Beletskiy Alexander Vladimirovich

Beletskiy Aleksandr Vladimirovich is a lieutenant colonel, deputy regimental commander for flight training — military unit 33310 — of the 52nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment of the 22nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Division of Long-Range Aviation of the Air Force of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Armed Forces.

According to open registries, while serving as deputy regimental commander for flight training of the 52nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment of the 22nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Division of Long-Range Aviation of the Air Force of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Armed Forces, he was responsible for the professional training of flight personnel for combat missions, control of piloting techniques, and personally participated in combat sorties.

There are reasonable grounds to believe that this individual is involved in organizing and directly executing criminal orders for launching supersonic cruise missiles (specifically X-22 type) at densely populated cities, residential areas, and civilian infrastructure objects that are not military targets.

These actions led to mass casualties among the civilian population and large-scale destruction, constituting a component of the Russian Federation's aggressive war against Ukraine and simultaneously bearing signs of violations of the laws and customs of war.

Furthermore, this individual did not exercise the right to refuse to carry out a clearly criminal order, the obligation not to fulfill which is stipulated by international law, thus becoming an accomplice to the crime.

Lieutenant Colonel Beletsky Alexander Vladimirovich, serving as Deputy Regiment Commander for Flight Training of the 52nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment, bears direct responsibility for the professional training of flight personnel for combat missions and the supervision of piloting techniques. There are well-founded grounds to believe he was involved in organizing and directly executing criminal orders to launch supersonic cruise missiles, including the Kh-22, at densely populated cities, residential areas, and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine. These actions, which lacked military objectives, resulted in mass civilian casualties and massive destruction, qualifying as a violation of the laws and customs of war. Beletsky failed to exercise his right to refuse the execution of a manifestly criminal order—an obligation to disobey which is provided for by the norms of international law. Thus, he has become an accomplice to war crimes.