Prosecutor's office in Kharkiv Oblast investigates forced deportation of people to Russia

OLHA HLUSHCHENKO —  THURSDAY, 4 AUGUST 2022, 03:30

The prosecutor's office has started proceedings regarding the forced removal of people from the occupied village of Kozacha Lopan in the Kharkiv region to Russia.

Source: Prosecutor General's Office 

Quote: "Under the procedural leadership of the Derhachi District Prosecutor's Office in Kharkiv Oblast, a pre-trial investigation has been started in criminal proceedings for violation of the laws and customs of war (Part 1 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine)."

Details: The Prosecutor General's Office reported that information had been entered into the unified register of pre-trial investigations based on media information about the forced removal of people from the temporarily occupied village of Kozacha Lopan to the territory of the aggressor country.

The soldiers of the so-called "LPR" [self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic] are forcibly "evacuating" local residents to tent camps in Belgorod Oblast of the Russian Federation, manipulating and intimidating civilians with alleged shelling from the Ukrainian army.

"All data is being checked, and a pre-trial investigation is ongoing. In the future, the materials will be handed over to the Ukrainian Security Service Office in Kharkiv Oblast," the  Prosecutor General's Office said in a statement.

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