Russian general dubbed 'Butcher of Mariupol' is a mystery to experts
For years, Col. Gen. Mikhail Mizintsev was an obscure figure in Russia’s sprawling military leadership. But over the past week, he’s become well-known under a startling moniker: “The butcher of Mariupol.”
Ukrainian officials and activists have accused Mizintsev of orchestrating a devastating siege of the southern Ukrainian port city that, according to its mayor, has killed thousands of civilians and leveled residential buildings.
“This is Mikhail Mizintsev. He is leading the siege of Mariupol. … He has huge experience of destroying cities in Syria,” Oleksandra Matviichuk, head of Ukraine’s Center for Civil Liberties, tweeted last week over a photo of the 59-year-old general, a man with close-cropped gray hair and pale blue eyes.
Mizintsev, who heads Russia’s National Defense Control Center, was placed under sanctions Thursday by the British government, which said he was “linked to the planning and execution of the bombardment of Mariupol, among other key Russian military operations against Ukraine.”
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