Kairskiy Andrey Aleksandrovich (Kayirskiy Andriy Oleksandrovich)

In May 2022, in Mariupol, occupied Donetsk region, a 38-year-old Ukrainian citizen, a soldier of the 37th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion of the 56th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Andrey Kairsky, was captured by Russian military personnel. He was accused of cruel treatment of the civilian population, the use of prohibited means and methods in an armed conflict and the murder of two persons, knowingly for the guilty in a helpless state, on the grounds of political, ideological hatred and enmity. According to the Russian investigation, in mid-March 2022 at the checkpoint of the metallurgical plant named after. Ilyich, where the position of Ukrainian military personnel was located, two unarmed civilians were detained. After checking the documents, they were handcuffed and placed in the basement of one of the buildings of the plant. A few hours later, Kairovsky went down to the basement and under the pretext of suspecting the detainees of carrying out intelligence activities on behalf of the DNR troops and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, committing acts of sabotage against the Ukrainian Armed Forces, shot them with an assault rifle, firing one shot in the head of each. The men died at the scene from their injuries. On February 13, 2024, the Supreme Court of the Donetsk Republic found Andrey Kairsky guilty and sentenced him to 28 years in a strict regime correctional colony. The verdict was not appealed and entered into legal force.