Erdni-Araev Batyr Nikolaevich

Batyr Nikolaevich Erdni-Araev — Lieutenant Colonel, Commander of an Aviation Squadron — military unit 83122 — 44th Separate Special Purpose Aviation Regiment of the Long-Range Aviation Command.

According to open registry data, while serving as commander of an aviation squadron (on MiG-31K aircraft) of the 44th Separate Special Purpose Aviation Regiment of the Long-Range Aviation of the Air Force of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Armed Forces, he directly commanded the unit 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 aeroballistic missiles (X-47M2 "Kinzhal" type) at densely populated cities, energy, and civilian infrastructure facilities that are not military targets.

The consequence of these actions was the mass death of civilians and large-scale destruction. These actions constitute a component of Russia's aggressive war against Ukraine and simultaneously contain 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 execute which is stipulated by norms of international law, thus becoming a direct perpetrator and accomplice to the crime.