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Kiev slams Russia for bringing criminal complaints against Ukraine's armed forces

Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office expressed concern that Russia's Investigative Committee's criminal complaints against Ukrainian military and security personnel constitute "unlawful interference in the work of law enforcement agencies of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Armed Forces."

By JC Finley
Ukrainian national guard personnel is seen at the training military base near Kiev on September 30, 2014. Russia's Investigative Committee has reportedly opened up criminal cases to examine wrongdoing by Ukrainian Armed Forces. UPI/Ivan Vakolenko
Ukrainian national guard personnel is seen at the training military base near Kiev on September 30, 2014. Russia's Investigative Committee has reportedly opened up criminal cases to examine wrongdoing by Ukrainian Armed Forces. UPI/Ivan Vakolenko | License Photo

KIEV, Ukraine, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office denounced Russia's Investigative Committee for opening criminal complaints against Ukrainian military and security personnel.

According to the Prosecutor General's Office, "the Russian Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against Ukrainian servicewoman N. V. Savchenko for alleged complicity in the killing of Rossiya television channel journalists I. V. Kornelyuk and A. D. Voloshin." The Committee is also reportedly investigating "crimes related to the use of prohibited means and methods of warfare," such as alleged shelling in Donetsk and Luhansk that resulted in civilian deaths.

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Such criminal cases constitute "unlawful interference in the work of law enforcement agencies of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Armed Forces," the Prosecutor General's Office asserted, and are both a violation of Ukraine's sovereign territorial integrity and an attempt to further aid Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine.

On Tuesday, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk criticized Russia for not truly being committed to resolving the crisis. "I can state the lack of willingness of the Russian side to resolve the conflict and fulfill the Minsk agreements. All is fine in words," Yatsenyuk pointed out, "but [their] deeds do not correspond to [their] words to Russia's actions as evidence of its lack of commitment to resolving the conflict."

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