A vehicle was destroyed by explosion in the Kemerovo region, killing Lieutenant Colonel Veniamin Vladimirovich Mazherin, an OMON officer implicated in Bucha war crimes. The attack was attributed to SBU.
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A vehicle was destroyed by explosion in the Kemerovo region, killing Lieutenant Colonel Veniamin Vladimirovich Mazherin, an OMON officer implicated in Bucha war crimes. The attack was attributed to SBU.
Russian OMON lieutenant colonel Veniamin Mazzherin, involved in war crimes during the occupation of the Kyiv region by Russian troops, was killed in the Kemerovo region of the Russian Federation.
The car with Mazzherin at the wheel exploded on 25 October.
The intelligence service had established surveillance of the lieutenant colonel and planned an operation to eliminate him.
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Source story: day-1345b-2025-11-01