The Security Service and the National Police have documented the war crimes of another ruscist who tortured Ukrainian prisoners of war.

This is a russian citizen Aleksei Khavetsky, deputy chief of the ‘correctional colony No. 7’ located in Vladimir region of russia.

According to the investigation, at least from the end of May 2023 to February 2024 the official personally participated in the torture of captured Ukrainian defenders held in this russian prison.

In the jail, the victims were tortured with electric shocks and attacked by guard dogs, used by the ruscists to guard the perimeter of the facility.

On the instructions of Khavetskyi, his subordinates regularly beat prisoners and then left them without food, water and medical care for long periods of time.

Another common method of torture was to keep the victims without warm clothes in frozen cells without heating or at low temperatures in the open air.

Using torture, the jailer tried to ‘beat out’ confessions from the victims in fabricated cases against Ukrainian servicemen.

He also used physical violence and psychological pressure on the prisoners to force them to cooperate with russia in the war against our country.

Based on the evidence, SSU investigators served Khavetskyi a notice of suspicion in absentia under Articles 28.2, 438.1 of the CCU (war crimes, committed upon prior conspiracy, by a group).

The suspect is in russia. Efforts are underway to find and bring him to the prosecution.

The investigation was carried out under the procedural supervision of the Prosecutor General’s Office.