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The governor of Murmansk is composed of a suspected war criminal

The former commander of the 200th motorized rifle brigade is accused of war crimes in Ukraine.

“I am happy to see her,” said Governor Andrei Chibis, when he welcomed Sergei Pelipay, the Major General, who is suspected of serious war crimes in Ukraine.

The high -ranking military man was welcomed in the Andrei Chibis office on February 21. The two men know each other well for several years.

“I remember our travels to Kharkov Oblast at the beginning of the special military operation. With a thrill, I remember our interaction,” Governor Chibis told Pelopay.

“I am proud that our warriors from the north are successful [and] The best wishes for you and all men who are steady to win, “added the governor.


Governor Andrei Chibis welcomes Sergei Pelipay and his wife Elena in his office in Murmansk.

Sergei Pelipay was the 200th Motorized Rifle Brigade in Pechenga, Murmansk region in the period 2017-2020. He then wrote down at the Military Academy of the Russian General Staff and was later appointed head of the 14th Army Corps. In 2024 he was appointed commander of the 68th army corps.


Sergei Pelipay in Pechenga.

The Major General has spent large parts of the past three years in the occupied area. Until recently, he is said to have ordered armed forces who fight the Dnepr River Delta.

In his meeting with governor Chibis, Pelipay admitted that his armed forces had suffered serious losses. He thanked the governor for the delivery of military equipment and drones to his units.

“Without their support, it would have been very difficult to solve the mission,” he said.

“You know what the island zone looks like. It is not always easy to bring ammunition and food to the units in the area. Especially after the enemy started to dismantle the streams, we had very big losses and tried for a long time Find out how to extinguish mines from the village.

Pelipay's wife Elena was also in the meeting.

The Major General is suspected for war crimes. According to a Ukrainian database, he killed civilians in the Kharkiv region.

The evocation of the project accuses the military that he has held physical and psychological violence and abuse against conscripts when he acts as deputy commander in Pechenga.


Sergei Pelipay commanded the 200th motorized rifle brigade in Pechenga.

According to reports, he also ignored the victims of his own troops in Ukraine.

Pelipay, who has family roots in Ukraine, has reportedly also carried out war crimes in Syria.

In August 2016 he received the medal “For Services to strengthen combat cooperation” by the Syrian Minister of Defense Fahed Jassem al-Frej in August 2016. Information informed.

According to the command of the brigade in Ukraine, his troops reported that serious war crimes were involved. The soldiers raped and killed innocent civilians and injured against all international legal norms, evocation.


Sergei Pelipay and Denis Pushilin in Medal Award ceremony in occupied parts of Donetsk.

Just a few days before he met Murmansk Governor Chibis, Sergei Pelipay, together with Putin's local rebel leader Denis Pushilin, took part in a ceremony in occupied parts of Donetsk.