Churkin Igor Petrovich
Major General, Chief of Staff — First Deputy Commander — Military Unit 06351 — 45th Air Force and Air Defense Army of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy of the Russian Federation
In short
- Who
- Position: Major General, Chief of Staff — First Deputy Commander — Military Unit 06351 — 45th Air Force and Air Defense Army of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy of the Russian Federation
- Last event
- January 1, 2001 — Involvement in Russia's full-scale military invasion of Ukraine
- Verifiability
- 2 sources
Case summary
Igor Petrovich Churkin is a Major General, Chief of Staff – First Deputy Commander – military unit 06351 – 45th Air and Air Defense Forces Army of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy. According to open sources, he is directly involved in Russia's full-scale military invasion of Ukraine. The dossier also contains information about his education.
Igor Churkin, while serving as Commander of the 45th Air and Air Defense Forces Army, exercised command of the army, planning, coordination, and control over the conduct of combat operations by subordinate units during Russia's full-scale military invasion of Ukraine.
There are reasonable grounds to believe that he is involved in organizing, leading, and ensuring the execution of criminal orders for conducting combat operations, which include missile-bomb and air strikes on densely populated cities and civilian infrastructure.
Major General Igor Petrovich Churkin, while serving as Chief of Staff – First Deputy Commander of Military Unit 06351 (45th Air Force and Air Defense Army of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy), exercised overall command, planning, and coordination of combat operations for subordinate units during the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. There are reasonable grounds to believe he was involved in organizing and ensuring the execution of criminal orders. These orders allegedly included missile, bomb, and airstrikes against densely populated Ukrainian cities and civilian infrastructure, resulting in numerous civilian casualties and destruction.
Failures and victims
Major General Igor Petrovich Churkin, while serving as Chief of Staff – First Deputy Commander of Military Unit 06351 (45th Air Force and Air Defense Army of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy), exercised overall command, planning, and coordination of combat operations for subordinate units during the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. There are reasonable grounds to believe he was involved in organizing and ensuring the execution of criminal orders. These orders allegedly included missile, bomb, and airstrikes against densely populated Ukrainian cities and civilian infrastructure, resulting in numerous civilian casualties and destruction.
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Timeline of events
- 1 января 2001 г.War crimesInvolvement in Russia's full-scale military invasion of Ukraine
Igor Petrovich Churkin is directly involved in the open military invasion of Ukraine. As commander of the 45th Air Force and Air Defense Army of the Russian Armed Forces, he led the army, planning, coordinating, and controlling combat operations of subordinate units.
Evidence / Source → - 31 декабря 2024 г.AppointmentCongratulated servicemen at Severomorsk hospital
Major General Igor Churkin, Chief of Staff of the Northern Fleet's Combined Aviation Corps, congratulated servicemen undergoing treatment at the Russian Ministry of Defense's Naval Clinical Hospital in Severomorsk.
Evidence / Source → - 15 июля 2020 г.AppointmentMentioned in Shaveddinov's lawsuit
Major General Igor Churkin's name appeared in the Arkhangelsk Garrison Military Court during a hearing on Ruslan Shaveddinov's lawsuit regarding the restriction of his right to communication during military service.
Evidence / Source → - 10 марта 2020 г.AppointmentOrdered Ruslan Shaveddinov's transfer to a remote military unit
While serving as acting commander of military unit 06351 (headquarters of the 45th Air Force and Air Defense Army), Major General Igor Churkin personally ordered the transfer of FBK project manager Ruslan Shaveddinov to a remote military unit without mobile communication.
Evidence / Source → - 1 января 2019 г.AppointmentAppointed First Deputy Commander of the 45th Air Force and Air Defense Army
In 2019, President Putin appointed Igor Churkin as First Deputy Commander of the 45th Air Force and Air Defense Army.
Evidence / Source → - 1 января 2004 г.AppointmentGraduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces
Igor Petrovich Churkin graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
Evidence / Source → - 1 января 1985 г.AppointmentGraduated from Stavropol Higher Military Aviation School for Pilots and Navigators
Igor Petrovich Churkin graduated from the Stavropol Higher Military Aviation School for Pilots and Navigators.
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