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Chairman of the IC of Russia Instructs Officials to Investigate New Facts of the Death of Civilians in the DPR and LPR

The media reported on the death of seven civilians over the past day as a result of shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

According to the information available as of yesterday, the officers of the Main Investigative Department of the IC of Russia have initiated two criminal cases under Article 356 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (use in an armed conflict of means and methods prohibited by an international treaty of the Russian Federation). These are the facts of school teachers killed in the city of Gorlovka, as well as civilians killed in the city of Kirovsk.

The Chairman of the IC of Russia instructed the investigators of the Main Investigative Department of the IC of Russia to conduct an investigation into all currently known facts of civilians killed in the DPR and LPR, collect irrefutable evidence regarding the persons who give and follow such illegal orders.