The Investigative Committee has initiated two criminal cases on the grounds of a crime under Part 1, Article 356 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (ill-treatment of the civilian population, the use of prohibited means and methods in an armed conflict), in relation to servicemen of the 24th separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yevgen Kurash, Serhiy Postupalsky, Roman Mamavko, Mykola Yanchey, the 25th separate paratrooper brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Andriy Kachanov, Roman Zabrodsky, Andriy Tkachuk, Dmytro Chernichenko, Emil Ishkulov, Volodymir Kapitula, the 30th separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksander Zinevich, Mykola Perestupnyak, the 56th separate motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Dmytro Dovbich, Serhiy Sirchenko, Dmytro Gerasimenko, Vyacheslav Bugaichuk, Oleksander Bondarenko, Miroslav Verkhovy, Artem Puchkov, Gennady Boyko.
According to the investigators, in the period from June 16 to June 17, 2022, during the day, these servicemen gave and carried out criminal orders on targeted artillery shelling from heavy weapons, including the Tochka-U tactical missile system, of civilian infrastructure facilities in the cities of Donetsk, Gorlovka, Makeevka, Mariupol, Volnovakha, Svetlodarsk, Yasinovataya and the settlements of Golmovsky, Mironovsky, Verkhnetoretskoye, Krasny Partizan, Pavlovka, Bessarabka, Zemlyanki (the Donetsk People’s Republic), as well as in the cities of Pervomaisk, Krasny Luch and the settlements of Krinichnoye, Mirny (the Lugansk People’s Republic).
The shelling killed two civilians, injured 18 civilians, including three minors. More than 70 residential buildings and civil infrastructure facilities were damaged, including a school and a technical school building.
The IC of Russia continues to identify units of Ukrainian armed formations and specific individuals of these units involved in the shelling of civilians.
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