#Ukraine: Today Ruslan Onishchenko, the commander of the Neo-Nazi Tornado battalion, was released from prison by the Zelensky regime, alongside thousands of other criminals.Onishchenko was previously condemned to 10 years imprisonment for rape, torture and murder of civilians. They tried to make him confess to having detonated an explosion at a military checkpoint, which he did not do. The Tornado fighters came to this grandmother's house, pulled a new mattress right out from under her and left. Former military personnel among convicts and detainees who have expressed the desire to defend Ukraine in its effort to fight off the Russian aggression are being released from prisons and detention facilities. This archive photo shows Ruslan Onishchenko, commander of the Tornado Battalion, with other Tornado fighters in Lysychansk. This was mainly done with the aim of seizing property from the victims and further intimidating them.According to the prosecutor, the most brutal forms of violence were sexual offences against men, committed in a particularly perverse form, with the entire process being recorded on mobile phones. Who are Tornado troops? It was winter. Some of the Tornado men have personally confessed to having a tendency towards sadism, a predilection for torture. Before the invasion, the Ukrainian military had already begun an expansion process of the territorial defense forces in preparation of the Russian invasion. Some members of the group were given sentences ranging from 7 to 12 years. If they were caught, all hell broke loose on the ground: the deserters were sometimes tortured for weeks. All in all, I was kept in the basement for 17 days.. However, they never rushed there, preferring to engage in torture, provocation, mockery and robbery behind the lines. Volunteers provide things like: hygiene items, food, sleeping bags, night vision goggles and multicopters (for use as drones).[5]. In other words, the regional authorities asked Kiev to disarm those who were sent to protect civilians. NEO-NAZI militias in Ukraine are preparing for all-out war with Russia as they arm themselves for the fight against Vladimir Putin's forces. Several armed volunteer militia groups are taking part in Ukraine's "Anti-Terrorist Operation," the government's fight against separatists in the east of the country. Tornado Battalion fighters training to help wounded soldiers at their base in Luhansk Oblast. And then he filmed this video. The truth about their methods of "working with civilians" was too shocking to justify. One of Freeman's cronies, codenamed Achilles, who had also served time before the conflict and had connections in criminal circles, specifically collected information on who was released and when. 11 September 2015. Members of Ukraine's . Then Ruslan Onishchenko told us to rape him. Access to the chat has been blocked for violating the. The head of the breakaway Donetsk People's Republic in Ukraine has been seen in a video awarding a medal to a fighter for helping to kill "more than 250 nationalists." Published on April 3 through . [15] By law, every oblast in Ukraine should create its own territorial defence battalions.[5]. This is what Moskal said on 112 Ukraine TV at the time:By this point, the Tornado radicals became so convinced of their ability to operate with impunity that they proceeded to block rail freight traffic in the region. This perverted sadist, Mujahid, is currently at the front. A woman told reporters that she had barely managed to save her 9-year-old daughter from the drunken Tornado fighters, who were about to rape the little girl. The attack lasted only three minutes or so, but imagery posted online of the alleged aftermath reported a scene of devastation and scores . It is unknown what they really agreed upon with the Tornado fighters, but later Avakov said that the battalion obeyed his orders and respected discipline and order.What Criminal Charges Did the Tornado Fighters Face?Here are just some of the charges the Tornado fighters were tried on:There are no charges under the article murder among those listed. KYIV -- Ukrainian prosecutors and defense lawyers have both vowed to appeal the verdicts and prison sentences . The court ordered that all of them be charged 7,750 hryvnyas (about 263 USD) for court costs. The wave of outrage over the crimes of the Tornado battalion was so strong that the Ukrainian law enforcement system, despite the constant cover-up of war criminals, was forced to react. The defendants regularly attempted to disrupt the trial, for example, by throwing faeces and spraying urine on those present. After the beating, they dragged the man to the pit as he fainted several times. Including those known for their particular cruelty, penchant for sadism, paedophilia, incest and other monstrous pathologies. Volodymyr Savanchuk, a volunteer, is now also on trial. Perhaps what was most surprising is who called them that: the country's chief military prosecutor and minister of internal affairs.Material presented by the Ukrainian media, prosecutors and human rights activists show that Tornado fighters robbed, tortured, and raped men and women and killed Ukrainian civilians. For example, a report by the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union, a Ukrainian human rights organisation, and the Truth Hounds, another human rights organisation, describes an incident involving the abduction by