Ukrainian forces eliminate Bucha war criminal in Kursk region
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have eliminated 24-year-old Russian soldier Ruslan Omaralinov. As a member of the 234th Pskov Air Assault Regiment, he participated in war crimes in Bucha at the beginning of the war.
According to the Ukrinform agency, citing a post on Telegram by Colonel Anatoly Stefan of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ruslan Omaralinov has been eliminated. The man was suspected of participating in war crimes in Bucha, which took place in March 2022.
Russian media report that Omaralinov recently lived in Pskov. It has not been stated under what circumstances the 24-year-old was killed. It is known that it took place in the Kursk region.
Omaralinov, together with his companions, allegedly detained a group of several people in one of the houses. They were imprisoned and mentally tortured, and executions were simulated on them. The Ukrainians were beaten, not given food or water, and not allowed to use the bathroom.
War in Ukraine. Bucha criminal is dead. Russians carried out a massacre
According to Ukrinform, soldiers from the 234th Pskov Air Assault Regiment, to which Omaralinov belonged, participated in the killings on Yablonska Street, where the largest number of victims in Bucha were found. Journalists from "The New York Times" identified 22 soldiers who were present at the time when the murders took place. This information is contained in a video published by the newspaper after an eight-month investigation.
Evidence indicates that these killings were part of a deliberate and systematic action aimed at brutally securing the road to Kyiv. Soldiers interrogated and executed unarmed men, as well as killed people who accidentally got in their way—children fleeing with their families, residents searching for food, or people simply returning home on bicycles.
According to Ukrinform, during the occupation, the Russians killed over 1,700 people in the Bucha region, including 43 children. Some estimates indicate several hundred victims.
