Russian military man who took part in the hostage-taking of employees of the Buchansk hospital faces 12 years in prison. This was reported by the press service of the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.

According to the investigation, a military officer of the 656th operational regiment, military unit No. 6720 of the National Guard of the Russian Federation participated in the capture of Bucha, Kyiv region. He and other military personnel arrived at the administrative building of the Irpin Central City Hospital in airborne combat vehicles and other military equipment..

“By his order, in order to intimidate the workers and patients of the hospital, the infidels sent heavy machine guns to the building of the medical facility.. Together with armed colleagues, he entered the premises, blocked the entrances and exits to the building.

Having captured the persons present in the institution and at gunpoint, the suspect forced one of the employees to assume the position of the mayor of the occupied city of Bucha,” the report says..

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He was declared suspected of violating the laws and customs of war and inciting to commit high treason (h. 4 st. 27 h. 2 st. 111, h. 1 st. 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). He could face up to 12 years in prison for what he did..

Recall that Bucha, like the rest of the city of Kiev region, was fired in early April. When the Russian troops withdrew, the world was horrified by their atrocities in Bucha.