Sergey Kukushkin

According to the investigation, in the summer of 2020, he voluntarily joined the Azov regiment of the National Guard of Ukraine (a terrorist organisation banned in Russia), received training for terrorist activities in the village of Urzuf. On the territory of the village of Urzuf, he was trained to carry out terrorist activities, acquired knowledge, practical skills and abilities during physical and psychological training, learnt the rules of handling weapons and explosive devices, with a view to subsequently applying the acquired skills in combat operations against the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and peaceful civilians. After that, as a squad leader, he took part in armed attacks on populated areas, shelling of residential houses, civilian infrastructure, locations of DNR servicemen, as well as peaceful civilians.