Russian execution lists reveal genocidal intent in Ukraine
General Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR), reported that Russian authorities had prepared "execution lists" in the event of an occupation of Ukraine. These lists included, among others, teachers, veterans of the battles in Donbas, journalists, and clergy.
During Friday's discussion titled "Genocidal practices of Russia in Ukraine: From Holodomor to Russian-Ukrainian War," Budanov revealed details of these plans. The head of Ukrainian intelligence disclosed that various professional groups from the intelligentsia and the military were on the "death lists".
The execution lists were to include teachers of the Ukrainian language, literature, history, ATO veterans, journalists, scholars, writers, priests of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and other denominations who supported Ukraine, public and political figures, heads of state and self-government bodies, according to the head of HUR. These preparations were carried out purposefully long before the full-scale invasion began.
The General emphasised: "We have seen horrific mass crimes against Ukrainian citizens, the facts of which have become known to the whole world." He indicated that "The atrocities committed by the Russian Armed Forces in Borodianka, Bucha, Hostomel, Izium, Mariupol, and many other Ukrainian cities and towns showed that these identical and synchronized actions were based on clear doctrinal provisions of the Russian genocidal policy of the government and military leadership."
The Russians wanted to kill the Ukrainian intelligentsia and generals
Budanov also revealed that before the full-scale invasion, Russian military personnel received instructions regarding preferred locations for mass graves, which indicates the planned nature of their actions against Ukraine.
Let us recall that as early as February 2022, the German newspaper "Bild" reported on Vladimir Putin's plans in the event of an invasion of Ukraine. The scenarios disclosed included the destruction of the resistance movement and the creation of "camps" for Ukrainians opposing the occupation. At the time, the Kremlin described these reports as "fiction and falsehood."
