A Russian military member has been detained in Kharkiv, suspected of killing civilians and military personnel.
In Kharkiv, a 36-year-old citizen of the Russian Federation, Leonid Ryzhikov, was detained. According to the investigation, he shot at five Ukrainian soldiers and one civilian in the Kharkiv region. He served in the 1009 motorized infantry battalion of the Russian Armed Forces and was mobilized in July 2026 year. Ryzhikov faces life imprisonment.
In Kharkiv, the Security Service of Ukraine detained a 36-year-old citizen of the Russian Federation, Leonid Ryzhikov, who is suspected of killing five Ukrainian soldiers and one civilian.
According to the investigation, Ryzhikov, known by the call sign "Yula," served in the 2 battalion of the 1009 motorized rifle regiment of the 68 motorized rifle division of the 6 Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. He was mobilized into the Russian army at the end of July 2026 year. Before mobilization, he served eight years in prison for intentionally causing serious bodily harm and theft.
According to information from 5-October 6, Ryzhikov, while serving in the Russian-occupation forces in the area of the village of Staritsa in the Chuguyiv district, was shelled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. After this, he fled, robbed a deserted house, and hid in the woods. On October 13, he killed a 60-year-old fisherman near the village of Mykhailivka in the Kharkiv district and killed five soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces who were not participating in combat operations in the village of Momotove.
October 14 Employees of the SBU, the National Police, and the National Guard detained Ryzhikov in the Saltivsky district of Kharkiv. Law enforcement officers seized an AK-_74 assault rifle, which, according to the investigation, was used in the crime. Investigators of the SBU informed the Russian military man about the suspicion of violating Part _2 of Article _438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — war crimes that resulted in the death of people. He faces life imprisonment.