Russia-occupation forces in Luhansk region fire mortars at SBU investigation team collecting evidence of their involvement in shelling of civilians

KYIV. Sept 10 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The operative-investigative group of the Security Service of Ukraine, which worked near the disengagement line of contact in Luhansk region, came under fire from the so-called "LPR" ("Luhansk People’s Republic") militants, the SBU press service said on Thursday.

"Security officers were "covered with fire" while working in Triokhizbenka, where SBU officers were gathering evidence confirming the guilt of mercenaries in shelling peaceful settlements along the disengagement line.

It says that all members of the SBU operative-investigative group survived.

"Currently, the Ukrainian special services continue to collect evidence in criminal proceedings on the fact of yesterday’s shelling of Ukrainian positions. This is 64 cases since the beginning of the year, which the SBU opened on the fact of shelling only in Luhansk region," the SBU said.

The special services remind that on the evening of September 8, Russian occupation forces fired on the area of ​​the tuberculosis dispensary in the village of Triokhizbenka, Schastia district, Luhansk region.

"They used large-caliber weapons prohibited by the Minsk agreements. As a result of the attack, six Ukrainian servicemen were wounded. In addition, 122-mm artillery used by the enemy hit civilian objects and damaged apartment buildings and private houses in Triokhizbenka village," law enforcement officials said.

They add that the pretrial investigation in criminal proceedings under Part 2 of Article 258 of the Criminal code of Ukraine (the terrorist act, caused heavy consequences) on this fact passes under the procedural management of the Luhansk regional prosecutor’s office.