The SBU has served a notice of suspicion in absentia to Russian Colonel Oleh Skitskyy, who commanded a missile attack on civilian targets in Kryvyy Rih.
This was reported by the SBU press centre.
‘The Security Service has documented new crimes committed by Russian Colonel Oleh Skitskyy, who is involved in missile and bomb attacks on the civilian infrastructure of Ukraine,’ the statement said.
Skitskyy is the commander of the 121st Heavy Bomber Regiment of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
According to the investigation, the ruscist directly commanded the Russian air attack on the warehouses of a private company in Kryvyy Rih in the early summer of 2023. The enemy shelling killed 7 civilian employees of the business facility and one local resident.
Skitskyy ordered the use of several Tu-95 strategic bombers to attack the city. The missile that hit the commercial warehouse was an X-101 air-to-ground missile, which one of the aircraft fired over the Caspian Sea. Based on the evidence collected, SBU investigators served Skitskyy a notice of suspicion in absentia under Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (war crimes that resulted in the death of people).
In the summer of 2024, the SBU established Skitskyy's involvement in the shelling of energy generating enterprises and power substations in Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad and Vinnytsya Regions.
At that time, his crimes were classified under Part 2 of Article 28, Part 1 of Article 438 and Part 2 of Article 28, Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (violation of the laws and customs of warfare committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy).
The operation is ongoing to bring the offender to justice.