The Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a number of new criminal proceedings against Ukrainian servicemen, accusing them of shelling settlements in the ATU zone.

As the press service of the department informs, the new criminal cases are open on. 356 of the Criminal Code (use of prohibited means and methods of warfare).

"According to the investigation, during the period from March 29 to April 3, 2017, servicemen of the Armed Forces and the National Guard of Ukraine, carrying out deliberately criminal orders of higher-ranking officials of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, repeatedly made targeted artillery shelling from heavy weapons of a caliber of at least 122 mm at facilities Civilian infrastructure that are not military targets in the city of Dokuchaevsk, the village of Kominternovo and other settlements in the Donetsk region, "the statement said..

It is alleged that the alleged shelling allegedly led to human casualties and destruction.

In Russia, at the same time, they believe that the motive for these "particularly serious crimes" is allegedly "political and ideological hatred and enmity associated with the refusal of the population of the southeast of Ukraine to recognize the legitimacy of the current government".

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation regularly opens criminal cases against Ukrainian servicemen in connection with allegedly committed military crimes against the civilian population of the east of Ukraine.

So, on March 7, the investigator discovered a criminal case against the fighters of the Supreme Armed Forces. 1 of Article 356 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (the use of prohibited means and methods of warfare) for allegedly firing residential houses in Donetsk between February 27 and March 2.

In addition, the statement of the SC RF referred to the existence of "evidence of the use of APU missile systems" Tochka-U "in Donbass.