Investigators of the Security Service have collected a high-quality evidence base on two representatives of the Russian high command, who are responsible for the shelling of civilian objects in Ukraine.
One of them is the commander of long-range aviation of the Air and Space Forces of the Soviet Union, Colonel-General Serhiy Kobylash. And the other is the former commander of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia, Admiral Igor Osipov.
They were both charged with suspicion under two articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine:
▪️ Part 2 Art. 437 (planning, preparation, initiation as well as waging of an aggressive war);
▪️ h. 3 Art. 110 (encroachment on the territorial integrity along with the inviolability of Ukraine).
These are the first suspicions that Ukraine announces specifically for the shelling of civilian objects in Ukraine.
The maximum sanction of the articles provides for punishment in the form of life imprisonment.
Thus, in the course of the investigation, the SBU investigators found that since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Serhii Kobylash has been following the instructions of Russia’s top military and political leadership regarding the destruction of Ukrainian cities.
It was on his orders that the Russian invaders carried out massive rocket attacks on residential buildings, hospitals and critical infrastructure facilities in various regions of Ukraine.
To carry out air attacks, the enemy uses strategic missile carriers Tu-160, and Tu-95MS, as well as long-range missile bombers Tu-22M3, armed with cruise missiles of the Kh-555, Kh-101, Kh-55 and Kh-22 types.
As for Ihor Osipov, according to the investigation, in the period from February 24 to August 10, 2022, the official gave orders to carry out systematic missile strikes from the Black Sea on Ukrainian densely populated areas.
Enemy attacks were carried out with high-precision guided cruise missiles “3M14-Caliber” from Russian warships.
The pre-trial investigation is ongoing.
Measures to expose and document crimes were carried out by employees of the Main Investigation Department and the Military Counterintelligence Department of the Security Service under the procedural guidance of the Prosecutor General’s Office.