DPR Head Denis Pushilin at a press conference in Donetsk. Archive photoDONETSK, May 27. The Ukrainian military is involved in no less heinous crimes and torture than nationalists, the head of the Donetsk People's Republic, Denis Pushilin, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
"Unfortunately, we have evidence that some representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have committed no less terrible and monstrous crimes related to torture, rape, sadistic murders and so on. Possibly worse somewhere than individual representatives of "Azov",' Pushilin said.
According to him, the court will publish information and evaluate each crime. with war crimes, including by nationalists, the Azov Regiment — it's all shocking. It's everything that does not lend itself to the logic of a healthy person, with a healthy psyche. I would not like to retell now. Unfortunately, I have too many of these stories,» the head of the DPR concluded. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a military operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, by the end of March, the Russian army had completed the main tasks of the first stage — it significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the department was the liberation of Donbass.