Shakhtyorsk fighters of several residents of Marinka, who were first. The Ukrainian General Staff confirmed on March 4 that Ukrainian Special Forces killed 50 soldiers belonging to the Russian 31st Airborne Brigade based at Ulyanovsk in fighting in Hostomel on March 3. The SNA and the Patriot of Ukraine, together with Svoboda and . Once again, let us turn to the information that a correspondent of Novaya Gazeta* was able to obtain from a former "Tornado" member: You could roughly divide the Tornado personnel into three groups. However, it was decided that the trials would be held behind closed doors. Many agreed and came.The battalion also had a category of "white" and "grey" fighters.The "Whites", fighters that were former police officers who were discharged or had not been re-certified in the summer of 2015 and came to serve in the battalion. At one point, the campaign to protect these Heroes of ATO in the press and on social media gained such momentum that Chief Military Prosecutor of Ukraine Anatoliy Matios decided to reveal the atrocities of the Tornado fighters live on 112 Ukraine TV. "He forced me to share a room with him. A high-profile criminal case against members of the Tornado battalion is known from the reported cases of sexual violence against men. There has been scary rumours about their basements".A woman told reporters that she had barely managed to save her 9-year-old daughter from the drunken Tornado fighters, who were about to rape the little girl.How the Court ProceededWhen you watch the video footage of the trial, it is shocking how brazen and insolent the Tornado fighters are, apparently confident that they can get away with anything. Immediately after the detention, they stripped the man down to his underwear, searched him, and hit him several times without finding anything.The elderly man was put in the basement, where there were eight other people besides him. If we refused to work, the Tornado members threatened to kill us. Here is how he commented on his actions on Ukrainian television:In other words, he knew of at least some of the crimes, and even then, in 2014, the obvious criminals were deliberately not put on trial and were never punished, but simply assigned to other "volunteer battalions" (ed. Atrocities committed by the nationalist volunteer battalions during the Ukrainian conflicts have been well-documented by international human rights groups and . Ukraine also lost control of the UkrainianRussian border and this allowed a large inflow of insurgents and military supplies from Russia. If you are ready to die, you have the right to kill. You can participate in the discussion within 24 hours after the publication of the article. According to former Tornado members, there was no hurry to officially recruit them, although Freeman promised that after the training they would be registered according to all the regulations. How could someone recruit a gang into a battalion? The Kiev government released the sadists from this battalion in March and sent them to the front. Members of the Tornado battalion appeared in the Kyiv court. This was reported on the evening of April 7th by the Interfax-Ukraine news agency. After the brutal beating, he was in a painful condition and could not orientate himself in time, so he cannot clearly remember the sequence of events. **The editorial team has screenshots of the correspondence but we hesitate to publish them due to their shocking content, even for a seasoned reader.The VerdictTornado battalion commander Ruslan Onishchenko received 11 years in prison and was stripped of his rank of police lieutenant.Danil Lyashuk received ten years in prison.Nikolai Tsukur received nine years in prison and was stripped of his rank of police lieutenant.Nikita Kusta received a nine-year prison sentence and was stripped of his rank of junior sergeant.Boris Gulchuk, Maxim Khlebov and Ilya Kholod received nine years in prison each.Anatoly Plamadyal received a sentence of eight years in prison.Yuri Shevchenko received a sentence of five years in prison. Some members of the group were given sentences ranging from 7 to 12 years. There are reports that the former Tornado members have seized APCs and additional weapons from the Ukrainian Armed Forces and have started doing their usual business.The Tornado criminals are in no hurry to go to the front line. [4] These formations were subordinated to the Ministry of Defense. On 17 June 2015, eight members of the battalion, including battalion commander Ruslan Onishchenko, were detained. The court ruled to commute the sentence by releasing him from prison and imposing a probation period of three years.Roman Ivash, Nikita Sviridovskiy and Andrei Demchuk were released from the sentence with two years' probation.All those convicted fall under the Savchenko Law (one day in pre-trial detention counts as two days in prison). It was originally created for prevention of criminal encroachment and defence of civil order on 15 April 2014, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. There's nothing like raising your vitality when you have someone's life in your hands, says Mujahid. When you watch the video footage of the trial, it is shocking how brazen and insolent the Tornado fighters are, apparently confident that they can get away with anything. Between 17 and 23 March 2015, Tornado members systematically used the basement to beat male civilians. The