Head of the Russian Investigative Committee Alexander BastrykinMOSCOW, March 8Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia Alexander Bastrykin instructed to organize an investigation into the attack on the Russian embassy in Dublin, according to the agency's website. Russian Federation (attack on persons or institutions that enjoy international protection),» the message reads.Bastrykin instructed to record attempts to disrupt the evacuation of people from Ukraine. At the same time, as reported in the diplomatic mission, the incident occurred in the presence of Irish police officers standing nearby and inactive. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties. The Embassy considers this incident as a clear and gross violation of Article 22 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine early in the morning on February 24th. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, nothing threatens the civilian population. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, the President of Russia emphasized.
