On Saturday, July 25, the main organizer of the arms exhibition near Kyiv, which was hit by ballistic missiles by the russian federation, as a result of which 10 people were injured, killed and 100 injured, was detained.
Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko reported this on the Telegram channel, the Ukrainian News agency reports.
"The main organizer of the event was detained. He was notified of suspicion under Part 3 of Article 367 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. In the near future, the court will choose a preventive measure for him. Due to minor injuries, he is under escort in a medical institution," Kravchenko wrote.
According to him, urgent searches have now been conducted at the association's office and at the residences of persons who may be involved in organizing this event.
According to the investigation, one of the gunsmiths' associations, without any approval from the military command, regional and district military administrations, as well as other authorized bodies, organized a large-scale event with the participation of the military, representatives of state bodies, international partners and business. The program included, in particular, a demonstration of air defense systems.
More than 300 people were invited to the open location. The nearest shelter with an area of only 34 square meters was located approximately 100 meters from the event. This means that hundreds of people were in conditions of obvious security risk from the very beginning.
Invitations were sent out 9 days before the event, and the exact place and time were announced 24 hours ago. The investigation is investigating whether these actions could have contributed to the enemy having the opportunity to prepare a targeted strike.
"Russia is behind this strike. It is she who committed another war crime. But the investigation is also establishing circumstances that could have increased the scale of this tragedy," Kravchenko wrote.
Therefore, according to him, a separate legal assessment will be given to the actions or inaction of all officials who were obliged to respond to potential risks.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on Friday, July 24, russian occupation troops launched ballistic strikes at a training ground in the Kyiv Region, where an arms exhibition was taking place at the time.
The missile strike by the aggressor country, russia, killed 10 people, and about 100 more were injured.
The Ukrainian Council of Defense Industry states that information about the exact location of the event participants was not publicly disclosed.
July 25 was declared a Day of Mourning in the Kyiv Region for those killed in the russian strike on July 24.
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