The 52-year-old military woman began her career with the Ukrainian police and founded the Republic of Donestk in 2015 along with other separatists.
Ukraine this week in August celebrated the assassination of the “lady of death”, one of the most admired officers in the Russian army. This soldier, colonel of an artillery division, had the audacity to shoot civilians and even stated, according to several media, that he had “fun” killing Ukrainians.
At the age of 52 she was called Olga Kachura Sergeevna, although she was known in Russian circles as “Korsa”. Korsa is gone. […]. Many men could envy his character of steel, resistance and courage », is the message that Ivan Prikhodko, mayor of Gorlivka, delivered to him on his Telegram channel, which moreover hides that his death was not during a battle.
Posthumously, and as confirmed by Prikhodko himself, Vladimir Putin awarded her the title of Hero of Russia, a military award, despite being the alleged perpetrator of several war crimes.
Kachura was born in Ukraine and was nationalized there. She spent 16 years in various positions at the Ukrainian Ministry of the Interior: from investigator to chief of staff of the Donetsk police, to promotion to lieutenant colonel. He also worked in the security services of a bank.
Outside of her military career, Kachura was an “honorary citizen” of the city and head of the Horlivka Weightlifting Federation. In addition, she was married and had two children: a girl and a boy, the latter adopted.
It was in 2014, with the start of the riots in Donetsk, when Kachura changed sides: she left the Ukrainian lines and joined the pro-Russian ranks, as one of the founders of the Donetsk People’s Militia.
Since 2015, the “lady of death” reached the rank of colonel and has served in the 3rd Berkut Motorized Brigade and led an artillery division in Horlivka (where she was killed), with about 140 artillerymen under her command.
According to Ukrainian intelligence, one of Kachura’s usual tactics (and who gave her the name “war woman”) was to disguise herself as a regular in the Ukrainian army. Thus, he infiltrated their ranks and committed war crimes to discredit the body.
In addition, several executions of civilians are attributed to him and, according to a Ukrainian court, he was the person who authorized the bombing of the Donbas. In 2021, the Ukrainian judiciary sentenced Kachura to 12 years in prison for rebellion and “participation in a terrorist group or terrorist organization”.
With the murder of Olga Kachura, 97 Russian officers have been killed in fighting since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on February 24. Kachura is also the second Russian military woman killed by Ukrainian ranks.
Source: La Verdad
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