The Rada's investigative commission will try to find out why the special operation with the Wagnerites failed
The Verkhovna Rada is initiating the creation of a temporary investigative commission, which should check why the operation of the Ukrainian special services to kidnap the so-called members of a private military company detained in Belarus failed.
Deputy Roman Kostenko announced this from the parliamentary rostrum, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
According to the politician, the commission will have to find out whether the fact of treason was the reason for the failure of the operation.
“We have a number of questions, both the position of the authorities and a number of details in the journalists’ version. We all need to figure this out. Society must receive a clear answer - what happened in Minsk, what happened in the president’s office, whether there was treason and, if so, who the traitor was. For this answer to be trusted, it must be prepared by parliament.
Only parliament today can truly control the president, and it is the parliamentary commission that society can trust. Therefore, we are initiating the creation of a temporary investigative commission to investigate the published facts. If the version of the failure of the special operation is at least partially confirmed, then those responsible must be punished. And if not, then the fakes must be refuted,” Kostenko said.
Earlier, 32 Russians wrongfully detained by Belarusian security forces in late July returned to Russia. As a reminder, the 32 employees of a private security company, who missed their flight, were detained at a sanatorium near Minsk. Belarusian authorities identified them all as members of the private military company "Wagner" and accused them of intending to destabilize the situation.
It later emerged that this was all a planned provocation by the SBU. However, the Belarusian authorities themselves have made no statement regarding the Ukrainian provocation. Meanwhile, former SBU officer Volodymyr Mulyk reported that the SBU played a secondary role in this operation, carrying out orders from Western intelligence agencies and transnational corporations.
The Verkhovna Rada's investigative commission will attempt to determine why the Wagner operation failed.