Ватажку батальйону «Восток» оголосили підозру в катуванні цивільного у Маріуполі

28.10.2026, 00:43◉ 02 min readEditorial team “SHCHO STALOSIA”

Прокурори заочно повідомили про підозру експравоохоронцю, який перейшов на бік Росії, заснував батальйон "Восток" та брав участь у захопленні Маріуполя. — Укрінформ.

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Ватажку батальйону «Восток» оголосили підозру в катуванні цивільного у Маріуполі

According to Ukrinform, this is reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General.

The suspect exercised operational command of servicemen of the 105th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Mobilization Reserve (military unit 08818) of the 1st Army Corps of the 8th Army of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation.

The investigation established that on May 7, 2022, while checking documents in Mariupol, they illegally detained a local resident who was riding a bicycle at a checkpoint. The man was taken to a hotel equipped for the regimental headquarters, where they demanded a confession of involvement in "Ukrainian nationalism". The detainee explained that he was a bank employee and had nothing to do with the Defense Forces.

At the same time, the leader of the "East" was appointed by the decree of the President of the Russian Federation to the post of Deputy Chief of the Main Directorate of Regardie in the so-called "DPR" and was awarded the rank of Major General of Police.

Details

Under the procedural guidance of the Donetsk Regional Prosecutor's Office, he was notified of suspicion of ill-treatment of the civilian population in the form of torture, as well as of ordering such actions (Part

Context

Hearing the refusal expressed in Ukrainian, the traitor hit the man several times, and then ordered him to be shot. The Russian military put the man against the wall, but were stopped by a representative of the regiment command, by order of which the detainee was transferred to the so-called "DPR MGB".

As reported, the founder and commander of the "Vostok" battalion is a former SBU officer, ex-head of the Donetsk special unit "Alpha" Alexander Khodakovsky, who defected to the Russians in 2014.