Death Basement in Yahidne: 9 Russian executioners have already been identified - Office of Prosecutor General
IRYNA BALACHUK — WEDNESDAY, 8 JUNE 2022, 16:32
Law enforcement officers have identified 9 Russian occupiers who drove more than 300 people into the basement of a school in the village of Yahidne in the Chernihiv region and kept them for a long time as a human shield in unbearable conditions.
Source: Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova on Facebook
Quote from Venediktova: "The Office of the Prosecutor General and the Chernihiv Regional Prosecutor's Office together with the Security Service of Ukraine [SBU], the National Police and the State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) have already identified 9 servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces involved in the atrocities in Yahidne.
They were all informed that they were suspected of violation of the laws or customs of war, combined with premeditated murder."
Details: Evidence of involvement in crimes has been gathered against the following military personnel:
- Siin-ool Suvan - branch commander of the 1 Mortar Platoon of the Mortar Battery of the 55115 Military Base of the Russian Federation,
- Aigarim Mongush - soldier of the 3rd Mortar Platoon of the 2nd Mortar Battery of the 55115 Military Base of the Russian Federation,
- Naziti Mongush - sergeant of the 2nd Mortar Platoon of the 2nd Mortar Battery of the 55115 Military Base of the Russian Federation,
- Ehresu Oorzhak - corporal of the 3rd Mortar Platoon of the 2nd Mortar Battery of the 55115 Military Base of the Russian Federation,
- Arian Khertek - soldier of the 2nd Mortar Platoon of the 2nd Mortar Battery of the 55115 Military Base of the Russian Federation,
- Saian Khomushko - soldier of the 2nd Mortar Platoon of the 2nd Mortar Battery of the 55115 Military Base of the Russian Federation,
- Ivan Oorzhak - serviceman of the 3rd Portar platoon of the Mortar Battery of the 2nd Mechanised Brigade of the 55115 Military Base of the Russian Federation,
- Chaian Chinan - serviceman of the 2rd Mortar Platoon of the Mortar Battery of the 2nd Mechanised Brigade of the 55115 Military Base of the Russian Federation,
- Kehzhik-ool Shaktar-ool - serviceman of the 1st Mortar Platoon of the Mortar Battery of the 2nd Mechanised Brigade of the 55115 Military Base of the Russian Federation.
Venediktova reminded readers that in March the invaders drove the residents out of their shelters. People were forced to undress outside in the cold - [Russian soldiers] were looking for patriotic tattoos and military underwear. And the Russian military stole washing machines, TVs, microwave ovens and electric kettles from the residents’ houses during so-called "searches."
In addition, [the Russian invaders] took mobile phones from local people, threatening that if they were found to be hiding them, every 5th man would be executed.
Then, the occupiers took more than 300 people into the cramped basement of the village school. At the school, the invaders set up their headquarters, so the civilians became their "living shield."
The youngest person the Russians took prisoner was 1.5 months old, and the oldest was 93. A total of 77 children were kept in the basement.
Conditions were unbearable: [the basement] was overcrowded and airless and completely dark. [Prisoners suffered from] hunger and thirst and completely unsanitary conditions, resulting in the deaths of 10 civilians in the basement between 9 to 28 March.
Also at this time the Russian military killed 17 more people in Yahidne. The captives kept a register of deaths on the basement wall.