said events and torture were recorded by Tornado members on mobile phones. "Mujahid (Danil Lyashuk), a supporter of the Islamic State (a terrorist organisation outlawed in Russia), according to Ukraine's Chief Military Prosecutor Anatoliy Matios, was known for his exceptional cruelty:"Lyashuk committed with extreme cynicism and audacity, cruelty and ruthlessness the most brutal torture of the local population of Lugansk region, organised and directly participated in the rape of detainees whom he and other suspects abducted for profit.The case file contains correspondence, including photos** seized during the arrest from the phone of Tornado commander Onishchenko. Many have been . A veteran of the Ukrainian national guard's Azov Battalion conducts military exercises for civilians in Kyiv, Ukraine on January 30, 2022 [File: Gleb Garanich/Reuters] Published On 1 Mar 2022 1 . The victims did not believe that the same authorities who had thrown them to the mercy of the Tornado fighters would give the battalion a fair trial: today they are behind bars and tomorrow they'll be free taking revenge on those who dared to testify against them (spoiler: indeed that is what happened the defendants were later released).Since the beginning, the court was under enormous pressure from politicians, neo-Nazis and "brothers in arms". note Sputnik). In February 2022, prisoners with military experience who were ready to take part in combat activity, under martial law, started to be released from their places of detention, a prosecutor's office official, Andriy Sinyuk, told reporters. In particular, Matios said, in the local school basement where they . Here is how he commented on his actions on Ukrainian television: In other words, he knew of at least some of the crimes, and even then, in 2014, the obvious criminals were deliberately not put on trial and were never punished, but simply assigned to other "volunteer battalions" (ed. Rallies of support for the Tornadoes were held outside the court building and supporters threatened to take the building by storm. "The Blacks were fighters who were not formally recruited because they had criminal records; Freeman actively recruited them into the Tornado. The base is located in the village of Privolye near the Lugansk People's Republic city of Lisichansk, which was recently liberated by Russian and allied . They accounted for half of the battalion. Ukrainian officials say one video shows a re-enactment of how members of Tornado forced two captives to rape another man; they also say some 40 members of the battalion have criminal records. Near Kiev detained "Mojahed" - the most bloodthirsty fighter units "Tornado". In March, RT correspondent Maria Finoshina visited the abandoned base of the Ukrainian nationalist Aidar battalion and talked with former prisoners of the nationalists. They tried to make him confess to having detonated an explosion at a military checkpoint, which he did not do. The Tornado battalion was founded as an occult structure which was set up and developed at the State University of Informatics and Artificial Intelligence in Donetsk, said philosopher, political scientist, . Court and prosecutor's office staff members at one point began to walk into the trial with umbrellas. They were simply abducted, used as slaves, abused, and some were killed, the newspaper quoted former Tornado fighters and testimony from civilians:Sometimes we were more afraid of them than the shelling. Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in February 2014 and the War on Donbass since April 2014, several military formations have appeared. The leader of the notorious volunteer battalion of Tornado has been released, according to reports. According to the military prosecutor's office, the fighters of this battalion practiced extrajudicial killings, torture and rape against civilians. Nikita Kusta received a nine-year prison sentence and was stripped of his rank of junior sergeant. The police, to whom the Tornado battalion reported the defection of a subordinate, often found those who managed to get home. The Ukrainian military revolted after they had learnt that Ukraine's Interior Minister Arsen Avakov was planning to disband the Tornado battalion KIEV, June 18 /TASS/. The counterattack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region failed due to the loss of foreign-made anti-tank systems. Telegram messages seen by The Sun Online show how the extreme far-right Azov Battalion are carrying out military-style drills and pledging to fight to the death. Azov Battalion is the most controversial of all the Ukrainian forces - espousing right wing ideology, showcasing Nazi symbols and focussing on white supremacist ideology. They had nothing to lose and nowhere to return. In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election several members of the battalions were elected into the Ukrainian parliament. The Tornado battalion crimes case is a. VT RADIO: Alternative Foreign Policy Talk. Right Sector, and Tornado battalions . At one point, the authorities threatened to send a thousand police officers to guard the courthouse during the trial against the Tornado fighters.As the trial proceeded, more and more details emerged about what was going on inside the Tornado battalion itself. According to the prosecutor, the most brutal forms of violence were sexual offences against men, committed in a particularly perverse