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Ukraine's most wanted war criminal: Hunt for Russian soldier from 'SSSR' unit that is notorious for its violence and brutality after he was filmed castrating Ukrainian POW Russian soldier accused of castrating a Ukrainian PoW has been identified Believed to be fighter, 39, with pro-Vladimir Putin Luhansk group Bryanka-SSSR Online sleuths recognised him in Russian news report from Azot chemical plant Atrocity horrified Ukraine but is one of thousands of crimes by Russian forces The Russian soldier accused of castrating a Ukrainian prisoner of war in one of the most horrific war crimes of the entire Russian invasion has been...

Serhii Haidai, the head of the Luhansk Oblast Military Administration, has reported that the Russians have withdrawn the remaining Buryat troops from Sievierodonetsk because they are significantly weaker than the Ukrainian troops. Quote: "They’re dropping like flies. The Ruscists have withdrawn the remaining Buryats from Sievierodonetsk because they can’t withstand the fights with the Ukrainian defenders.

A Russian mercenary who gained notoriety for butchering prisoners of war and civilians in the Donbas has been killed fighting in Ukraine. Vladimir Andonov, 44, a sabotage and reconnaissance specialist in the ranks of the shadowy Wagner Group, was shot by a sniper near Kharkiv during a night-time mission on June 5, Russian media says. Andonov was known to Russians as 'Vakha' or 'the volunteer from Buryatia' after the region he was from, but to Ukrainians he was 'the executioner' due to massacres he helped carry out during Russia's first invasion of the country in 2014.