Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin. Archival photoMOSCOW, March 27 Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia Alexander Bastrykin instructed to establish all the circumstances of the execution of civilians at a checkpoint in Zaporozhye, according to the department's Telegram channel. It is noted that information was published on the Internet that that on March 17 in Zaporozhye, at a checkpoint located on the outskirts of the city, Ukrainian militants shot civilians who were trying to leave the city. As a result, two local residents died, three received gunshot wounds. «Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Ivanovich Bastrykin instructed the Main Investigation Department of the Russian Investigative Committee to collect and record evidence and identify all those involved in this with a view to subsequently bringing them to justice,» — The message says. 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.» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, 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. nationalists with prisoners of war
