Russia’s Investigative Committee orders international search for former Ukrainian defence ministers Reznikov and Fedorov

Russia's Investigative Committee announced an international search for two former Ukrainian defence ministers — Oleksii Reznikov and Mykhailo Fedorov — as well as the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Ministry of Defence, Oleh Ivashchenko, and the commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Unmanned Systems Forces, Robert Brovdi. The announcement was made in Moscow on 2 October.

According to the Investigative Committee, Reznikov and Fedorov have been charged in absentia with crimes against the civilian population of Russia and Donbas. The agency claims that in 2021–2023 and 2026 they issued orders and instructions to their subordinates, ensuring the conduct of "punitive military operations" on the territory of Donbas.

These criminal actions resulted in mass deaths and injuries among civilians, and the destruction of civilian infrastructure.

According to the Investigative Committee, rulings have been issued to charge Reznikov and Fedorov as suspects, and an international search for them has been organised.

Charges against Ivashchenko and Brovdi

Investigators said that in the course of the investigation into terrorist attacks on the territory of Russia, the involvement of Oleh Ivashchenko and Robert Brovdi in a series of such crimes was established. They have been charged in absentia and have also been placed on an international wanted list.

• An attack using UAVs on a beach in the village of Arkhipo-Osipovka. A mass attack on Nizhnekamsk. An attack by the Iranian vessel "Ana" and the Russian vessel "Navis-1" in the waters of the Volga-Caspian Sea Shipping Canal.

According to the Investigative Committee, 21 people, including children, were killed as a result of these terrorist attacks.

The data presented were submitted to the head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, at a meeting he held in Luhansk.

Source: interfax.ru

Prepared by:Yulduz Salimov