Earlier it became known that as a result of an attack by the Ukrainian military near the village of Pionerskoye in the Donbass, two civilians were killed.

In addition, the Investigative Committee stated that after the shelling by the Ukrainian military of the area of ​​​​the mine named after.

Skochinsky in the city of Donetsk shrapnel wounds were received by a 67-year-old civilian. 

“On the indicated facts, two criminal cases were initiated on the grounds of a crime under Part 1 of Art.

356 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (use in an armed conflict of means and methods prohibited by an international treaty of the Russian Federation), ”the message on the website of the Russian Investigative Committee says.

The head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, instructed to open criminal cases on the fact of the death of civilians in the self-proclaimed LPR after shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.