Criminal proceedings regarding war crimes


Current information on the consideration of criminal proceedings for crimes committed during the aggression of the Russian Federation on violation of the laws and customs of war
in local courts of Kyiv region, Kyiv city and Kyiv Court of Appeal

Case number  Name of the case and article of the charge Link to the official website
of the court, where
information on
the outcome of the
proceedingsis posted
 11-кп/824/2677/2022   

 Sarge Sh., a division commander of the military unit 32010 “4th Tank Kantemyriv Division of the Moscow region”, killed a civilian in Sumy region. According to the case file, on February 24, 2022, in the Okhtyrka district of Sumy region, the Ukrainian military broke up a russian convoy, and about 15 russian military split into groups. Retreating, the russian military seized a car near the village of Chupakhivka and drove into the village. There, they met a local resident, a 62-year-old citizen, who was riding a bicycle on the side of the road. The Russian soldier Sh. fired several shots at him, killing the 62-year-old man.

Charges: part 2, article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine

 https://.kas.gov.ua/?p=34883&lang=en
 11-кп/824/4668/2023     According to the indictment, as a result of the armed aggression of the russian federation, from approximately February 25, 2022 to April 02, 2022, a citizen of the russian federation B., who was a senior driver of the russian army, with the rank of lieutenant of the russian armed forces, directly participated in acts of armed aggression on the territory of Ukraine, in particular in the village of Ivankiv, Vyshgorod district, Kyiv region.

Charges: part 1, article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine of 2001.

 https://kas.gov.ua/?p=34886&lang=en
  11-кп/824/792/2024     A citizen of the russian federation, K. is a serviceman, senior gunner of the 2S9 Nona-S self-propelled artillery gun of the 1st self-propelled artillery battery of the 234th Air Assault Regiment of the 76th Air Assault Division of the Airborne Forces of the russian federation, accused of violating the laws and customs of war combined with premeditated murder.

Charges: part 2 article 28, part 2 article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine 

 https://kas.gov.ua/?p=34899&lang=en
 11-кп/824/2844/2024     A citizen of the russian federation D., holding the position of head of intelligence of the 64th separate motorised rifle brigade of the russian armed forces, participated in the seizure of the Bucha district in the Kyiv region.

During the period of temporary occupation of the community, russian serviceman D. commanded the actions of his subordinates during punitive actions against local residents.

During these ‘raids’, the russian military abducted and killed people and looted private homes.

At the same time, the military official used firearms against civilians with his own hands.

It was established that on 3 March 2022, on a street in the village of Havronshchyna, Russian serviceman D. stopped an unarmed 70-year-old citizen and hit him in the face with the butt of a rifle. After the victim fell, he shot the man in the back.

Charges: part 2 of article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine

 
 11-кп/824/2644/2024   

 A citizen of the Russian Federation V., serving as a platoon commander of the 1st airborne assault platoon of the 5th airborne assault company of the 2nd battalion tactical group of the russian armed forces, who participated in the occupation of the village of Lubyanka, Bucha district, Kyiv region, stopped three local residents on the street and, pointing a rifle at them, threatened to kill them and ordered them to enter the room. There, he conducted an interrogation with beatings and mock executions. He is accused of violating the laws and customs of war.

Charges: Part 1 Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine

 https://kas.gov.ua/?p=36182&lang=en
11-кп/824/2075/2024 

V., a citizen of the russian federation, served as the Commander of the Black Sea Fleet of the rf during February–March 2014. Acting deliberately and in prior conspiracy with representatives of the authorities and the armed forces of the rf, and with the intent to change the borders and state boundary of Ukraine in violation of the procedure established by the Constitution of Ukraine, he was fully aware of the manifest criminal nature of his actions and was motivated by the desire to obstruct Ukraine’s course toward European integration. In doing so, he knowingly and deliberately violated international law.

By issuing orders, he planned, prepared, and organized the deployment and dispersal of units of the rf armed forces at the facilities of the Black Sea Fleet, which subsequently invaded the territory of the Crimean Peninsula. He facilitated the concealment of russian Black Sea Fleet personnel for the purpose of waging an aggressive war against Ukraine, and further planned and identified facilities to be blocked and seized in order to carry out the military occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol.

Thus, acting in prior conspiracy with others, he carried out the planning and preparation of an aggressive war against Ukraine, which resulted in the military occupation of the Crimean Peninsula. These actions resulted in grave consequences, including the violation of Ukraine’s territorial integrity and the loss of state-owned assets valued at more than UAH 1,080,352,000,000.

