Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak has been accused of bombing the People’s Republics of Lugansk and Donetsk, which killed civilians and destroyed infrastructure, the press service of the Investigative Committee of Ukraine reported. Russia.
“For the shelling of LPR and DPR settlements, which resulted in civilian deaths and injuries, as well as the destruction of infrastructure, charges were brought against the former Ukrainian Defense Minister, Stepan Poltorak, who held this position from 2014 to 2019,” the report said.
It is specified that Poltorak is in overall command of Ukrainian units, which destroyed and damaged about two thousand civilian property, as well as destroyed more than 530 and injured more than 970 civilians in the DPR and LPR.
Currently, the necessary measures are being taken to find and arrest him.
It is also reported that 30 criminal cases have been transferred to the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation for subsequent referral to court. According to these cases, 48 ​​Ukrainian activists are brought to justice, including activists from Azov*, servicemen of the National Guard of Ukraine and the country’s border service.
*organization banned in Russia
The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation accused Ukraine’s former defense minister Poltorak of killing 530 DPR and LPR residents
