This is the first time in Finnish history that accusations of war crimes committed in Ukraine have been brought forward.
The Finnish prosecutor’s office has charged the founder and former commander of the Rusich military group, Vojislav Torden (Jan Petrovsky), with committing war crimes in eastern Ukraine. According to investigators, Thorden participated in the killing of 22 Ukrainian soldiers and seriously wounded four others. This was reported by Yle on Thursday, October 31.
Deputy Prosecutor General Jukka Rappe accused Thorden of five war crimes. It is suspected that the crimes were committed in the fall of 2014.
The suspect was accused of taking part as a deputy unit commander in actions that violate the rules of war. He and the unit’s fighters are accused of killing a total of 22 Ukrainian soldiers and seriously wounding four others.
In addition, the suspect was charged with actions contrary to the rules of military law related to the method of warfare and the treatment of wounded and killed enemy soldiers.
This is the first time in Finnish history that accusations of war crimes committed in Ukraine have been brought forward.
We remind you that earlier it became known that the Central Criminal Police of Finland is requesting the arrest of Vojislav Torden.
As is known, Petrovsky is suspected of committing terrorist crimes in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine in 2014-2015. In August he was detained in Finland.
Later, Russian neo-Nazis refused to fight in Ukraine due to the fact that the Russian Foreign Ministry did not ask for Petrovsky’s release.
Source: korrespondent
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