Ukraine intelligence confirms Russia’s plan to exterminate Ukrainians with specific kill lists

Russia all along devised a meticulous plan of genocide against the Ukrainian populous by compiling execution lists, deploying mobile crematoria, and sites for mass graves, before launching its full-scale invasion in 2022, according to Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence.

“The military-political leadership of the aggressor state, Russia, deliberately planned the genocide of Ukrainians long before the full-scale invasion,” Budanov said in a social media post.  

The kill lists, he said, included Ukrainian-language, literature, and history teachers; war veterans have been fighting since 2014 when Russia initially invaded; journalists; scientists; writers; clergy from the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and other denominations supportive of Ukraine; civic and political leaders; and officials from government and local authorities.  

“We have witnessed horrific mass crimes against Ukrainian citizens, with evidence that shocked the world,” Budanov said. “These coordinated and systematic acts were rooted in the genocidal policies of Russia’s leadership and military command.” 

He added that deep-seated Ukrainophobia had consumed Russian society. Before the invasion, Russian forces were even briefed on organizing mass burial sites.  

“The genocide of Ukrainians is not only a state policy of the Russian Federation, but also a societal conviction imposed from the top down,” Budanov underscored.