Russian Soldier Named In Kyiv Area War Crimes Eliminated

A Russian soldier from the notorious 37th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade that committed many of the war crimes in the Kyiv area immediately following the invasion in 2022 has been 'eliminated' by Ukrainian forces. 

The Ukrainians' memory is long and they are demonstrating a determination to neither forget nor forgive. JL

Vladislav V reports in Militarnyi:

Ukrainian forces eliminated Artem Belikov of the 37th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade, whom Ukrainian investigators suspect of involvement in the shooting of civilians in the Kyiv region. In March 2022, cars carrying Ukrainians attempting to evacuate from Severynivka to Uman. As a result of the shooting, a man, his wife and their 15-year-old daughter were killed on the spot. Only their youngest daughter, 9, survived. Belikov was among the soldiers who carried out the order. At the time, he held the rank of corporal, but he rose to the rank of junior lieutenant. On June 23, he went on a combat mission during which he was seriously wounded. Belikov was evacuated to a hospital but on June 27, he died of his wounds.

The Ukrainian Defense Forces have eliminated a Russian serviceman whom Ukrainian investigators suspect of involvement in the shooting of two cars carrying civilians in the Kyiv region.

This was reported by commentator Necro Mancer.

Artem Belikov served in the 37th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces. 

In early March 2022, during one of the so-called “raids to intimidate locals,” company commander Vadim Ovchinnikov ordered his troops to open fire on two civilian cars.

The cars were carrying Ukrainians attempting to evacuate from Severynivka to Uman. As a result of the shooting, a man, his wife and their 15-year-old daughter were killed on the spot. Only their youngest daughter, 9, survived.

Artem Belikov (in the center). Source: Myrotvorets

According to the investigation, Belikov was among the soldiers who carried out the order.

At the time, he held the rank of corporal, but during the full-scale war he rose to the rank of junior lieutenant. 

On June 23, he went on a combat mission during which he was seriously wounded.

Belikov was evacuated to a hospital in the temporarily occupied territory of Mariupol.

On June 27, Belikov died of his wounds. The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine suspects Belikov of criminal offenses under Parts 1 and 2 of Article 438 and Part 2 of Article 28 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (violation of the laws and customs of war).

It was recently reported that Ukraine had identified two more Russian war criminals who tortured Ukrainian prisoners of war at Correctional Colony No. 7 in the village of Pakino, Vladimir region, Russia.