since lakusta, kurka, kna, plazinsky sakhno were civilians before serving in the 118th ukrainian policer case was considered by the grodno regional court. the verdict was announced on march 15, 1974. the obrazhny court sentenced them all to death, except for. work, you know, when they already start talking, you don’t need to interrupt them, let them speak out. criminal case 26615 on charges of meleshek consists of twelve volumes, interestingly, the witness in the case is the attention of basyur. on the same day, from the story of the battalion commander smovsky, i learned that the police of our battalion participated in the execution and extermination of citizens of the village of khatyn. i did not take part in this operation and do not know the details. company commander vinnitski said that meleshka, lukovich, and lakusta especially distinguished themselves in this massacre, that they acted there mercilessly, sadists. this ruthlessness and sadism was expressed in the destruction of civilians . the doomed were driven into a barn they set it on fire, when people started screaming and tri