These guys were so bad that even the Nazis from the Azoz Battalion testified against them and the Ukes were forced to jailed them for war crimes. In autumn 2014 most of the territorial defence battalions were reorganized as motorized infantry battalions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The Tornado fighters came to this grandmother's house, pulled a new mattress right out from under her and left. the conflict area in eastern Ukraine, among Ukrainian armed forces, civilians and members of the armed groups. 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. It is unknown what they really agreed upon with the Tornado fighters, but later Avakov said that the battalion obeyed his orders and respected discipline and order. They had nothing to lose and nowhere to return. He is on trial for molesting his own young children. If you joined the battalion, it was virtually impossible to leave. Veterans of the Azov Battalion, who took part in the war with Russia-backed separatists in the east of Ukraine, salute during a mass 'No Surrender' rally in Kyiv in March 2020 Sergei Supinsky . The attack lasted only three minutes or so, but imagery posted online of the alleged aftermath reported a scene of devastation and scores . Rallies of support for the Tornadoes were held outside the court building and supporters threatened to take the building by storm. 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. Many agreed and came. If they got killed, the Tornado had nothing to do with it they were not officially listed, just like the Blacks.If you joined the battalion, it was virtually impossible to leave. Some of the Tornado men have personally confessed to having a tendency towards sadism, a predilection for torture. They did a horrible thing to my son. Meet Ukraine's "Tornado Battalion" Who filmed themselves raping BABIES in front of their mothers! Tag: Tornado Battalion (Ukraine) Ukraine War. Right Sector, and Tornado battalions . Onishchenko was taken into custody for 11 years, another 11 fighters - for terms ranging from 5-10 years. 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. During the fight against the "separatists", almost every resident of the settlement went through the illegal detention facilities organised by the Tornado battalion members. They repeatedly tried to storm the courthouse. "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. They were recruited officially. The law enforcers did not dare to storm the building. 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. Photo by Alexander Rychkov Shevchenkivsky District Court of Kyiv has released from custody two former fighters of the Tornado Interior Ministry battalion Mykyta Kust and Maksym Hliebov, both of whom have been placed under . Those caught would be returned to the Tornado, where the same pattern of beatings and torture would be repeated. 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. The Protocol I described the events of 17-23 March 2015. 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). The explanation is simple no bodies were found, and so far, all the victims have been reported missing. Tornado battalion commander Ruslan Onishchenko received 11 years in prison and was stripped of his rank of police lieutenant. At about 0430 on the morning of 11 July, a column of battalions from the Ukrainian 24th and 72nd Mechanized Brigades and 79th Airmobile Brigade was struck with an intense artillery barrage near Zelenopillya. This was mainly done with the aim of seizing property from the victims and further intimidating them. 2,654 Fans Like. He also liked to paint swastikas and pagan symbols on the walls and talk about white supremacy. "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. The court ruled to commute the sentence by releasing him from prison and imposing a probation period of three years.Roman Ivash, Nikita Sviridovskiy and Andrei Demchuk were released from the sentence with two years' probation.All those convicted fall under the Savchenko Law (one day in pre-trial detention counts as two days in prison). From an article published by Novaya Gazeta*, a former Tornado fighter's story about Mujahid: He was the one who came up with the idea of scripting role-playing scenarios of same-sex torture-rape. April 10, 2017 08:46 GMT. They immediately received an assault rifle and were trained by more experienced fighters. But Tornado outdid the latter in the heinousness of its crimes. The Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs established the Tornado battalion in September 2014 from the personnel of the Shakhtyorsk national battalion, who were disbanded due to allegations of looting and crimes against the population. It was formed from Anti-Terrorist Operation veterans, a "Shakhtyorsk" police special unit, that was disbanded due to looting and war crimes. The now-famed Ukrainian defendersmostly members of marine and Azov Battalion unitswere increasingly confined to the sprawling Azovstal steel plant, which would become the last bastion of . Latest Veterans News. . "Tornado" is a national police battalion that was put on trial in Ukraine for numerous atrocities on Ukrainian territory. The Tornado battalion crimes case is a. VT RADIO: Alternative Foreign Policy Talk. Both agreed that a public trial was needed. The court hearings were held behind closed doors, without public access. **The editorial team has screenshots of the correspondence but we hesitate to publish them due to their shocking content, even for a seasoned reader.The VerdictTornado battalion commander Ruslan Onishchenko received 11 years in prison and was stripped of his rank of police lieutenant.Danil Lyashuk received ten years in prison.Nikolai Tsukur received nine years in prison and was stripped of his rank of police lieutenant.Nikita Kusta received a nine-year prison sentence and was stripped of his rank of junior sergeant.Boris Gulchuk, Maxim Khlebov and Ilya Kholod received nine years in prison each.Anatoly Plamadyal received a sentence of eight years in prison.Yuri Shevchenko received a sentence of five years in prison. They were personally loyal to the commander and ready to carry out any assignment. Then Ruslan Onishchenko told us to rape him. [5] Battalions generally took their name from wherever most of their recruits were from. Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siardhttp://stalkerzone.org/victim-testimonies-against-ukrainian-tornado-battalion-eng-subs/Original video from: ht. All those convicted fall under the Savchenko Law (one day in pre-trial detention counts as two days in prison). The victims included male and female rape victims who asked to remain anonymous. One of the detainees was forced to suck and lick a plastic tube and imitate oral sex and pretend to suck a penis. But Tornado outdid the latter in the heinousness of its crimes. Nevertheless, the formation of the new national battalion was not kept secret.The public learned about the crimes of the Shakhtyorsk battalion almost straight away. They tried to make him confess to having detonated an explosion at a military checkpoint, which he did not do. 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They say they want to defend their freedom. Members of the so-called "Tornado squadron" are suspected of looting, rape, torture, and murder. Things were getting so bad that they would go along the street, smash up all the houses, and take everything. "A dozen fighters stole a young girl and raped her for 10 days until the child died. [31] In social media statements by the TDF, several previously unseen battalion numbers (some exceeding the theoretical 150 number), such as the 103rd,[32] 124th,[33] 130th,[34] 251st [35] etc. Court and prosecutor's office staff members at one point began to walk into the trial with umbrellas.Rallies of support for the Tornadoes were held outside the court building and supporters threatened to take the building by storm. Among the Tornado members who came to their senses, there were some who dared to escape. In 2015, criminal proceedings were opened against members of the Tornado special-purpose police battalion. 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