Criminal Case Launched Against Kiev Gov’t, Military
MOSCOW (Press TV) – The Russian Investigative Committee has initiated a criminal case against Ukraine’s military and civilian leadership, accusing the Kiev government of "genocide”.
Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin on Monday said that proceedings have been launched in relation to the genocide of the Russian-speaking population of the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s republics.
"Unidentified people from the country’s highest political and military leadership of Ukraine, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard of Ukraine and Right Sector gave the orders aimed at the complete destruction of Russian-speaking citizens living on the territory of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk republics,” he added.
"The investigation has found that Russian-speaking citizens were killed during attacks with multiple launch rocket systems Grad and Uragan, aviation rockets, tactical missiles Tochka-U and other kinds of heavy offensive weapons,” he further noted.
Markin went on to say that these actions resulted in the death of some 2,500 people.
Since the five-month conflict in eastern Ukraine officially came to an end on September 5, both sides have been accusing one another of violating the ceasefire pact.
Ukraine’s mainly Russian-speaking regions in the east have witnessed deadly clashes between pro-Russia forces and the Ukrainian army since Kiev launched military operations to silence the pro-Russians in mid-April.
Violence intensified in May after the two flashpoint regions of Donetsk and Lugansk held local referendums in which their residents voted overwhelmingly in favor of independence from Ukraine.
Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin on Monday said that proceedings have been launched in relation to the genocide of the Russian-speaking population of the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s republics.
"Unidentified people from the country’s highest political and military leadership of Ukraine, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard of Ukraine and Right Sector gave the orders aimed at the complete destruction of Russian-speaking citizens living on the territory of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk republics,” he added.
"The investigation has found that Russian-speaking citizens were killed during attacks with multiple launch rocket systems Grad and Uragan, aviation rockets, tactical missiles Tochka-U and other kinds of heavy offensive weapons,” he further noted.
Markin went on to say that these actions resulted in the death of some 2,500 people.
Since the five-month conflict in eastern Ukraine officially came to an end on September 5, both sides have been accusing one another of violating the ceasefire pact.
Ukraine’s mainly Russian-speaking regions in the east have witnessed deadly clashes between pro-Russia forces and the Ukrainian army since Kiev launched military operations to silence the pro-Russians in mid-April.
Violence intensified in May after the two flashpoint regions of Donetsk and Lugansk held local referendums in which their residents voted overwhelmingly in favor of independence from Ukraine.