The first indictment against a Russian general for complicity in waging an aggressive war against Ukraine has been sent to court, the Office of the Prosecutor General reports..

“Under the procedural guidance of the Office of the Prosecutor General, a pre-trial investigation was completed in criminal proceedings on suspicion of the commander of the 22nd Army Corps of the Coastal Forces of the Black Sea Fleet of the Navy of the Russian Armed Forces, Major General, in planning, preparing, solving and waging an aggressive war, as well as infringement of integrity and inviolability. 2 st. 437 and h. 3 st. 110 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine),"

It is noted that according to the pre-trial investigation, an official of the Russian army, together with other representatives of the Russian military-political leadership, in February 2022 was directly involved in the preparation and organization of the invasion of Ukraine from the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea.

On February 23, 2022, the Russian general, while in the city of Dzhankoy, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, ordered the personnel of subordinate armed units to invade Ukraine. And in the future he organized and controlled the conduct of hostilities in the southern regions of Ukraine.

According to the Office of the Prosecutor General, in order to justify illegal aggression and motivate subordinates, the major general of the occupying army used typical Kremlin narratives about the alleged need to protect Russian-speaking residents.

“A special pre-trial investigation into criminal proceedings was carried out by the Main Investigation Department of the Security Service of Ukraine,” the report says..

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