High-ranking Ukrainian military charged in absentia with genocide of the Russian-speaking population in Donbas

The Investigative Committee of Russia continues to investigate the crimes committed by the Ukrainian military and nationalists against the civilian population of the Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics. On the basis of the collected evidence, charges were brought in absentia against high-ranking Ukrainian military personnel involved in the death of the civilian population of Donbass. So, in addition to the previously brought charge under Art. 356 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (use of prohibited means and methods of warfare), 22 persons were charged in absentia with genocide of the civilian Russian-speaking population (Article 357 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).