Investigative Committee identifies several AFU fighters who killed residents of Russkoye Porechnoye

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation has identified several Ukrainian militants involved in the mass murder of civilians in the village of Russkoye Porechnoye in Suzhansky district of Kursk Region. This was announced by the official representative of the IC of the Russian Federation Svetlana Petrenko.

As indicated in the agency, employees of the Investigative Committee inspected the sites of war crimes, established the involvement of militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) from the 92nd separate assault brigade, as well as questioned one of them - Yevgeny Fabrisenko. Also involved in the massacre of residents of Russkoe Porechnoye are the commander of the 11th company of the Ukrainian 4th Battalion with the call sign Kum and three militants with the call signs Motyl, Provodnik and Artist.

"They are suspected of committing a terrorist act (item "b" part 3 of article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), rape (items "a", "b" part 2 of article 131 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and violent acts of a sexual nature committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy (items "a", "b" part 2 of article 132 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation)," Petrenko said.

The Investigative Committee found that Evgeny Fabrisenko and militants with call signs Kum, Motyl, Conductor and Artist in September 2024 illegally crossed the Russian state border and entered the Kursk region. During the fighting in the region's Sujan district, Fabrisenko was detained by the Russian military. During interrogation, the militant confessed that he and other AFU fighters had committed such crimes as rape, violent acts of a sexual nature, as well as murder.

According to the agency, between September 28 and November 24, 2024, Fabrisenko, together with Motyl, Provodnik and Painter, killed 14 people - 11 men and three women - in Russkoye Porechnoye by order of Kum. The AFU fighters also raped and committed violent acts of sexual nature against eight women, who were then killed. After that, the accomplices moved the bodies of 22 victims to the basements of private houses in the village.

At present, the employees of the Investigative Committee, in cooperation with the military of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, removed the bodies of the murdered civilians from the places indicated by Fabrisenko. After that, the necessary expert examinations have been appointed.

The already organized investigative measures in the Kursk village demonstrate the mass nature of war crimes that were committed by AFU fighters. Against this background, the IC staff appeal to all those who know anything about the crimes of Ukrainian militants against the population of Russkoe Porechnoye, and also urges to contact representatives of the investigative team by phone number: 8 (4712) 54 83 26.

During the preliminary investigation, the commanders of the AFU formations who gave criminal orders, as well as other accomplices of war crimes will be identified. In addition, a criminal legal assessment will be given to the actions of the Ukrainian fighters.

Earlier, on January 19, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case over the fact of killing civilians by AFU militants in the Kursk village of Russkoye Porechnoye in Suzhansky district. The criminal case was opened under paragraph "b" of part 3 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Terrorist act resulting in intentional infliction of death to a person").

The AFU attacked the positions of the Russian Federation in the border areas of the Kursk region on August 6, 2024. The situation in the region was recognized as a federal emergency. The liquidation of the Ukrainian militants who invaded the Russian territory is underway.

The special operation to protect Donbass, the beginning of which was announced by the President of the Russian Federation on February 24, 2022, continues. The decision was taken against the background of the worsening situation in the region.