The Name Of The Perpetrator And New Details Regarding The Assassination Attempt On The Commander Of “Charter” Have Been Revealed

The performer didn't fire the cartridge, but the director demanded that he shoot into the earpiece.

The perpetrator who attacked the commander of the “Charter” brigade Igor Obolensky in Kharkiv was acting on orders from Russian intelligence services and was in contact with his handler at the time of the attempted assassination.

This was reported by Yuri Butusov, a journalist and member of the “Charter” brigade, on his page at Facebook.

According to the journalist, the assailant was a 69-year-old resident of Kharkiv, Gennady Parfenyuk, who had previously served in law enforcement and was skilled in handling weapons. As a result, he did not undergo any special training for the assassination attempt.

Butusov also noted that another member of the group was monitoring Obolensky’s movements and informed the assailant of the commander’s location.

Parfenyuk approached Obolensky and his bodyguard from behind, aimed a Makarov pistol at them, but was unable to fire because he failed to chamber a round.

When the suspect attempted to reload the weapon, the commander and his bodyguard subdued him and detained him until law enforcement arrived.

During the attack, Parfenyuk was in contact with his handler via an earpiece. At the moment of his arrest, those present heard the voice of the handler demanding that the attacker shoot. “Shoot him, do it!” the handler shouted.

Butusov added that the perpetrator had been recruited by Russian intelligence services in early July. As part of the investigation, officers of the Security Service of Ukraine detained several more Russian agents from this group.

According to the journalist, after his arrest, Parfenyuk claimed that he thought he was carrying out a mission for SBU officers to attack a “Russian agent.” Butusov cast doubt on the veracity of these statements.

“He received a Makarov pistol with a single magazine of ammunition from another agent, along with the task to get up close and fire several shots at a person he didn’t know—someone his ‘handlers’ were supposed to point out to him on the spot. It’s that simple—strangers call you on the phone, hand you a pistol, you go downtown, and pull the trigger,” the journalist wrote.

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