The Desnianskyi District Court of Kyiv has scheduled for May 30 a hearing on the charges of KCSA officials, the District State Administration, and hospital management over the deaths of people near a closed shelter in the Desnianskyi district of the capital on June 1, 2023. This was reported by the press service of the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office, according to UNN.
Desnianskyi District Court of Kyiv scheduled for consideration the case on charges of the Director of the Department of Municipal Security of the Kyiv City State Administration, the First Deputy Head of the Desnianskyi District State Administration in Kyiv, the Director of a medical institution and his deputy in official negligence that caused grave consequences (Part 2 of Article 367 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine)
Officials are accused of failing to monitor the condition of the shelters and their accessibility, which resulted in the deaths of two women and a child near a closed shelter in the Desnianskyi district on June 1, , 2023, and the injury of 7 other people of varying degrees.
The pre-trial investigation established that the dead and injured tried to get to a shelter located in the premises of the Primary Health Care Center No. 3 in the Desnianskyi district after the air raid alarm, but the doors of the shelter were closed.
A total of 11 people were recognized as victims of the criminal offense. The victims are relatives of the deceased and people who were injured as a result of the impact of the explosion of the missile debris.
They filed civil lawsuits seeking joint and several recovery of material and non-pecuniary damages from the defendants in the amount of over UAH 10 million.
"The first court hearing will be held in the Desnianskyi District Court on May 30, 2024 at 12:00," the prosecutor's office said.
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