Ukrainian Defense Intelligence announced that Veniamin Mazzherin was killed in a car explosion on 25 October in Russia’s Kemerovo Oblast.
From: Euromaiden Press BY VIRA KRAVCHUK
A Russian police lieutenant colonel accused of involvement in war crimes in Ukraine’s Kyiv Oblast died in a car explosion in Kemerovo Oblast on 25 October, according to Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence (HUR).
The officer, identified by HUR as Veniamin Mazzherin, born in 1980, served in the OMON “Obereg” special unit of Russia’s Rosgvardia (National Guard) directorate for Kemerovo Oblast. HUR stated that Mazzherin was behind the wheel when the vehicle exploded.
According to the intelligence agency, “Obereg” is among multiple Rosgvardia units connected to alleged crimes committed in the Kyiv Oblast during the February-March 2022 phase of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
During that period of time, Russian forces occupied multiple towns in Kyiv Oblast, including Bucha, Irpin, andHostomel, as part of their failed offensive to capture the Ukrainian capital.
After Russian troops withdrew in late March to early April, Ukrainian authorities and international observers documented evidence of what they described as systematic war crimes against civilians. According to Ukrainian National Police and the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, over 1,000 civilian bodies were recovered in Kyiv Oblast from this period, with approximately 450 found in Bucha alone.
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