Yuri Kobzar17:50, 03.10.26

3 min.251

The Russian managed to work in prisoner-of-war camps and fight at the front.

In the city of Novomoskovsk in the Tula region, a car was blown up. It was likely carrying Russian war criminal Roman Syromyatnikov, who was involved in the abuse of Ukrainian prisoners . He sustained fatal injuries as a result of the explosion, according to the Russian opposition project “Important Stories .”

The incident occurred on October 2nd near the victim’s home. According to preliminary reports, the explosive device may have been planted under the car’s driver’s side. Rosgvardia officers and vehicles with Russian Ministry of Defense license plates arrived at the scene.

The deceased was identified as Roman Syromyatnikov, who previously worked in the Russian penitentiary system and had been involved in the war against Ukraine since 2023. Specifically, he fought with the 51st Regiment of the 106th Tula Airborne Division in the Seversky direction of the Donetsk region and also participated in the defense of the Kursk region. In late November 2024, he returned to the Tula region for treatment.

In September 2025, the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine informed Syromyatnikov of suspicion of torturing Ukrainian prisoners of war at Penal Colony No. 1 in the Tula Region. According to Ukrainian investigators, he worked there in 2022.

Ukrainian law enforcement officials believe Syromyatnikov may have been involved in the torture of at least 50 Ukrainian prisoners. According to Ukrainian investigators, during morning and evening checks, prisoners were beaten, kicked, and subjected to electric shocks, including being punched, kicked, and beaten with rubber truncheons, plastic pipes, and hammers.

Furthermore, according to investigators, contacts from a TA-57 field telephone were connected to the bodies of prisoners and electrical current was passed through them. It was these accusations that formed the basis for Syromyatnikov’s suspicions in Ukraine.

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