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Russian military who ordered tank fire on Trostianets hospital identified
KYIV. Aug 17 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukrainian law enforcers have identified the Russian serviceman who ordered to open tank fire on Trostianets Town Hospital in Sumy region, the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) has said.
"Under the procedural guidance of the leadership of Sumy Regional Prosecutor’s Office, the Russian serviceman has been notified of suspicion in absentia for the violation of laws of the warfare (Part 1 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine)," it said on the Telegram channel on Wednesday.
According to the PGO, on March 23, 2022, during the Russian occupation in the town of Trostianets in Sumy region, contrary to international humanitarian law, the local hospital was shelled from T-80 tank.
"The investigation established that the tank commander of the 6th tank company of the 12th Guards Tank Shepetovka Regiment of the 4th Guards Kantemirovskaya Tank Division ordered to open fire aimed at the hospital building," it said.
The tank crew took at least three shots from the tank gun, as a result of which the impatient building of the hospital, where at that moment there were patients and the staff, was damaged, the PGO said.
