The prosecutor's office announced suspicion in absentia to a Russian colonel who gave orders to imitate executions of civilians in Konotop, Sumy region, reports the Office of the Prosecutor General.

" Vyazovoe military of the Russian Federation stopped the car at the checkpoint organized by them. Using physical force, they detained the driver and transported him to an agricultural enterprise.. There, the lieutenant colonel, in order to intimidate the detainee, gave the order to his subordinates to allegedly shoot him.. The man was forced to strip down to his underwear and held for 4-5 hours in handcuffs next to black plastic bags that likely contained the bodies,"

The accused, together with his soldiers, illegally crossed the state border of Ukraine in the Sumy region.

Subsequently, as specified in the message, the Russian military released this man..

On February 28, according to the prosecutor's office, the Russian military detained two more local residents who were delivering bread in the same way..

" Kept men in the same enterprise. The detainees, at the direction of the lieutenant colonel, were systematically hit with the butt of a weapon. At the same time, they were required to provide information about the civilian residents of Konotop with a pro-Ukrainian position, the location of the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Konotop and the places where weapons are stored.. Only on March 2, 2022, the detainees were released,"

The pre-trial investigation is being carried out by investigators of the Konotop district police department of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Sumy region with the operational support of the SBU Department in the Sumy region.

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