Quote (Tarisus @ 24 Jun 2022 15:48)
When did Putin push them to commit such terrible things? Do you have the total number of invading soldiers and total number of criminal cases?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-18/putin-decorates-army-unit-that-ukraine-blames-for-bucha-deathsPutin awarded the 64th Motorised Infantry Brigade the honorary title of “Guards”, a designation dating back to the Soviet era for distinguished units. He said that it had defended the “Fatherland” and “upheld the sovereignty and national interests of Russia”.
President Vladimir Putin gave a special elite designation to an army unit that Ukraine has accused of committing war crimes in the town of Bucha.
Citing “mass heroism and valor” but making no mention of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the decree Putin signed Monday awarded the 64th Motorized Infantry Brigade the honorary title of Guards.
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry earlier this month identified the unit as one involved in war crimes during the occupation of Bucha, a town that has drawn international attention for reports of Russian atrocities committed during the war. More than 350 bodies have so far been collected in the Kyiv suburb, with almost all of them shot, according to the chief of police of the capital region.
As Russian troops withdrew from Bucha on April 1, photos and videos of indiscriminate shelling, mass graves, torture and executions of civilians caused a global outcry. U.S. and European officials have linked new sanctions targeting the Russian economy this month to evidence of war crimes.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.