A Russian aerial unit commandant who was blamed for a devastating onslaught connected a Ukrainian shopping centre has been recovered bludgeoned to decease pinch a hammer.
Col Dmitry Golenkov, a elder serviceman successful Russia's 52nd dense bomber regiment, has been eliminated pinch a 'hammer of justice', Ukraine's subject intelligence said.
Golenkov, whose body was discovered extracurricular nan colony of Suponevo successful Russia's Bryansk region, is accused of ordering nan bombing of a shopping promenade that killed astatine slightest 14 group successful June 2022.
The Amstor mall, successful Kremenchuk, cardinal Ukraine, was packed pinch civilians and Kyiv said location was nary subject target successful nan area.
Golenkov was besides blamed for a bombing ambush successful Dnipro that killed 46 group successful January 2023.
Col Dmitry Golenkov (pictured), a elder serviceman successful Russia 's 52nd dense bomber regiment, has been eliminated pinch a 'hammer of justice', Ukraine's subject intelligence said
This is nan infinitesimal a Russian rocket slammed into nan Ukrainian shopping centre successful Kremenchuk
Footage astatine nan clip revealed nan explosive was apt a Russian AS-4 'Kitchen' guided rocket - a Soviet-era limb that was primitively designed to return retired American craft carriers
Smoke rises from nan ruins of nan Amstor shopping promenade successful nan metropolis of Kremenchuk, cardinal Ukraine, aft it was struck by long-range guided missiles successful June 2022
Ukraine said connected Monday: 'A Russian Tu-22M3 aviator has been liquidated connected nan territory of nan Russian Federation.
'His caput was smashed pinch a hammer.'
Golenkov held nan position of main of unit of nan aviation squadron, which meant he had an important domiciled successful nan readying of strikes, Ukraine's subject intelligence said, arsenic first reported successful The Telegraph.
'He was progressive successful rocket strikes connected Ukrainian civilian targets,' it said.
The commandant ordered explosive attacks connected Ukraine from his guidelines successful Kaluga.
A video, taken astatine night, shows nan Russian pilot's assemblage lying look down successful shrubland, pinch his caput drenched successful blood.
At nan clip of nan Kremenchuk attack, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said: 'The Russian onslaught coming connected nan shopping centre successful Kremenchuk is 1 of nan astir brazen violent acts successful European history.'
Onlookers stitchery arsenic nan shopping centre is engulfed by flames soon aft it was struck by 2 Russian guided missiles
Giant plumes of achromatic fume billowed from nan shopping centre arsenic it was engulfed successful flames, arsenic emergency crews rushed successful and onlookers watched successful distress.
Zelensky said nan target presented 'no threat to nan Russian army' and had 'no strategical value.'
He accused of Russia of sabotaging 'people's attempts to unrecorded a normal life, which make nan occupiers truthful angry.'