A mercenary from the brigade of the main Russian military intelligence who tortured Ukrainian patriots in Balakleya in the Kharkov region has been identified.
As reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General, the suspect — 34-year-old mercenary of the Redut PMC (Chibis battalion, 16th separate brigade of the GRU General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces) with the call sign Tyson.
According to the investigation, during the occupation of Balakleya, the suspect sought out pro-Ukrainian citizens and tortured them.
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His victims were four civilian men who had a patriotic position and did not hide it even during the capture of the city.
“The Redutovite carried out preventive maintenance along with three other occupiers. It is known that one of them had the call sign Surik. First, they came to the home of the patriots, put a bag over their heads and took them to the local dungeon. While they were in the torture chamber, the invaders conducted interrogations, and the Redutovite beat the men all over their bodies with a rubber baton and struck them with an electric shocker, investigators found out.
The suspect threatened to cut off the little toe of one of the victims. To do this, the Redutovite took out a dagger with traces of blood from the safe in order to intimidate the man.
He put a bag over the head of another victim and took him, as he told the man, to a surprise. Arriving at the scene, the military man took the bag off the victim and put him on his knees. The man saw a pit in which there were corpses. To apply significant psychological pressure, the occupiers fired several shots from a machine gun near the victim’s head, and then took him back to the dungeon.
Photo: Office of the Prosecutor General
Under the procedural guidance of the Kharkov Regional Prosecutor's Office, a Redut PMC mercenary was informed in absentia of suspicion of violating the laws and customs of war (Part 2 of Article 28, Part 1 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code).< /p>
The issue of putting the suspect on the wanted list is now being decided. Other occupiers involved in atrocities in the Kharkov region are being identified.
