The Tornado members themselves did not accept this decision. The police, to whom the Tornado battalion reported the defection of a subordinate, often found those who managed to get home. 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. However, neither the names of the generals who smuggled weapons into the LPR and DPR, nor any evidence were provided by the Tornado members, either during the trial or afterwards. 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.Tornado's members were detained, placed in a pre-trial detention center. The battalion also had a category of "white" and "grey" fighters. But Tornado outdid the latter in the heinousness of its crimes. I was standing on the side of his head, as they demanded that I put my penis into the mouth of the tied man and the other into his anus. 2,654 Fans Like. 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]. Anatoly Plamadyal received a sentence of eight years in prison. In March 2014 acting President of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov issued an order to create seven territorial defence battalions. 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. 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. Some members of the group were given sentences ranging from 7 to 12 years. The eyewitness revealed this during the closed court sessions on August 2, 2016. . , c , , , . , , 454/2014 , "In Nikolaev create the armed battalion of territorial self-defence for situation deduction in the region", "Promised Remedies Transformation 34 Battalion territorial defence", . This special project was launched to shed light on what has happened in Donbass over the past eight years, with the aim to show not only episodes of crimes by the Kiev regime against the civilian population, but also to explore the roots of the disaster occurring in the region. The criminals released under the emergency amnesty are now not just at large; they were given weapons. . The Obolonsky regional court of Kiev announced the sentences of militants of the "Tornado" battalion, which were accused of tortures, rapes, and the murders of civilians of Donbass. The court ruled to commute the sentence by releasing him from prison and imposing a probation period of three years. I was refused, there was regular verbal and physical harassment. It was linked to the Shakhtersk volunteer battalion, which was disbanded for systematic looting. If you joined the battalion, it was virtually impossible to leave. He was constantly on the phone, calling up those retired out of jail and persuading them to come to the battalion. Onishchenko was taken into custody for 11 years, another 11 fighters - for terms ranging from 5-10 . Later, SBU officers deceived Mr M. by promising to exchange him for the UAF fighters who were being held captive by illegal armed groups, and forced him to testify about his involvement in terrorist activities. It was winter. Access to the chat has been blocked for violating the. "The Blacks were fighters who were not formally recruited because they had criminal records; Freeman actively recruited them into the Tornado. Here is a video of the 'lineup' that Onishchenko, a battalion commander and repeated criminal, held for those who were disillusioned and wanted to leave the Tornado. The soldiers climb down, hurl grenades and unleash a crackle of machine-gun . Another battalion that started life as a right-wing militia, the Tornado battalion was . Moreover, according to the known information, there were fewer violations like this in "ideological" formations, such as Azov or the Ukrainian Right Sector Volunteer Corps, than in the "ordinary ones" (for example, the infamous battalion Tornado).It seems that the SBU (The Security Service of Ukraine) was the biggest human rights . Here is a video of the 'lineup' that Onishchenko, a battalion commander and repeated criminal, held for those who were disillusioned and wanted to leave the Tornado. If they were caught, all hell broke loose on the ground: the deserters were sometimes tortured for weeks. Tornado battalion soldiers to be redeployed. And with Russian forces significantly tightening their siege of key Ukrainian cities in recent days, including concentrating about 21-22 battalion tactical groups around the capital Kyiv, it is . Meet Ukraine's "Tornado Battalion" Who filmed themselves raping BABIES in front of their mothers! "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. 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. 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 . #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. "He forced me to share a room with him. It shows his communication with Ukrainian volunteer Volodymyr Savanchuk and his wife Svetlana. But there was an unusual element to the event. The officers in question consumed marijuana about six or seven times in our presence by consuming it through a makeshift water bong.The Protocol II:The Protocol III:The Protocol IV:The Kharkov Human Rights Protection Group ReportMost of the citizens who experienced the so-called "mop-up" refused to describe their stories in writing, fearing for their safety. 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. One such battalion, dubbed "Tornado", was disbanded in December 2014 by Kiev following numerous reports of its crimes, but its members were never prosecuted, with many of them moving to other battalions. April 2022. They were recruited officially.The "Greys" were ordinary guys without any military experience who came as volunteers. You can call it a disarmament operation. 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. 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. In a key test of Ukraine's justice system, a Kiev court in April imprisoned former members of the disbanded, pro-Ukrainian "Tornado battalion" for torturing and sexually assaulting civilians in . Tens of thousands of people in Europe marched to protest against the Wests military aid to Ukraine. Immediately after the detention, they stripped the man down to his underwear, searched him, and hit him several times without finding anything. 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. But Tornado outdid the latter in the heinousness of its crimes. Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov personally disbanded Shakhtyorsk. separatists militias, mainly located in the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic and Donetsk People's Republic) and related conflicts onwards, i.e. They did a horrible thing to my son. The then Chief Military Prosecutor of Ukraine Anatoliy Matios commented situation: Matios reported that every fourth Tornado fighter had a criminal record. "Throughout my detention in the basement, I do not remember the exact number of days, but for more than 15, the police came to the basement several times a day, tied me to a support, beat me with their hands and feet, poured water on me, and tortured me with electric shocks. 15 July 2022. They promised to feed us three times a day and give us cigarettes. 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. [5] The best known volunteer groups are Self-defence of Maidan, which has its own warehouses in Melitopol, Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv, and Army SOS, an initiative of former Euromaidan activists. An eyewitness to the detention of the elderly man in the basement was Ms H., the business manager of the Stanitsa Luganskaya settlement council, who was held in the same room for several hours, together with the detainee, and accidentally witnessed his ill-treatment. Tornado battalion commander Ruslan Onishchenko received 11 years in prison and was stripped of his rank of police lieutenant. Afterwards, by rotating the metal handle of the telephone, bare wires were pressed against various parts of the body. The action was part of a live-fire training exercise for new recruits on a recent morning outside the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. Are you sure that is what they did? He also liked to paint swastikas and pagan symbols on the walls and talk about white supremacy. Mujahid came up with the idea of shooting a movie in the basement involving prisoners, he called it just like that the cinema", says one of the battalion fighters, for whom the prosecutor's office has no questions and he was not prosecuted. Those caught would be returned to the Tornado, where the same pattern of beatings and torture would be repeated.Some of the Tornado men have personally confessed to having a tendency towards sadism, a predilection for torture. KYIV -- Ukrainian prosecutors and defense lawyers have both vowed to appeal the verdicts and prison sentences . The defendants regularly attempted to disrupt the trial, for example, by throwing faeces and spraying urine on those present. Volunteers provide things like: hygiene items, food, sleeping bags, night vision goggles and multicopters (for use as drones).[5]. The deputy minister tweeted a "creative proposal" he had for the aircraft that are planned to be replaced by the F-35 fighter jets. The next day, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov signed an order to disband the Tornado battalion.The Tornado members themselves did not accept this decision. Moreover, survivors and witnesses of torture were simply afraid to testify against their torturers. In the Kiev region, a fighter of the Tornado company Daniil Lyashchuk (Al-Takbir), nicknamed "Mujahid", was detained, hiding from the investigation for several months, reports With reference to the military prosecutor of Ukraine . Tornado was linked to the disbanded Shakhtersk battalion, which was accused of staging systematic looting. Territorial defence battalions (Ukrainian: , romanized:Bataliony terytorialnoi oborony) were volunteer military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine under the auspices of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence in 20142015. Members of the Interior Ministry of Ukraine's commissions and psychologists are working with the soldiers of the Tornado . The Tornado battalion itself was born out of the remains of the fascist Shakhtarsk battalion, which was disbanded after its members were accused of human . ( ) . The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine formed the Tornado battalion in September 2014 on the basis of the personnel of the Shakhtersk national battalion disbanded due to looting and crimes against the population. 12:04 19.06.2015(updated 12:26 19.06.2015) A drone was used to prevent any massive military actions and to . Despite the enormous amount of circumstantial evidence, it is very difficult to prove murder unless a body is found. All in all, I was kept in the basement for 17 days.. In one case of criminal activity, Tornado commander Ruslan Onishchenko forced his ward's girlfriend to masturbate him. They were recruited officially. Those 170 people, of whom 100 are now officially registered with the police, and about 70 are unidentified people, are armed and staying on the territory of the base In mid-March, when I was near the driveway, a bus pulled up and three men in camouflage uniforms got out and forcibly took me into the minibus. The court hearings were held behind closed doors, without public access.In one case of criminal activity, Tornado commander Ruslan Onishchenko forced his ward's girlfriend to masturbate him.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. Yuri Shevchenko received a sentence of five years in prison. Ukraine's Deputy Foreign Minister Andriy Melnyk has offered Germany to transfer Tornado fighter jets planned for decommissioning to Ukraine. They barricaded themselves in their base (the school premises), booby-trapped the approaches and said they were ready to use weapons in the event of an assault. 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. Between 17 and 23 March 2015, Tornado members systematically used the basement to beat male civilians. On February 23, the Russian defense ministry claimed that Ukrainian armed forces were planning a provocation against the breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria "with the involvement of the nationalist Azov battalion." The ministry added that Ukraine plans to stage an attack by Russian forces in Transnistria as a "pretext to invade." The neighbour found her the next morning behind the bed, the granny was dead. Freeman found all this amusing. They tied him to a support (a sports tool), beat him with their hands and feet and with a plastic rod, poured water on him and tortured him with electric shocks, made him dance naked and sing songs to them, do push-ups off the floor and squat with a 24 kg yellow kettlebell. 