Ukraine identifies main suspect in Bucha massacre

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"The

in the Bucha murders has been identified."

The announcement came in the evening and was posted via social media by Ukraine's Prosecutor General

.

It is, as she herself reveals,

commander of the Russian National Guard.

"The police established that on March 18

killed four unarmed men and shortly afterwards tortured and subjected a civilian to a mock execution," the prosecutor said.

According to reports from the Prosecutor General's office on Telegram, the Russian military "forced another victim to

against the Russian army.

To do this, he hit the man with the butt of the rifle.

Faking an execution, he fired near the ear of an unarmed civilian.

Verifications are underway to determine if he is

Bucha

atrocities

, the soldier would also have sent looted items to his home in Ulyanovsk.

The prosecutor's Twitter post also shows photographs of the soldier packing the goods for send them home and his face (foreground) looks into the camera

Bucha Mayor Anatoly Fedoruk had given a final death toll a few days ago: 412. Many of whom were found in a single mass grave.

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