The head of the Investigative Committee (IC), Alexander Bastrykin, instructed to investigate the harsh treatment of Russian prisoners of war by Ukrainian nationalists. About it reported on the website of the department.
“Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation A.I. Bastrykin instructed the Main Investigation Department of the Russian Investigative Committee to establish all the circumstances of the ill-treatment of Ukrainian nationalists with captured military personnel, ”the report says.
Bastrykin announced the initiation of more than 500 cases on events in Ukraine
In addition, Bastrykin instructed to investigate information about the execution of civilians at a checkpoint in Zaporozhye. According to the UK, the incident occurred on March 17. “At a checkpoint located on the outskirts of the city, Ukrainian militants shot down civilians who were trying to leave the city. As a result, two local residents were killed, three received gunshot wounds, ”the press service of the department reports.
On Friday, Bastrykin said that since 2014, the Investigative Committee has already opened more than 500 criminal cases on events in Ukraine and Donbass. “Over the entire period of the investigation, more than 160 thousand people were interrogated, more than 32 thousand people were recognized as victims, including about 4 thousand minors,” said the head of the Investigative Committee. At the same time, Bastrykin clarified that the criminal cases relating to the use of “prohibited means and methods of warfare” were combined into one proceeding.