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. That's fair, says Onishchenko. The men were also subjected to torture with an object similar to an electric generator. The defendants regularly attempted to disrupt the trial, for example, by throwing faeces and spraying urine on those present. In addition, he was in the basement in darkness and could not observe the change of day and night.An eyewitness to the detention of the elderly man in the basement was Ms H., the business manager of the Stanitsa Luganskaya settlement council, who was held in the same room for several hours, together with the detainee, and accidentally witnessed his ill-treatment.Later, SBU officers deceived Mr M. by promising to exchange him for the UAF fighters who were being held captive by illegal armed groups, and forced him to testify about his involvement in terrorist activities. They stripped me naked - spread me by my arms and legs. After the lineup, not on camera, they could receive a beating. "The Blacks were fighters who were not formally recruited because they had criminal records; Freeman actively recruited them into the Tornado. Following the discontinuation of Special Operations Militia Battalion Shakhtarsk (which had been created at the initiative of the member of parliament Oleh Liashko and fought near Ilovaisk), Ministry of Interior detachment Saint . They barricaded themselves in their base (the school premises), booby-trapped the approaches and said they were ready to use weapons in the event of an assault.The then Chief Military Prosecutor of Ukraine Anatoliy Matios commented situation:If this situation is not resolved today or tomorrow, it will be what it should be under the law. The court ordered that all of them be charged 7,750 hryvnyas (about 263 USD) for court costs. They justified their rail terrorism by citing "the struggle against smuggling, corruption and illegal arms trade". They put me in the basement An hour or two passed Onishchenko arrived and was glad they had brought me. 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. [4] These formations were subordinated to the Ministry of Defense. Whichever one you like, the code does not define it as an assault. After the beating, they dragged the man to the pit as he fainted several times. They had nothing to lose and nowhere to return. 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. To prevent me from running away, they put metal handcuffs on my leg, which they attached to a 24 kg kettlebell. Among other things, three of the defendants were charged with committing crimes under Part 3 of Article 153 of the Criminal Code (sexual indulgence in perverse forms committed repeatedly or by a group of persons). One such battalion, dubbed "Tornado", was disbanded in December 2014 by Kiev following numerous reports of its crimes, but its members were never prosecuted, with many of them moving to other battalions.The crimes of another notorious voluntary battalion, "Aidar", were investigated, documented, and exposed by the Amnesty International non-profit. 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. Nevertheless, the formation of the new national battalion was not kept secret. Does Nol Le Grat still have a chance to return to the helm of the FFF? If you are willing to endure torture - you have the right to torture. 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 used as human shields to provide cover from sniper fire. According to the military prosecutor's office, the fighters of this battalion practiced extrajudicial killings, torture and rape against civilians. Already during the trial in the summer of 2015, some of the authorities were indignant and perplexed: how is it that criminals . Nikolai Tsukur received nine years in prison and was stripped of his rank of police lieutenant. They sit in that cage and laugh. Onishchenko was previously prosecuted five times for serious and particularly serious crimes. Two Tornado members recorded the process I mentioned on mobile phones". Tornado Battalion fighters training to help wounded soldiers at their base in Luhansk Oblast. 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). 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. If we refused to work, the Tornado members threatened to kill us. Written: 18:53, 27. The Kiev government released the sadists from this battalion in March and sent them to the front.In the summer of 2015, Ukraine witnessed a scandal over the Tornado battalion men whod only recently been hailed as "ATO heroes" were being called criminals. the insignia of the notorious rapists and murderers of the "Tornado" battalion. Radical politicians, members of neo-Nazi movements and ATO veterans, who were convinced that the charges were fabricated, demanded an open trial. Some members of the group were given sentences ranging from 7 to 12 years. While a Ukrainian Army officer was giving the orders, the trainees were members of a volunteer Chechen battalion that also mixed in some Crimean Tatars and Ukrainians. Signs of torture inflicted on victims by members of the Tornado national battalionJournalists from various media outlets with different viewpoints collected the evidence. In autumn 2014 most of the territorial defence battalions were reorganized as motorized infantry battalions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. By Interfax-Ukraine. Things were getting so bad that they would go along the street, smash up all the houses, and take everything. [29]After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian government announced general mobilisation [30] and formed new territorial defense battalions to accommodate the influx in men. Sputnik News. 11 September 2015. 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. The yelling, public threats and humiliation paralyzed the fighters.After the lineup, not on camera, they could receive a beating.Among the Tornado members who came to their senses, there were some who dared to escape. The law enforcers did not dare to storm the building. 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