The Investigative Committee is investigating the crimes of the militants of the territorial defense against the inhabitants of the Mykolaiv region

The car of the Investigative Committee of the Russian FederationMOSCOW, March 22 Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia Alexander Bastrykin instructed to investigate crimes militants of territorial defense in the Nikolaev region in southern Ukraine, who force men to sign up for the defense under the threat of being shot, according to the Telegram channel of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. ranks, for refusing to be shot on the spot. «Bastrykin instructed the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia to collect and record evidence of crimes committed against civilians and identify all those involved in this with the aim of subsequently bringing them to the responsibility established by law,» the message says. 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.» According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the RF Armed Forces, the forces of the DPR and LPR are developing an offensive. But the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, the President of Russia emphasized.