form, with the entire process being recorded on mobile phones. Residents had been contacting the police and even other national battalions about the "lawlessness" and crimes of the Tornado fighters practically from the very start. Ukrainian military prosecutors, police, and residents allege that members of the Tornado battalion tasked with policing Pryvillia and nearby communities went rogue, committing violent crimes . The Protocol I described the events of 17-23 March 2015. That's fair, says Onishchenko. Most of the citizens who experienced the so-called "mop-up" refused to describe their stories in writing, fearing for their safety. He is on trial for molesting his own young children. But founder of the Tornado battalion Andriy Filonenko (below, left) and Serhiy Melnychuk, founder and former commander of the Aidar battalion, say Ukraine's elite are simply out to protect themselves. He wrote out the roles and lines. However, the Ukrainian government was in for a surprise when it realized it did not have the authority to control these battalions after all. 6 May 2014 Ukraine began a second stage of mobilization. "The Blacks were fighters who were not formally recruited because they had criminal records; Freeman actively recruited them into the Tornado. Do you think I am lying? Tornado was linked to the disbanded Shakhtersk battalion, which was accused of staging systematic looting. After some time, they took him out of the basement ("the pit") and while he was in a sitting position, some unidentified individuals beat his legs and back with an iron pipe. They immediately received an assault rifle and were trained by more experienced fighters. Several times, I have found myself in a situation where you bring help to the military and start praying to God to get out of there alive and well. During the opening stages of the war in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian military and police forces were largely ineffective in separatist areas, often surrendering equipment or overwhelmed in cities by large crowds of civilians. Onishchenko was taken into custody for 11 years, another 11 fighters - for terms ranging from 5-10 . The defendants regularly attempted to disrupt the trial, for example, by throwing faeces and spraying urine on those present. This was in 2016. Azov began as a military infantry unit made up of civilian volunteers drawn from far-right, neo-Nazi groups that were active in Ukraine, such as the Patriot of Ukraine gang and the Social National Assembly (SNA). The 'Tornado battalion' used rape and torture as weapons of war a war Zelenskyy's government has been waging against the people of Donetsk and Luhansk. However, they never rushed there, preferring to engage in torture, provocation, mockery and robbery behind the lines.Among the released former fighters of the punitive battalion is Danil Lyashuk, known by his moniker "Mujahid". He came up with a plot, such as Givi and Motorola, the separatist commanders, rape their boss, Alexander Zakharchenko. "Tornado" is a national police battalion that was put on trial in Ukraine for numerous atrocities on Ukrainian territory. Onishchenko took a ski stick and hit me on the legs and genitals no less than 30 times, the witness said.The man said that after the beatings, he wanted to commit suicide. I did not want to live, so I ripped off a piece of rusty metal from the door and started to slit my wrists.*Photos:1. At one point, the authorities threatened to send a thousand police officers to guard the courthouse during the trial against the Tornado fighters. And forced the prisoners to do all this, and if they refused, they were beaten until they agreed. According to witnesses and leaks, Onishchenko, together with his team and other criminals involved, has formed a new battalion stationed near Kiev. In 2015, criminal proceedings were opened against members of the Tornado special-purpose police battalion. This ultra-nationalist group was formed in October 2014 as part of a Ukrainian Interior Ministry strategy. In one case of criminal activity, Tornado commander Ruslan Onishchenko forced his ward's girlfriend to masturbate him. "The Shakhtyorsk battalion, having fought beautifully at Ilovaisk, was disbanded by ministerial order because of repeated incidents of looting in Volnovakha and other instances". the insignia of the notorious rapists and murderers of the "Tornado" battalion. Nevertheless, the formation of the new national battalion was not kept secret.The public learned about the crimes of the Shakhtyorsk battalion almost straight away. The case, consisting of 80 volumes, was considered for almost two years with the participation of 111 witnesses and 13 victims. He did well. Theoretically, the TDF could field up to 150 battalions. They justified their rail terrorism by citing "the struggle against smuggling, corruption and illegal arms trade". Many agreed and came. This is what Moskal said on 112 Ukraine TV at the time: Danil Lyashuk, known as Mujahid, a member of the Tornado national battalion in Stanitsa Luganskaya. Tens of thousands of people in Europe marched to protest against the Wests military aid to Ukraine. The action was part of a live-fire training exercise for new recruits on a recent morning outside the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. The discussion is closed. 