Posted on 04/06/2022 7:13:36 AM PDT by tlozo
Ukrainian activists claim to have identified the so-called “Butcher of Bucha,” a decorated Russian commander leading the unit that massacred hundreds of civilians in what is being widely condemned as genocide.
Lt. Col. Azatbek Omurbekov, thought to be around 40, was first identified by InformNapalm, a Ukrainian volunteer group that monitors Russia’s military and special services.
It shared his home address as well as email and telephone number, calling him the “military villain” behind the massacre in Bucha, the suburb of Kyiv where bodies have been left strewn in the street or thrown into mass graves.
The group IDed Omurbekov as leading the 64th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade, which the war-torn nation’s Ministry of Defense also blamed online for “committing war crimes” in Bucha.
The decorated military leader was blessed by an Orthodox priest in November, ahead of his deployment to Ukraine, according to the Times of London, which noted his “Butcher of Bucha” nickname...
Omurbekov was previously also awarded a medal for outstanding service in 2014 by Dmitry Bulgakov, the deputy Russian defense minister, the UK paper said.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Good write up, worth the read.
Reminds me of my thoughts when someone just posts “BS” to an article. Not too much thought or information in that.
People need to look at all news with skepticism but also with discernment.
If you want to know the truth you have to seek it.
Discernment apparently went out the window a while back. Not only do these guys refuse to use any, but they’re belligerent about the idea that anyone would. There are obviously some paid operatives here stirring the pot, but it’s clear that the weaker among us are very susceptible to media manipulation. Maybe Rush Limbaugh was holding things together more than I thought, because our side is a total mess since he’s been gone.
There is no way the Ukrainians would kill their own people. You Russia lovers are being duped. I stand with Ukraine.
They have done so in the past. They killed other Ukrainians with gusto in WWII. Look up the Lviv pogrom of 1939 and 1941. In 41 they did it the day after the nazis arrived.
Then for the last 8 years they have had no problem killing Ukrainians in the Donbass by the thousands.
Ukrainians, especially those of the Bandera Svoboda wing, will happily kill Ukrainians that they perceive as culturally Russian. That can be language, the wrong armband, or those who did not resist enough.
Isn’t the point of war to kill the other nation’s people.
See for example, the bombing of London, Rotterdam, Dresden, Tokyo.
That’a utter ignorance of fallen human nature.
Any nationality and ethnicity is capable of killing its own, and has been since Cain murdered Abel.
Ukrainians are not exempt from that.
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