A Russian general dubbed the 'Butcher of Mariupol' owing to his alleged brutal military tactics in Ukraine including the destruction of a maternity hospital also stands accused of orchestrating Moscow’s bombing campaign in Syria which largely destroyed the city of Aleppo six years earlier.
Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, director of the Russian National Centre for Defence Management, has gained a fearsome reputation for carrying out merciless attacks including on civilians.
