Ukraine is preparing to try Davor Savičić in absentia, according to reporting from Transitions Online and Balkan Insight. He is described as the first Bosnian national charged with war crimes that prosecutors allege were committed while he was fighting alongside Russian forces in 2022.
Both outlets rely on an interview with an accuser conducted by BIRN, who recalls Savičić’s alleged captivity of the witness. The accuser describes being held in harsh conditions, including confinement in a pit that they say was infested with rats, with the witness allegedly blindfolded and bound during detention and fearing for their life.
While the two articles closely overlap in their core details—who is being charged, that the case proceeds in absentia, and the accuser’s description of the treatment during captivity—neither source presents additional official court evidence or comments from Savičić in the provided excerpts.
