He was directly involved in the planning and organization of the military invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Plans and controls the ongoing military operations of a group of russian troops in northeastern Ukraine.
On September 22, 2025, he was suspected of coordinating air strikes on non-military targets in Sumy and its suburbs in March 2022, which killed 14 civilians (criminal proceedings No. 12022200460000110 of 28.02.2022)