Russian soldier Timur Ibriyev suspected of torturing a family in the Zaporizhzhia region

A Russian soldier who participated in the occupation of part of the Zaporizhzhia region in 2022 has been served with a notice of suspicion in absentia on war crimes charges, according to Ukraine’s National Police.

The suspect Timur Ibriyev

Authorities did not disclose the suspect’s name, but he can be identified from the published photograph as Timur Ibriyev.

Investigators say that in the spring of 2022, he and other Russian troops seized a stadium in the village of Osypenko in Berdiansk District and used it to detain civilians. In April, the suspect and other Russian servicemen broke into the home of a local family, abducted a man and took him to a torture site.

“The man was beaten on the head and back with a hammer, handcuffed to a metal pipe, threatened with death, and repeatedly subjected to mock executions, with shots fired near his head. As a result of the abuse, the victim sustained moderate bodily injuries as well as severe physical and psychological suffering,” law enforcement officials said.

The civilian spent 43 days in Russian captivity in unsanitary conditions and without adequate food or water. During that period, the victim’s two underage sons remained without parental care under the control of the occupying forces.

“The children were also threatened with weapons and execution, causing them severe psychological suffering,” investigators said.

Separately, Russian sniper Mikhail Bryl is suspected of killing a pensioner in Bucha who was on his way to feed his dog.

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Previously, ZMINA reported that Russia is currently holding about 7,000 Ukrainian prisoners of war and between 10,000 and 20,000 civilian hostages, some of whom are subjected to systematic torture and ill-treatment, including amputations without anaesthesia and the denial of medical care to wounded detainees. 

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