Journalists Identified Russian War Criminals Operating In Bucha
- 29.09.2025, 9:38
New list.
British newspaper The Sunday Times has named 13 Russian commanders believed to be involved in the killing and torture of civilians in Bucha. Eight of them have already figured in investigations, but five are named for the first time, notes The Agency.
New Figures
Valery Solodchuk - commanded the units accused of the killings. Putin promoted him this year. Ukrainian intelligence has previously linked Solodchuk's subordinates to crimes in the Kiev region.
Andrey Kondrov - commanded the 5th Tank Brigade, whose soldiers are accused of looting and murder. He has not been personally charged.
Vadim Pankov - according to The Times, ordered the shooting of 30 civilians and forced others to bury the bodies of Russian soldiers. His 45th Airborne Brigade was involved in the battle for Gostomel.
Yuri Medvedev - military officers under him committed more than 40 rapes. In 2022, he was killed by his own soldiers.
Sergei Karasev - accused of beating and killing civilians, but these crimes took place in Irpen, not in Bucha.
Already known participants
The publication also mentioned officers whose involvement in the Bucha massacre was previously confirmed:
Alexander Chaiko and Alexander Sanchik,
Azatbek Omurbekov (the "butcher from Bucha"),
Sergei Chubarykin,
Artyom Gorodilov,
Denis Suvorov,
Alexei Tolmachev,
Vladimir Seliverstov.
According to Ukrainian authorities, a total of more than 80 soldiers under their command have already become suspects in the crimes committed in Bucha.
In December 2022, The New York Times wrote that the killings in Bucha were carried out with the knowledge of the commanders of the 234th Airborne Assault Regiment of the Airborne Forces. The commander of the 234th regiment is Artyom Gorodilov. Two paratroopers who were in Bucha confirmed to the NYT that Gorodilov was there as well. In addition to Gorodilov, the publication cited the names of 29 other servicemen who had been in Bucha: Artyom Koloda, Viktor Rybnikov, Denis Monakhov, Alexander Popov, Alexander Ageyev, Vladimir Vasiliev, Dmitry Antonnikov, Andrey Latynin, Sergei Malyshek, Vladislav Ochirgoryaev, Anatoly Zhirov, Evgeny Domrachev, Ilya Saburov, Nikolai Kartashev, Maksim Bolbatov, Daniil Konovalov, Alexei Vishnevsky, Andrey Smirnov, Tsyrenzhap Budaev, Vladimir Kushnir, Andrey Dmitrienko, Artyom Mishin, Anatoly Konoplev, Alexander Valin, Anatoly Idiyatulin, Alexander Pereverzev, Radi Zaburin, Vladimir Bakaev, Mikhail Guryanov.