Investigative Committee opened two more cases after shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Donbass

Mine warning on the road in the village of Novotroitskoye, Volnovakhsky DistrictMOSCOW, Mar 26 two more criminal cases after massive shelling by the Ukrainian military in the Donbass, where civilians were killed and injured, according to the website of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. population, the use of means and methods in an armed conflict prohibited by an international treaty of the Russian Federation),» the message says.According to the Investigative Committee, from March 23 to March 25, 2022, the Ukrainian troops and other military formations, following the deliberately criminal orders of the commanders and officials of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, fired at Yasinovataya from Gradov, carried out massive targeted artillery and mortar shelling of civilian infrastructure in Donetsk, Makeevka, Dokuchaevsk, Yasinovataya, Volnovakha and Mariupol, the village of Verkhnetoretsk DPR. Five civilians were killed, about 70 civilians were injured (of which five were minors). «In addition, from March 22 to March 25, 2022, civilian infrastructure facilities were also shelled in a number of settlements of the Luhansk People's Republic — the cities of Pervomaisk, Rubizhne, Zolote-5 , Kalinovo township, Stepnoye village» — is added in the message.The Investigative Committee opened two cases after the shelling of Donbass by the Ukrainian military. It is noted that as a result of the shelling, a civilian was killed and two people were injured, including a minor. in the message. 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 Russian Armed Forces, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian president emphasized. employees of «Rosatom» at the Rovno NPP