phone numbers nine came from units ukrainian authorities told the ap were under chaikos command the formal wartime command structures for the rest are unclear but four are from unit 62295 an airborne regiment based in ivanovo northeast of moscow that unit was in ozera along chaikos front in the war according to russian phone numbers left behind on scraps of paper in ozera that the dossier center traced to specific soldiersdays before the bodies of voznenko and the others were found mutilated in the garden in zdvyzhivka two eyewitnesses spotted chaiko again about a kilometer less than a mile down the road at his headquarters in the villageboth men independently identified him as chaiko when ap and frontline showed them a photograph of the colonel general in julyits him said mykola skrynnyk 58 who served in the soviet army in the 1980s and says he exchanged a few words with the general now i understand why there was so much securitywhen you look at everything that was happening in zdvyzhivka it becomes evident that this is not just a singular case this is their policy for the territory they capture said taras semkiv a war crimes prosecutor in the office of ukraines prosecutor generalas top commander chaiko obviously would have to be aware of what was happening near his headquarters located in the same village he said its only logicalbut he added this has to be proven and i think we will do ittheres no concept of command responsibility in ukrainian law but if prosecutors can demonstrate that chaiko played a key role in implementing illegal policies of the russian federation or should have known what his troops were doing and was in a position to stop or punish their behavior he could be charged for war crimes crimes against humanity or genocide in an international courttoby cadman an international human rights lawyer in london who is working to hold russia legally accountable for atrocities in syria said the evidence ap and frontline collected was enough to merit an investigation of chaiko at the international criminal courtsignificant events like this can then fall through the cracks they dont get properly investigated he said a case file could be taken to the icc because half the job is doneit is a significant case it is a strategically important area it is a strategically important individual he said everything about it makes it a significant matter to look at he saidthe icc declined to comment citing confidentialitynever againwhile they seek more specific evidence ukrainian prosecutors have indicted chaiko for the crime of aggression a broad charge that seeks to hold him responsible for helping to plan and execute an illegal war in ukrainethey say he was in zdvyzhivka from march 20 until march 31 directing the assault on kyiv that is at the same time the three men from ozera were killed and chernysh was torturedchaikos trial is expected to begin soon in ukraine but the dock will almost certainly