Russia's Investigative Committee has initiated over 3,200 criminal cases over the nine years of conflict in Donbass, including against 849 representatives of the military and political leadership of Ukraine, members of national associations, and security officials, said Alexander Bastrykin, chief of the Investigative Committee, on Tuesday.
"Over 9 years, the Russian Investigative Committee initiated 3,286 criminal cases, in which 849 people are being prosecuted - representatives of the military and political leadership of Ukraine, members of nationalist associations, employees of law enforcement agencies, including command staff," he told Sputnik.
Bastrykin also stressed that everyone involved in the atrocities that the civilians of Donbass have had to endure will be held accountable before the law.