Charges: Part 3 of Article 110, Part 4 of Article 27, Part 1 of Article 111, Part 3 of Article 27, Article 113, Part 2 of Article 28, Part 1 of Article 437, Part 2 of Article 28, Part 2 of Article 437 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine

 https://kas.gov.ua/?p=36182&lang=en
 11-сс/824/4710/2024     Citizen of the russian federation S. while serving as a calculation number of the 3rd parachute company of the 1st battalion tactical group of the 234th airborne assault regiment of the 76th airborne assault division of the airborne troops of the rf armed forces (m/u 74268), together with the deputy commander of the combat vehicle of the 3rd parachute company of the 1st battalion tactical group of the 234th airborne assault regiment of the 76th airborne assault division of the airborne troops of the russian armed forces, citizen M., on 30.03.2022, on the roadway near the car ‘Audi-100’, on Yablunska Street in Bucha, Kyiv region, aware of the existence of an international armed conflict and the fact that the victim was a civilian protected by international humanitarian law and did not pose a threat, fired automatic small arms at the victim, with serviceman M. firing at least two shots and serviceman S. firing at least three shots, thereby committing the intentional murder of a civilian.

Charge: Part 2 Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine

 https://kas.gov.ua/?p=36467&lang=en
  11-сс/824/4708/2024     A citizen of the russian federation M., junior sergeant, serving as deputy commander of a combat vehicle of the 3rd parachute company of the 1st battalion tactical group of the 34th airborne assault regiment of the 76th airborne assault division of the airborne troops of the armed forces of the russian federation (m/u 74268), together with a citizen of the russian federation, private S., who is a calculation number of the 3rd parachute company of the 1st battalion tactical group of the 234th airborne assault regiment of the 76th airborne assault division of the airborne troops of the armed forces of the russian federation (m/u 74268), took direct part in acts of armed aggression, on 30.03.2022, on the roadway near the car ‘Audi-100’, on Yablunska Street in Bucha, Kyiv region, aware of the existence of an international armed conflict and the fact that the victim was a civilian protected by international humanitarian law and did not pose a threat, fired automatic small arms at the victim, with serviceman M. firing at least two shots and serviceman S. firing at least three shots, thereby committing the intentional murder of a civilian.

Charge: Part 2 Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine

 
 11-кп/824/2982/2024     A citizen of Ukraine, K., being in Donetsk on 21 August 2014, voluntarily joined the ranks of the «Donetsk People’s Republic» terrorist organisation, including the paramilitary formation «State Security Ministry of the of the Donetsk People’s Republic», which is not provided for by the laws of Ukraine, and in August 2014 was appointed to the position of «controller of the security department of the Centre for Special Operations of the «SSM DPR»». As a result, in October 2014, he was appointed to the position of the head of the prison of the «DPR» terrorist organisation, the «Izolyatsia» temporary detention centre, and held this position until February 2018. Contributing to the aggressive war against Ukraine, acting as the head of the TDC «Izolyatsia», he illegally detained pro-Ukrainian citizens who were captured by members of the «DPR» and «SSM DPR», using and threatening to use physical and psychological violence to obtain information from them and ensure further activities of the «DPR» and «SSM DPR», organise illegal detention of captured servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and law enforcement agencies, using physical and psychological pressure.

Charge: part 1 article 258-3, part 1 article 260, part 1 article 28, part 1 article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine

 
 11-кп/824/1644/2025     A russian serviceman from the 15th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade, identified as Sh., a citizen of the russian federation, committed sexual violence against a local woman and threatened to kill her partner during the occupation of a village in the Kyiv region in the spring of 2022. He also threatened to kill the victim to suppress any resistance during the crime.

Charges: Part 1 Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine

 
11-кп/824/2506/2025   

Citizens of the rf D. and T., being servicemen of the armed forces of the russian federation, moving in a convoy of military equipment along the road towards the village of Khmilnytsia, Chernihiv district, acting intentionally, by prior agreement with currently unidentified servicemen of the rf armed forces, using automatic firearms of an unidentified model, began to shoot at a civilian car, realising that the passengers of the said car were civilians. As a result of these actions, two civilians were physically injured and two died on the spot from their injuries.

ChargesPart 2 Article 28, Part 2 Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine

 
 11-кп/824/2337/2025   

A citizen of the rf M., while serving as the Deputy Head of the Department of the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops of the russian federation in the Chechen Republic, illegally crossed the state border of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 as part of russian federation units. On 5 March 2022, he arrived at the Borodianka Psychoneurological Boarding House with a geriatric department in Kyiv region, where he ordered his subordinates to gather all civilians into one room, confiscate their mobile phones, and prohibit them from leaving the premises. This restricted their access to food, water, medicine, medical care, and freedom of movement. In addition, he ordered his subordinates to deploy military equipment around the perimeter of the boarding house, including BM-21 “Grad” multiple rocket launchers and self-propelled artillery systems.  As a result, civilians were used as “human shields” to cover the positions of russian military forces and to obstruct the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Charges: Part 1, Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.