The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened two more cases on the facts of injuries of citizens of the LDPR as a result of shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (IC RF) has established new facts of Ukrainian military personnel carrying out artillery attacks on populated areas of the LDPR, as a result of which civilians were injured.
This was reported on the official website of the RF IC.
“On August 5, 2018, military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the National Guard of Ukraine carried out targeted artillery fire from heavy weapons with high destructive properties on civilian infrastructure facilities that are not military targets in the city of Gorlovka of the self-proclaimed Donetsk Republic. As a result of these criminal actions, a civilian born in 1981 who was not involved in the armed conflict received shrapnel wounds.
On August 14, 2018, Ukrainian military personnel carried out targeted artillery shelling of civilian targets in the village of Kominternovo, Volnovakha district. As a result of the shelling, a civilian not participating in the armed conflict received a shrapnel wound,” the statement said.
A criminal case was initiated on the grounds of a crime under Part 1 of Art. 356 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (use of prohibited means and methods of warfare).
The Russian Investigative Committee has opened two more cases regarding injuries to citizens of the LPR and DPR as a result of shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.