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 ministry informs, new criminal cases have been initiated against the commander of 58 separate motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel Sergei Zabolotny and the commander16 of a separate motorized infantry battalion of the same brigade, Lieutenant-Colonel Oleg Gromadsky. Criminal proceedings are open on h. 3 of Article 33 and. 1 article 356 of the Criminal Code (organization of the use of prohibited means and methods of warfare).

"According to the investigation, in 2016, while in the vicinity of the settlement of Avdeevka in the Donetsk region Zabolotny entered into a preliminary collusion with the Gromadsky and other unidentified servicemen, aimed at using artillery pieces of indiscriminate character to inflict artillery strikes on civilian infrastructure objects that are not Military objectives, and civilians not involved in armed confrontation. They also involved in criminal activities of direct executors and subsequently coordinated and directed their actions, "the Russian Sledkom.

The investigators also accused the Ukrainian military of allegedly shelling temporarily occupied Spartak and Yasinovaty, which resulted in a serious wounding of a local resident.

"In April and June of 2016, Zabolotny, Gromadsky and other persons from the brigade's servicemen, carrying out deliberately criminal orders of the higher officials of the Ministry of Defense and the National Guard of Ukraine, repeatedly organized the targeting of artillery shelling from heavy weapons with the caliber of at least 82 mm of civilian infrastructure facilities In the village of Spartak Donetsk region and the town of Yasinovataya. As a result of these bombardments, apartment houses were damaged and a local resident was seriously injured, "the statement said..

Russian investigators insist that these "crimes are committed in a generally dangerous manner, since during the shelling period, the lives of other civilians were endangered".

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.