Anufriev Vladimir Andreevich

Vladimir Andreevich Anufriev — Major, Commander of the 378th Separate Operational Purpose Battalion of the Southern District of the Russian National Guard Forces — military unit 3219 — 378th Separate Operational Purpose Battalion of the Southern District of the Russian National Guard Forces. According to open registries, he participated in the open military invasion of Ukraine.

He commanded a tactical group of the 378th Separate Operational Purpose Battalion of the Russian National Guard Forces as part of the "Yug" (South) combined group of forces. He was appointed military commandant of the occupied territory of Kakhovka Raion and the city of Nova Kakhovka, Kherson Oblast.

He carried out measures aimed at establishing a harsh administrative-police regime in the captured territory and suppressing local resistance. Specifically, he organized the search for and identification of active and former employees of Ukrainian law enforcement agencies, conducted arrests and interrogations of their family members to exert psychological pressure.

He carried out repressive actions against patriotically-minded activists, representatives of political parties and movements, public opinion leaders, including priests. Criminal methods were used, including intimidation, pressure on family members, and physical violence. To suppress legitimate protest actions by the local population, V.

Anufriev ordered subordinate Rosgvardia units to disperse peaceful residents using firearms, stun grenades, and gas grenades, as a result of which five local residents sustained injuries of varying severity.

Major Vladimir Andreyevich Anufriev, commanding a tactical group of the 378th Separate Operational Purpose Battalion of the Rosgvardia, took part in the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Appointed as the military commandant of the occupied territories of Kakhovka Raion and the city of New Kakhovka in Kherson Oblast, he established a harsh administrative and police regime. Anufriev organized repressive actions, including the search and detention of former Ukrainian law enforcement officers, interrogations of their family members utilizing psychological pressure, as well as physical violence against patriotically minded activists, representatives of political parties, and clergymen. By his order, Rosgvardia units used firearms, stun grenades, and gas grenades to disperse peaceful protests, resulting in injuries to five local residents.