The Secret Service of Ukraine accused Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov and two of his comrades of committing war crimes in Ukraine. According to the GSS, one of Kadyrov’s subordinates took 500 people hostage in a medical facility in Borodinka near Kyiv in March, and another has held nearly 200 people hostage in the basements of apartment buildings in Hostomil, another city in the Kyiv region, since the end. From February to mid-March approximately.
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov in Mariupol | Source: Reuters
According to the SBU, Daniil Martynov, deputy commander of the Russian Guard in Chechnya, personally led the occupation of the neuropsychiatric hospital in Borodzhanka.
“At his order, 500 people, including more than 100 bedridden patients, were taken hostage,” the SBU said in its statement. Access roads to the facility were later mined, according to Ukrainian intelligence, and the station became a firing position for the Russian invasion forces.
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Khosin Mezhedov, commander of the tactical group of the 249th motorized battalion of the Russian Southern Guard, then, according to a published statement, took almost 200 people hostage in Hostomel from February 25 to March 13. Among them were children, women and old people. The SBU said the hostages, who could not stand the harsh captivity conditions and died, were temporarily buried by their captors right next to the house.
At the same time, according to Ukrainian intelligence, Kadyrov personally led the planning of individual actions of the mentioned units, issued orders and received reports.
Kadir’s SBU accuses him of violating three articles of the Ukrainian Code of Conduct, including planning to wage aggressive war and deliberately working to change Ukraine’s borders, which led to the deaths of people. His associates accuse Martinova and Medova of violating the customs of war.
Kadyrov responded to this accusation by saying that the CIA should tell him where he appeared. “Determine where we will go. We will be happy to come there and find out who is a criminal and who is a terrorist,” Kadyrov said in an audio recording on his account on the Telegram social platform.
The Chechen leader has confirmed that he is participating in a “special military operation” in Ukraine, as Russia officially calls the war launched in the neighboring country. Kadyrov also stated: “As for me, I would have detained Kyiv for a long time, and Zelensky has long been in the cellar for interrogation.”
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