Kharlov Anton Leonidovich

Anton Leonidovich Kharlov is a lieutenant colonel, commander of an aviation squadron (on Tu-95MS) — military unit 75715 — of the 182nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment, 326th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division of Long-Range Aviation of the Long-Range Aviation Command of the Russian Federation.

According to open registries, while serving as commander of an aviation squadron (on Tu-95MS aircraft) of the 182nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment of the 326th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division of the Long-Range Aviation Command of the Air Force of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation, 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 air-launched cruise missiles at densely populated cities, energy, and civilian infrastructure facilities that are not military targets, resulting in mass casualties among the civilian population and large-scale destruction.

These actions are an integral part of Russia's aggressive war against Ukraine and simultaneously contain 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 execute which is stipulated by norms of international law, thereby becoming a direct perpetrator and accomplice to the crime.