"For war crimes": In Russia, the court will consider the first case over the Ukrainian military

According to the Russian investigation, the accused Anton Cherednik allegedly shot a resident of Mariupol because of the wrong pronunciation of words in Ukrainian. On February 22, the Southern District Military Court of the Rostov region received materials of a criminal case against the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Anton Cherednik, who is accused of terrorism and murder of civilians in Mariupol. This is the first trial in Russia over the Ukrainian military, reports TASS.

"Anton Cherednik is guilty of Article 278 (violent seizure of power), Part 1 of Article 356 (ill -treatment of civilians, use in armed conflict of prohibited means and methods), Part 2 of Article 105 (murder), Art. 205. 3 of the Criminal Code (training for the purpose of terrorist activity) " - says in the message. The materials of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (IC) specify that the Cherednik allegedly killed a resident of Mariupol after he was misinterpreted in Ukrainian.

According to the Russian investigation, on March 27, 2022, in the village of Mirne, Cherednik stopped two men and demanded to present documents. He then ordered them to lie down on the ground and utter a phrase in Ukrainian, and for intimidation made a shot into the air from a machine gun. After that, under the pretext of incorrect pronunciation, the Cherednik allegedly shot one of the men.

The agency also reports that another case in the Southern District Court will be considered another case against the Ukrainian military. It is a fighter of the Aidar battalion Denis Murig, who is also accused of terrorist activity. The details of the investigation in the murga case were not reported.

In addition, according to the chairman of the IC Oleksandr Bastrykin, Russia is criminal prosecution against 680 Ukrainian officials, including 118 servicemen and the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, for committing war crimes.

He clarified that the accusations were made on the basis of the Criminal Code (the use of prohibited means and methods of warfare) previously reported that in the occupied Sevastopol "the Court" adopted a verdict for military personnel in a criminal case to refuse to execute command. The cousins ​​of Kotov VA and Kotov EV They refused to participate in hostilities in the Kherson region.