Chertsov Alexey Alekseevich

Chertsov Aleksey Alekseevich is a Major, head of the state secrets protection service — assistant chief of staff for state secrets protection — military unit 74148 — 64th Special Purpose Anti-Missile Defense Brigade of the 1st Special Purpose Air and Missile Defense Army of the Russian Aerospace Forces of the Russian Armed Forces.

According to open registry data, while serving as head of the state secrets protection service — assistant chief of staff for state secrets protection of the 64th Special Purpose Anti-Missile Defense Brigade of the 1st Special Purpose Air and Missile Defense Army of the Russian Aerospace Forces of the Russian Armed Forces, he ensured secrecy, protected restricted access information, concealed plans for preparing and conducting combat operations, and provided staff support for the brigade's activities.

There are reasonable grounds to believe that this individual is involved in organizing and providing informational support for the execution of criminal orders for combat operations by units of the Russian Armed Forces, which carry out missile and air strikes on densely populated cities, energy and civilian infrastructure objects that are not military targets.

These actions led to mass civilian casualties and large-scale destruction, being an integral part of Russia's aggressive war against Ukraine and simultaneously containing signs of violations of the laws and customs of war.

Furthermore, the 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.