Ukraine said Wednesday it had assassinated a Russian officer responsible for war crimes, targeting him with a car bomb inside Russia.
Veniamin Mazzherin, who died at the weekend, was the deputy commander of a Russian military police unit in Kemerovo, southwest Siberia, according to Ukrainian Defense Intelligence.
The Russian Guard special unit he helped lead was allegedly involved in “war crimes and genocide against the Ukrainian people” in Kyiv during Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the intelligence service said.
CNN has asked the Russ
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