Law enforcement officers have identified an employee of a special unit of the FSB of the Russian Federation involved in the torture of a civilian resident of the Kherson region during the occupation of the region. He has been charged in absentia with war crimes. This was reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General, writes UNN.
Under the procedural supervision of the Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office, an employee of a special unit of the FSB of the Russian Federation, involved in the torture and sexualized violence against a civilian resident of the Kherson region, has been charged in absentia
According to the investigation, the 37-year-old suspect served in Directorate "V" of the Special Purpose Center of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation. In April 2022, he was involved in ensuring the occupation regime in the Skadovsk district.
On April 10, 2022, Russian military personnel illegally detained a local resident at his place of residence. With his eyes blindfolded, the man was taken to a sanatorium seized by the occupiers in the village of Lazurne, where he was held and interrogated.
The victim was demanded to provide information about local residents who were engaged in volunteer activities, helped Ukrainian military personnel, or might have stored weapons. Having not obtained the necessary information, one of the representatives of the occupation forces ordered the use of harsher methods of influence against the man.
According to the investigation, the suspect, together with other Russian military personnel, tortured the victim for about ten hours. The victim was stripped, beaten, strangled, cutting off access to air, and was shot.
After prolonged abuse, the man was released in an extremely serious condition.
The FSB officer of the Russian Federation has been charged with cruel treatment of the civilian population and other violations of the laws and customs of war, committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy.