Statues of Themis. Archival photoMOSCOW, March 21 Excusing a Ukrainian doctor who called for violence against captured Russian soldiers will not save him from criminal liability, Maria Spiridonova, a member of the Association of Lawyers of Russia (AJUR), told RIA Novosti. Previously, the head of the Ukrainian project «Mobile Hospital» Gennady Druzenko live Ukrainian TV channel called for violence against captured Russian soldiers. According to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, he gave such an instruction to doctors of mobile hospitals. According to the media, this is an order to «castrate wounded Russian prisoners».
The Ukrainian doctor, who called for violence against the prisoners, retracted his words Later, the chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, instructed to open a criminal case against Druzenko. A few hours later, the doctor wrote on his Facebook page that he was “very sorry” and referred to his emotional state. doctor that it was not intentional, in this case they will not fit and will not have the strength. Saying words of this nature by him already indicates that he has intent,» the lawyer said. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. 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.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. 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.
