Butchers of Bucha honored by Putin

[BeyondGeography]

Link to tweet

President Vladimir Putin gave a special elite designation to an army unit that Ukraine has accused of committing war crimes in the town of Bucha.

Citing “mass heroism and valor” but making no mention of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the decree Putin signed Monday awarded the 64th Motorized Infantry Brigade the honorary title of Guards.

…Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

In his only public comments so far on the alleged atrocities, Putin last week compared them to U.S. attacks on cities like Raqqa in Syria and then called the Bucha claims “fake.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-18/putin-decorates-army-unit-that-ukraine-blames-for-bucha-deaths?utm_source=twitter&utm_content=business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_medium=social&cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&sref=NG9LFVzO

[JT45242]

1. The CO should immediately be charged with war crimes

If you want the world, especially rank and file Russian troops, that the west means business.

Putin has just officially announced who was in charge of what happened in Bucha. Charge the Commanding Officer with war crimes. Every time Putin declares his favor for a unit that is known to have committed war crimes, have the international court indict the commanding officer for war crimes.

If they published a list of the soldiers, add them and their immediate families to sanctions lists and freeze any assets in non-Russian banks.

[Pachamama]

2. Pathological

Absolutely sickening

Hopefully the ICC can use the list of the recipients of this Putin Barbarian Butcher Award to charge war crimes and genocide.

[Frustratedlady]

3. That was my first thought, as well. Putin identified some of the perpetrators.

Start the process...we can't waste more time with documentation while they continue to commit crimes of war!

And, don't forget to include Putin in the charges.

[Crunchy Frog]

4. Pretty obvious that the war crimes are deliberate.

Official military policy.

Many of those soldiers have been ID'd, and will eventually be hunted down and dealt with.