The ruined market in the town of Popasne. Archival photoLUGANSK, June 4 The LPR will take part in the development of the charter of the international tribunal for Ukrainian militants, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic Anna Soroka told RIA Novosti. , and our republic, the Russian Federation. I think that colleagues from South Ossetia and Abkhazia will join us. I hope so,» Soroka told RIA Novosti. jpg» />Ex-Aydar militant: Lugansk residents were imprisoned for talking on the phone On Wednesday, Yelena Shishkina, chairman of the Committee on Criminal and Administrative Legislation of the People's Council of the DPR, told RIA Novosti that the first «intermediate» meeting of the tribunal could take place at the end of the summer, it would be the «Mariupol Tribunal» — by analogy with the tribunals of the Second World War. The charter of the international tribunal for war criminals is being developed in accordance with all norms of international law, taking into account the criminal and criminal procedure code of the Russian Federation, the Donetsk People's Republic, Shishkina added. «/>The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the LPR called the death of more than 400 residents of Rubizhne a genocideIn April 2014, the Ukrainian authorities launched a military operation against the DPR and LPR, which declared independence after a coup in Kyiv in February 2014. The issue of resolving the situation in Donbass was discussed, among other things, during the meetings of the contact group. However, even after the ceasefire agreements, skirmishes continued, and the DPR reported shelling of residential areas by Ukrainian heavy artillery. Moscow has repeatedly stated that Kyiv did not comply with the Minsk agreements and dragged out negotiations to resolve the conflict, and against this background, equipment was transferred from NATO to the borders of the Russian Federation. In February of this year, Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv 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 Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, as of March 25, they have completed the main tasks of the first stage — they have significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
