The Investigation Department of the DPR Prosecutor General’s Office has initiated and is investigating a criminal case against O.A. Goncharuk, the Commander of the 128th separate mountain assault AFU brigade, along with the military subordinate to him, into the fact of commission of a terrorist act, constituting a crime under Article 229, Section 2 (a), (c) of the DPR Criminal Code, the press service of the law-enforcement agency reports today, on March 5.

It has been established that on 4 March 2020 military of the 128th separate mountain assault brigade, at the order of Commander O.A. Goncharuk, launched an anti-tank guided missile at a Ford Transit vehicle moving along Gribnaya Street of the city of Dokuchayevsk, as a result of which a woman born in 1968, who was inside the vehicle, suffered shrapnel wounds.

Investigators of the Prosecutor’s Office are currently carrying out the necessary investigative activities.