Journalists of the independent Russian publication “Agenstvo” have investigated – first lieutenant Chalims Chuldum, major Boris Dudko and captain Sergej Bacherikov are behind Putin. All received “Hero of Russia” awards.
Dudko served as deputy commander of the 124th separate tank battalion of the 76th Guards Airborne Assault Division of the Air Force in Ukraine. Soldiers of this division (104th and 234th regiments) are accused of killing civilians in the city of Buch, Kyiv region.
Dudko received the “Hero of Russia” award because the unit he led destroyed about 20 units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and killed about 200 defenders of Ukraine in battle.
Another member of the Bucha occupation, Colonel Azatbek Omurbekov, took part in the so-called Victory Day military parade in the Russian city of Khabarovsk for the second year in a row and led a tank column.
Chuldum, on the other hand, served in the 55th Separate Guard Motorized Rifle Unit of the Russian Army. Ukrainian authorities accused the military of the 55th Brigade of holding approximately 360 residents of the village of Yagodnoye in the basement of the school in March 2022.
The imprisoned inhabitants spent a month in the cellar, ten people died there.
Chuldum received the “Hero of Russia” award for destroying two vehicles of the Ukrainian armed forces with a grenade launcher and killing 10 soldiers.
Bacherikov serves in the 27th separate brigade of radiation, chemical and biological protection of the Western Military District of Russia. In Ukraine, he led a company of flamethrowers and received the title of “Hero of Russia” for helping to organize the withdrawal of Russian troops in August 2022.
