Commanded the dispersal of peaceful protests during the occupation of Kherson region: Russian Guard general was served with a notice of suspicion

The Security Service has collected evidence against another Russian war criminal involved in mass repressions against civilians during the occupation of Kherson region. It is Lieutenant General Volodymyr Spyridonov, the commander of the Ural District of the Russian Guard, UNN reports with reference to the SBU.

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According to the SBU, at the beginning of the full-scale war, the official participated in the seizure of Kherson region and attempts to suppress the resistance movement in the region.

During the dispersal of peaceful protests in the center of Kherson and other seized districts of the region, the occupiers imprisoned several hundred participants in Russian prisons.

To do this, the official used four tactical groups, a special forces unit, and an operational unit of the Southern District of the Russian Guard, where he was deputy commander at the time.

In the prisons, the victims were subjected to numerous tortures, which the Nazis used to break down resistance to the Kremlin regime.

On the eve of the liberation of the right bank of Kherson region, the defendant organized the transfer of subordinate units of the Russian Guard to the left bank of the region, and he fled to Russia, where he was later promoted.

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Based on the evidence collected, SBU investigators served Spyridonov a notice of suspicion in absentia under Part 2 of Article 28, Part 2 of Article 437 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (planning, preparation, unleashing and waging an aggressive war by prior conspiracy by a group of persons).

Comprehensive measures are currently underway to find and punish the Russian war criminal.

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