Journalists have identified 22 Russian soldiers who killed civilians in Buch during the occupation of the city in March 2022.

These are fighters of the 234th Airborne Assault Regiment of the Russian Federation.  

This is reported by The New York Times 

Thus, journalists analyzed recordings of telephone conversations, documents, interviews and thousands of hours of video.

The results show that the Russian airborne unit 

in March .

The invaders also took mobile phones from the victims and immediately called Russia or Russian phone numbers. 

The Ukrainian authorities provided the publication with a database of all phone calls and messages made to Russia from the Buchan region during March.

Journalists collected their phone numbers from the relatives of the dead and checked whether these numbers were in the provided database.

It was found that the 

, and often did so only a few hours after the killing of civilians.

Journalists also spoke with the occupiers themselves and their relatives.

Two confirmed that they were in the 234th regiment and "served in Buch". 

, and this was confirmed by the Russian military.

NYT / Russian calls from two phones of victims in Buch

The publication emphasizes the presence of other evidence that war crimes in Buch were committed by Russian paratroopers of the 234th regiment.

In particular, this is evidenced by the symbols that the enemy troops tried to hide on their equipment left in Bucha, as well as the documentation and personal records of the invaders. 

Thus, in one of the records on paper, the number of the military unit of the Pskov paratroopers is indicated - military unit 74268. In addition, the Russian soldiers left the armbands of the regiment in Buch.

And

NYT / insignia of the occupiers

In total, the journalists established the identities of 22 occupiers from the 234th regiment, and also

enemy victims on Yablonska Street. 

NYT / Pskov paratroopers who called from Buchi

A map with the places where the bodies were found has been published on the Internet.

NYT / map of discovered bodies of Ukrainians on Yablunska

NYT / list of civilians killed by the Russians on Yablunskaya

It cannot be said with certainty that it was these Russian soldiers who killed certain civilians in Buch.

However, other information also indicates the presence of the 234th regiment in Ukraine.

In particular, it is known that before the invasion of Russia, Horodilov was in Belarus among the Russian military.

A commander similar to him was also recorded in Buchi.

The man was seen with two bodyguards when he walked the streets of the city near the bodies of the murdered Ukrainians.

NYT / Horodilov is preparing to invade Ukraine from Belarus in February

Note that after the liberation of Kyiv Oblast, when the world learned about the atrocities of the invaders in Buch, Horodilov and other Russian invaders 

.

We should add that the 234th regiment is part of the 76th Guards Airborne Assault Division, which the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine suspects of atrocities in Buch. 

It will be recalled that the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights reported at the beginning of December that during the occupation of Buchi, Russian troops killed at least 73 civilians.

Another 105 possible killings by the enemy army await confirmation.

Let's add that the court in Ukraine sentenced two Russian soldiers who tortured women and children in the Buchansk district to 12 years in prison.

Read also:

• Up to 5,000 may be involved in atrocities in the Kyiv region: how they tortured people (photo)

• He showed the grave of the shot dead and confessed to the murder: an occupying executioner from Buchi was captured in Kherson Oblast

• More than 10,000 new graves were counted in Mariupol: some have several people

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