In Trostyanets, Sumy region, investigators from the State Bureau of Investigation found important documents of the Russian military, confirming Russia's intentions to seize the entire territory of Ukraine.
"SBI investigators have found important documents of the russian armed forces, which clearly show that russia was preparing to seize the entire territory of Ukraine. All this information will be studied and attached to the case file, " said Oleksiy Sukhachev, director of the State Bureau of Investigation.
According to him, SBI employees continue to document the facts of crimes by the military of the russian federation in Trostyanets. All the information received will go to international bodies, and none of the perpetrators will escape fair punishment.
SBI investigators inspected more than 2,000 hectares of the city de facto destroyed by the russian military. Law enforcement officers established the location of the aggressor's combat units and the firing positions from which the shelling was carried out. Seized documents and personal belongings of the russian military.
SBI investigators found 322 residential buildings and civilian objects in Trostyanets, which were fired at with artillery and mortars.
During the investigation, places where russian soldiers tortured civilians were identified. At least 34 cases of unlawful deprivation of liberty and torture of civilians have been reported. Batons, handcuffs, metal ticks and clothes of the victims with traces of blood were found at the crime scenes.
Law enforcement officers conducted 29 inspections of the scene, exhumed the bodies of 23 victims, including two children.
SBI officers disarmed several explosive devices and handed over unused weapons and ammunition to the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Main Intelligence Directorate has published a list of Russian pilots who launched missile and bomb strikes on the territory of Ukraine.