The US sanctions the ‘Butcher of Bucha’ for his crimes in Ukraine

The United States sanctioned Russian Colonel Azatbek Omurbekov, nicknamed the ‘Butcher of Bucha’, whom it accuses of having committed serious human rights violations in the Ukraine war.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced in a statement that Daniil Frolkin, a Russian Army corporal who allegedly participated in the extrajudicial execution of an unarmed Ukrainian civilian in Andriivka (Donetsk), was also sanctioned.

As a result of these sanctions, Omurbekov, Frolkin and their immediate family members are prohibited from entering US territory.

Blinken noted in the note that Omurbekov led a motorized rifle brigade in Bucha, outside kyiv, where they killed, dismembered and burned civilians during the Russian occupation of the city.

The sanctions against the ‘Butcher of Bucha’

After that massacre, Russian President Vladimir Putin conferred honors on the brigade, promoted Omurbekov and praised his leadership, the Secretary of State added.

“The reports that Omurbekov and Frolkin were involved in serious human rights violations, documented by independent NGOs, are serious and credible,” claimed the head of US diplomacy.

In that sense, he claimed that the sanctions are a sign of the Joe Biden Administration’s commitment to the defense of human rights and accountability for the war crimes that Russia would be committing in Ukraine.

The United States Government announced this Monday the sending of a new arms package, valued at 100 million dollars, to help Ukraine in its defense against Russia.

Washington is the largest donor of military assistance to Ukraine with more than $43.9 billion delivered since the start of the invasion ordered by Putin in February 2022. With EFE

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