The "Supreme Court of the DPR" sentenced the Ukrainian military Andrey Naiden and Danila Kolenov to 25 years in prison, they were accused of "execution of two civilians" in Mariupol in March 2022. This was reported on the website of the Investigative Committee.
According to the Investigative Committee, on March 5, 2022, Nayden, Kolenov and other servicemen of military unit 3057 were on duty in one of the houses in Mariupol. They saw two men and started shooting at them, although they were "civilians," investigators say. In a video published on the website of the Investigative Committee, the servicemen declare that they admit their guilt.
Russian troops bombed and captured Mariupol, after which Ukrainian servicemen from the Azov regiment were taken to the territory controlled by the “DPR”. In March 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited occupied Mariupol. Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin, who accompanied Putin, told him that all the destruction was the result of the actions of the "Ukrainian army."
On the morning of March 19, Russian media reported that Putin had visited Mariupol. This is the first message about his trip to Donbass. In early March, the Ministry of Defense reported that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu visited the occupied city.
Mariupol was captured by the Russian army in May 2022 after a two-month siege. The mayor of the city, Vadim Boychenko, said in early June that Russian troops had destroyed half of the multi-storey buildings: “There are 2,600 buildings in the city. They destroyed 50% to ashes.”
In February, the Kiev regional prosecutor's office identified a Russian soldier who killed a civilian and tried to kill his 14-year-old son in occupied Bucha as they rode bicycles to a humanitarian aid distribution point.