Anatoly Perets, a soldier in the 36th Marine Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, was interrogated in a criminal case involving the shooting of civilians by the Ukrainian army in Mariupol. About TASS said his lawyer, Igor Vagin.
“My client, Anatoly Vitaliyevich Perets, stated that during the investigative activities carried out with him, he admitted to the fact that on February 26, on the orders of the battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel Yevgeny Bova, he shot two civilians in Mariupol. AKS-74M given by Captain Sergei Nikolaenko,” he said.
TASS also cites a statement from the military, in which he said on February 26 he “received an order to move to the shop floor in Mariupol and work for civilians.” The command was given to him by Colonel Bova with the call sign “Churchill”.
“We saw six civilians in the hangar next to the shop. We got in touch with the help of a radio station, they said there were six civilians here. The team did not come to leave alive, ”the agency cites Pepper’s testimony.
He said he fired from a 5.45mm AKS-74M assault rifle and aimed at his chest.
The agency states that Pepper is 25 years old, a native of the Chernihiv region. He served under the contract in the 36th brigade. Until April 15, units of the 36th Marine Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were located on the territory of the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works.
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