34,709 Followers Follow. On September 13, Ukrainian President Vlodymyr Zelensky made a surprise trip to the city of Izyum in the Kharkov Region for a photo op following his military's recapture of the town from Russian forces. Robot. 47. "A dozen fighters stole a young girl and raped her for 10 days until the child died. Latest Veterans News. On April 7, a Kyiv court sentenced seven former members of the Tornado police battalion to 8 to 10 years in prison, and its leader to 11 years in prison, for torture and rape of civilians. Nevertheless, In the basement of the school 32 in the city of Pryvillia fighters of the 'Tornado' battalion 'Mojahed' and 'Bizon' tortured an unknown man with a stun gun. In addition, he was in the basement in darkness and could not observe the change of day and night. To get rid of the defenders. Tornado fighters also set up a torture chamber in the basement of a school in Lysychansk where they raped and tortured locals, including minors and retired people regardless of their gender. The legal counsels and the Tornado members themselves used this catch.The case itself was reported to consist of 86 volumes.Witness TestimonyAs stated earlier, the court was under enormous pressure. It is reported by "Strana.ua" with reference to the ex-People's Deputy of Ukraine Igor Mosiychuk. In 2022 the Territorial Defense Forces were created as a successor of the old territorial defense battalions. 12:04 19.06.2015(updated 12:26 19.06.2015) A drone was used to prevent any massive military actions and to . After the brutal beating, he was in a painful condition and could not orientate himself in time, so he cannot clearly remember the sequence of events. As stated earlier, the court was under enormous pressure. Reduction of five years in prison with the 'yes is yes' law for the man who raped and killed an 83-year-old woman, Pushilin: Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to counterattack in the Ugledar direction, Belgian Finance Ministry: Brussels freezes Russian assets worth 58 billion. Tornado's members were detained, placed in a pre-trial detention center. Ruslan Onyshchenko, the commander of the Tornado Volunteer Battalion of the Ukrainian Ministry of Interior and seven of his men were arrested on June 17 accused of rape and torture. the conflict area in eastern Ukraine, among Ukrainian armed forces, civilians and members of the armed groups. He is on trial for molesting his own young children. Since 30 April 2014, all territorial defence battalions have been part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and fall under the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the governors of the oblasts (provinces) in which they were created. The Ukrainian president's decision to platform the far-right military force backfired dramatically in a country where memories of Golden Dawn are still fresh and the public are questioning the motives of those involved in geopolitical power play, says KEVIN OVENDEN. All those convicted fall under the Savchenko Law (one day in pre-trial detention counts as two days in prison). He also liked to paint swastikas and pagan symbols on the walls and talk about white supremacy. The law enforcers did not dare to storm the building. From an article published by Novaya Gazeta*, a former Tornado fighter's story about Mujahid: He was the one who came up with the idea of scripting role-playing scenarios of same-sex torture-rape. It turns out I was only left untouched because according to some criminal laws the hand that gives is not chopped off". Breaking News: Ukrainian Militants Attack Village in Russia's Bryansk Region, Governor Says, https://cdnn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e6/04/15/1094946339_76:0:525:337_1920x0_80_0_0_f96c19e0a23c95831325c0bba93a1c83.jpg.webp. For instance, members of "tornado" battalion accused of kidnappings, tor-ture and rape, denied their responsibility, claiming that they had kept in the places of detention ("in basements") only the "separatists"3. Source: this information was confirmed by Prosecutor Andriy Syniuk from the . separatists militias, mainly located in the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic and Donetsk People's Republic) and related conflicts onwards, i.e. It was winter. Federalist and pro-Russian insurgents quickly gained large swaths of territory. The court ordered that all of them be charged 7,750 hryvnyas (about 263 USD) for court costs. Whichever one you like, the code does not define it as an assault. The victims included male and female rape victims who asked to remain anonymous. Written: 18:53, 27. By August 2014 over 5,600 volunteers had joined defence battalions across Ukraine and about 7,000 volunteers had joined by the end of September.[22][23]. The ships of the "Karakurt" and "Buyan-M" projects with "Caliber" went to the exercises in the Baltic Sea, The weather on Tuesday: cold, lightly snowy in the southeast, and rainy in Corsica, The lawyer's concern: The verdict could lead to fewer reports, What is the fate of Zelensky after the end of the war? Then they (Tornado members) used bare current-carrying wires to touch various parts of the prisoners bodies, such as the temples, the penis and the scrotum. Units. 2. According to the former MP Ihor Mosiychuk, Mujahid, who received a ten-year sentence, was released back in the summer of 2021. Were caught, all hell broke loose on the evening of April 7th the... 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