A bomb that killed a Russian soldier might have targeted the ‘Butcher of Bucha’ | CNN

A bomb that killed a soldier in a remote Russian town was likely targeting a notorious Russian commander known as the Butcher of Bucha, Russian and Ukrainian media and military bloggers said. Russian authorities said the bomb attack on Tuesday in the far-east Khabarovsk region killed one person and injured several others. Russian media and military bloggers reported the person who was killed was a soldier with the rank of lieutenant colonel, adding the attack happened inside a closed military barracks. VChK-OGPU, a well-known Russian military blogger, said the real target was Major General Azatbek Omurbekov, who was involved in some of the worst massacres against civilians committed by the Russian military in Ukraine. Omurbekov was in charge of the 64th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade, which operated in the Kyiv region during the initial weeks of Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine. The unit was named by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense as war criminals after the bodies of murdered civilians and and mass graves were discovered following the withdrawal of Russian forces from the region. Not long after the announcement, Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded a honorary t