As a result of the criminal actions of the commander of the long-range aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces, who is also a native of Odesa, eight people were killed in his hometown, including a three-month-old child and a pregnant woman, and eleven others were injured. The war criminal is charged with violations of the laws and customs of war, combined with premeditated murder. He faces life imprisonment, reports UNN with reference to the National Police.
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Law enforcement officers found that on April 23, 2022, on the eve of Easter, it was on Kobylash's order that a group of strategic aviation aircraft of the Russian Armed Forces launched X-101 cruise missiles in the direction of Odesa. One of them hit a 16-story apartment building in the Kyiv district. As a result, eight civilians were killed, including a little girl, her mother and grandmother, and a pregnant woman, eleven citizens were wounded, and many apartments in the building, a business center, and cars were destroyed and damaged.
At the same time, another cruise missile hit the cemetery, injuring one woman and destroying and damaging graves.
The police, along with other operational services, arrived at the scene to conduct a rescue and search operation, provide assistance to the victims, eliminate the consequences of the terrible tragedy, and document the war crime.
Investigators worked for more than 40 hours at the scene, inspecting 61 objects, the bodies of all the victims, seizing their biological samples and those of their relatives, and questioning 96 victims and 20 witnesses. A number of forensic, molecular genetic, explosive, construction, technical and military examinations were also conducted to obtain evidence of the war crime.
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Based on the evidence collected, investigators served in absentia a notice of suspicion to Lieutenant General Kobylash, Commander of the Long-Range Aviation of the Russian Federation's Aerospace Forces, under Part 2 of Art. 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, namely, ordering actions aimed at violating the laws and customs of war provided for in international treaties ratified by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, combined with premeditated murder, committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy. He faces life imprisonment for this crime.