The Kremlin "took care" of the destruction of the Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to hide the massacre in Bucha - isw

This is stated in the analysis of the offensive campaign of the Armed Forces of Russia, prepared by the American Institute for the Study of the ISW War. It is a Russian brigade, whose soldiers, as analysts suggest, have committed military crimes in the Kyiv region. According to ISW, the specified unit, which is part of the 35th Army of the Russian Federation, the Kremlin could purposefully transfer to the Izium and Slavic directions, trying to get rid of potential witnesses and accused.

In their analysis, experts refer to the journalist "Radio Liberty" by Mark Kruty, who investigated the activities of the 64th Guards Brigade after her participation in the massacre in Bucha. "He came to the conclusion that after heavy battles in the Izium and Slavic directions, the brigade mostly ceased to exist. Of the 1,500 soldiers who were in the brigade before the war, from 200 to 300, most likely disbanded, and the fighters who survived are redistributed to others.

combat units, " - said in ISW. Analysts, quoting Mark Krutov, note that after the fighting in the Kyiv region and the emergence of information about the commission of martial crimes in Bucha, he awarded the 64th Motorized Rifle Brigade the honorary title of "Guards". Moreover, the Russian Armed Forces unit was immediately transferred to the Donbas without giving the servicemen time for rest and completing.

"It was assumed that the Kremlin sought to destroy the brigade in battle to avoid the disclosure of its military crimes," - summed up ISW analysts in their document. The termination of the existence of the 64th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which participated in the massacre in Bucha, was also reported a few days earlier.