Russian Accused of Torturing POWs Killed in Car Bombing
Ukraine accused Syromyatnikov of torturing at least 50 prisoners of war before an explosive device under his car killed him, local media reported.
- Roman Syromyatnikov, a former Russian serviceman, died Friday when an explosive device detonated under his car in Novomoskovsk, Tula, according to the Russian Telegram channel VChK-OGPU.
- Before joining the 106th Guards Airborne Division in 2023, Syromyatnikov worked for Russia's Federal Penitentiary Service; Ukraine's Prosecutor General accused him of involvement in the torture of at least 50 POWs.
- The local news outlet Novomoskovsk Segodnya confirmed the death on Saturday, as investigators allege prison staff beat captives with batons and pipes while subjecting them to electric shocks.
- While Ukraine has claimed responsibility for some targeted killings inside Russia, the government remains silent on this specific death, which occurs amid a string of bombings targeting senior Russian military personnel.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ukrainian forces will scale up refinery strikes to counter Moscow's pre-winter infrastructure barrage, reflecting broader efforts to disrupt Russian military logistics.
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A passenger car exploded on Friday in Novomoskovsk, Tula region, Russia. According to the Telegram channel Vazhnye istorii, a Russian participant in a “special military operation” Roman Syromyatnikov died in the wreckage. The Ukrainian prosecutor’s office suspects the former prison guard of torturing Ukrainian prisoners.
Car bomb in Russia kills ex-prison official Ukraine accused of torturing POWs
A bomb destroyed a car belonging to a participant in Russia’s war against Ukraine on October 2 in Novomoskovsk, in Russia’s Tula region, the Ukrainian monitoring Telegram channel Exilenova+ reported.
In Novomoskovsk, a Russian car, Roman Syromyatnikov, who was suspected by Ukraine of torture of Ukrainian prisoners of war, was detonated in Tul province.
In Novomoskovsk Tula region of the Russian Federation, a car was blown up in which was a Russian Roman Syromyatnikov, a former employee of the Russian Federal Security Service, a participant in the war against Ukraine, who was accused of torturing Ukrainian prisoners of war.
<p>A war criminal who tortured captured Ukrainians was blown up in the Russian Federation - media A car exploded in Novomoskovsk, the driver died. Media links the deceased Roman Syromyatnikov with the torture of at least 50 Ukrainian prisoners.</p>
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