Third occupier involved in the murder of writer Vakulenko is suspected
Kyiv • UNN
A 36-year-old LPR militant with the call sign “Akademik” was served a notice of suspicion in the murder of writer Vakulenko. The suspect was involved in the abduction, torture and murder of the writer and three other people in Izium district.
The third occupier involved in the murder of Ukrainian writer Vakulenko was served a notice of suspicion, UNN reports, citing the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office.
"... a 36-year-old 'lPR' militant was served in absentia with a notice of suspicion of cruel treatment of civilians, combined with premeditated murder and other violations of the laws and customs of war provided for by international treaties, committed by prior conspiracy by a group of persons who agreed in advance, before the commencement of the criminal offense, to commit it jointly (part. 2 of Article 27, Part 2 of Article 28, Parts 1, 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine)," the statement said.
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Law enforcement officers discovered a mass grave in Izyum, Kharkiv region, after the city was de-occupied. Graves with identical wooden crosses. Many of them have numbers instead of names. More than 450 bodies of men, women, and children were exhumed. It was here that children's writer Volodymyr Vakulenko was buried under number 319.
Prosecutors together with police investigators identified a third accomplice in the murder of Vakulenko and three other people. He was a native of Luhansk, deputy commander of the 4th company of the 4th battalion of the 204th rifle regiment of the "lnr" 2nd army corps of the 8th Combined Arms Army of the southern military district of the Russian Federation with the call sign "Academician".
In March 2022, he and the occupiers, including "Lev" and "Udod" and others, abducted the writer from his home in the village of Kapytolivka, Izyum district. The suspect took part in the illegal detention, torture and murder of Vakulenko, as well as an ATO participant and two local residents.
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Law enforcers have already sent an indictment against Lev and Udod to court. The trial is ongoing. Read more
The issue of putting the suspect on the wanted list is being resolved. The identification of other occupants involved in these crimes is ongoing.
