The State Department included in the stop list two Russian military personnel who killed civilians in the Ukrainian Bucha

On November 17, the State Department added to the sanctions list Colonel of the Russian Armed Forces Azatbek Omurbekov - for involvement in the killings of civilians in Bucha and Andreevka (Ukraine) and Corporal of the Russian Armed Forces Daniil Frolkin - for the extrajudicial murder of an unarmed Ukrainian civilian, reports “Voice of America".

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State Department introduced restrictions against “Colonel of the Russian Armed Forces Azatbek Omurbekov, also known as the “butcher from Bucha”, for involvement in gross violations of human rights, namely the murders of unarmed Ukrainian civilians in Andreevka.”

“Colonel Omurbekov was the commander of the 64th separate motorized rifle brigade of the Russian Armed Forces during the period when Russian troops controlled the Ukrainian city of Andreevka. The brigade under Omurbekov's command was later relocated to Bucha, Ukraine, where the State Department found that the 64th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade killed, beat, dismembered, burned, and staged executions of civilians. After reports of the brigade's brutality emerged, the Kremlin responded with a statement indicating that Russian President Putin had awarded the 64th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade and the Russian Ministry of Defense had promoted Omurbekov and praised his leadership," the statement said. State Department.

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Omurbekov, Frolkin and members of their families are deprived of the right to enter the United States.

“Reports of the involvement of Omurbekov and Frolkin in gross violations of human rights, confirmed by independent investigations, are serious and credible. The United States reaffirms its commitment to protecting human rights by recognizing the injustices faced by victims and helping to hold accountable those who violate human rights,” the State Department document emphasizes.

The statement also noted that “the United States is committed to holding Russia accountable for abuses and atrocities against Ukrainian citizens.”

The State Department pledged to continue to use all appropriate means to secure justice for Ukraine and to “support Ukraine in its fight for sovereignty, territorial integrity, and the rule of law for as long as necessary.”

Mass killings of civilians

The town of Bucha, a suburb of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, became one of the first sites of clashes between Ukrainian troops and Russian special forces after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.

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Russian forces controlled Bucha from 5 to 31 March. After Ukraine liberated Bucha on April 1, foreign journalists visited the city, and international news agencies began publishing shocking photos and video evidence of the killing of civilians.

During the investigation, the bodies of more than 30 people in civilian clothes were discovered on the streets of Bucha and in the courtyards of residential buildings. Another 67 bodies were exhumed from a mass grave near the city church of St. Andrew the First-Called and All Saints.

Ukrainian police forensics determined that 40 of the victims were civilians, and that several dozen people died as a result of gunshot wounds to the head and body.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) investigated and confirmed the allegations against the Russian army: “HRW experts who worked in Bucha from April 4 to April 10, several days after the withdrawal of Russian troops from the area, found extensive evidence of extrajudicial executions , other unlawful killings, disappearances, rape and torture, which may constitute war crimes and potentially crimes against humanity.”

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As of October 31, 2022, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights documented that 73 civilians were killed in Bucha during the Russian occupation. Many local residents were shot and killed simply for being on the street.

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