The Investigative Committee reported this.

“The Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia, A. I. Bastrykin, instructed, as part of the criminal investigation, to identify all persons guilty of crimes against civilians, including those who gave criminal orders to shell the civilian population and infrastructure,” the statement said.

The department opened a criminal case for a terrorist attack. 19 people were recognized as injured, seven more people died, including a child.

The Ukrainian army struck Belgorod on the afternoon of February 15. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has received information about the attack by Ukrainian troops, but is so far “unable” to classify the attack as a war crime.