soldiers traveled across the entire continent to kill and rape Ukrainians. We are working on lists: sailor Mikhail Tkach, born in Vladivostok. In 2017 he graduated from school. He wanted to become a lifeguard.

However, he was drafted into the army. He later signed a contract. In February, he invaded Ukraine, and has confessed to killing and maiming Ukrainians. On his social media page, he boasted that he had killed Ukrainians and cut off their ears as souvenirs. «

Serving alongside Tkach is Alexei Gaskov who also took part in the atrocities in Bucha. 

According to the Slidstvo Info’s investigation, he was once a member of the “Unarmy”, which emulates the «Hitler Youth”.

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The troops committing atrocities and genocide were strongly supported by their relatives back in Russia. This brings into question the saying, “the Russians are not to blame, it’s all Putin.”

“By the way most of these boys have already taken part in the mass killing of civilians because they fought in Syria,” said Replyanchuk.

 

The Main Intelligence Department of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has published the list of the Russian occupiers who took part in war crimes in Bucha and other parts of the Kiev region.

Thus far, 410 bodies of civilians have been removed from the territory of Kyiv region, between April 1 to 3, 140 of them have been examined by prosecutors and other specialists.

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The executioners of Bucha: most of russians soldiers committing genocide are 20-year-olds