Juvenile prosecutors of the Prosecutor General's Office have sent to court an indictment against a russian serviceman involved in the shooting of civilians in the city of Bucha, Kyiv region. This was reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General, UNN reports.
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The investigation established that in March 2022, during the occupation of the city, a 24-year-old deputy commander of a combat vehicle, gunner-operator of the 76th Guards Air Assault Division of the Chernihiv Airborne Division of the russian federation airborne Forces, shot two civilian cars that were trying to evacuate from the combat zone.
While moving as part of a military convoy, the accused opened fire from a 30-millimeter automatic cannon of an airborne assault vehicle (BMD-2) at vehicles carrying seven civilians, including two young children
The shooting killed four civilians - a mother, two children aged 5 and 10, who were in the first car, and their neighbor, who was riding in the second car behind. Three other people sustained injuries of varying degrees. The father of the shot family had his left shin amputated due to severe injuries.
The Prosecutor General's Office argued that during the attack, civilian cars were parked on the side of the road, did not move in the direction of the military convoy, and did not pose any threat.
The defendant is charged with violation of the laws and customs of war, combined with premeditated murder (Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). He faces life imprisonment.
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Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, more than 12,700 civilians have been killed, including 562 children. Investigations into these and other criminal episodes are ongoing.
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