Destruction on a street in Mariupol. Archival photoMOSCOW, June 10 Russian investigators have identified a Ukrainian commander who ordered at least 25 civilians to be shot dead in Mariupol and another blew up on a «stretch line», according to the website of the Investigative Committee.
&# 34;Three criminal cases were initiated … against the company commander of the military unit A-2802 of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant Oleg Tkachenko and the chief of staff — the first deputy commander of the 30th separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Mykola Perestupnyak, as well as other military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine", — the statement says.
According to the investigation, positions of a military unit under the command of Tkachenko were located in Mariupol. From February 29 to March 28, he repeatedly gave orders to kill local residents who were detained for checking documents. while a local resident blew himself up on it, who died on the spot from his injuries. The Ukrainian serviceman who installed this «stretching» was killed during further hostilities,» the ministry added in the release.
Nationalists set fire to a granary in Mariupol, the Ministry of Defense said. The Investigative Committee also established witnesses who confirmed their testimony at the scene. The commanders are charged with the article “Ill-treatment of the civilian population, the use of prohibited means and methods in an armed conflict” of the Russian Criminal Code. the security forces regained control of him. On May 20, 2022, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the complete liberation of the last stronghold of defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city — the territory of the Azovstal metallurgical plant. The underground facilities of the enterprise, in which the Ukrainian military and fighters of the Azov regiment were hiding (against whom criminal cases were initiated in Russia), came under the control of the Russian Armed Forces. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a military special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. As Vladimir Putin stressed, its goal is «to protect people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, the Russian army has completed the main tasks of the first stage — it has significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the department was the liberation of Donbass.