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The IC of Russia Has Initiated Two Criminal Cases Against Servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The Investigative Committee of Russia 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 of warfare 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, Volodymyr Kapitula, the 30th separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Zinevich, Mykola Perestupnyak, the 56th separate motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Dmytro Dovbich, Serhiy Sirchenko, Dmytro Gerasimenko, Vyacheslav Bugaychuk, Oleksandr Bondarenko, Miroslav Verkhovy , Artem Puchkov, Gennady Boyko.

According to the investigators, in the period from June 22 to 23, 2022, these servicemen gave and executed criminal orders for targeted artillery attacks from heavy weapons on civilian infrastructure in the cities of Donetsk, Dokuchaevsk, Makeyevka, Gorlovka, Svetlodarsk and the settlements of Vladimirovka, Zaitsevo, Yasinovka and Ivanovka of the Donetsk People’s Republic, as well as in the cities of Popasnaya and Stakhanov of the Lugansk People’s Republic.

The shelling of the cities of Donetsk, Dokuchaevsk, Makeyevka, Gorlovka and Svetlodarsk, as well as the settlements of Vladimirovka, Zaitsevo, Yasinovka and Ivanovka of the DPR, killed two civilians, injured five civilians, damaged 30 buildings and civilian infrastructure facilities, including a school building.

The artillery attacks on the cities of Popasnaya and Stakhanov in the LPR injured a civilian, damaged the equipment of a water pumping station.

The IC of Russia continues to establish units of the Ukrainian armed formations and identify specific servicemen of these units involved in the shelling of civilians.