By KYIV. Nov 3 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Employees of the National Police of Ukraine found the bodies of 868 civilians, including 24 minors, during stabilization measures in the settlements of Donetsk, Kharkiv and Kherson regions liberated from Russian occupation.
As head of the Department of organizational and analytical support and operational response of the National Police Oleksiy Sergeyev told at a briefing on Thursday, only during the past day, on November 2, the bodies of 14 people were found in these regions.
"As of today, the National Police, in close cooperation with the security and defense forces, have provided stabilization measures and restoration of law and order in 375 settlements, 43 of them in Donetsk region, 244 in Kharkiv and 88 in Kherson. The approximate number of citizens who currently live in these territories is almost 86,000 … 14 units of the position have been restored in the occupied territories, 10 of which are in Kharkiv region, two each in Donetsk and Kherson," he said.
In total, police investigators documented 2,670 war crimes, and since the beginning of martial law, they have started more than 41,000 criminal proceedings on the facts of the commission of war crimes by Russian occupiers and their accomplices on the territory of Ukraine. More than 30,000 criminal proceedings have been initiated under articles on violation of the laws and customs of war, almost 9,000 on encroachments on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine, and almost 2,000 on collaboration activities.
On the territory of de–occupied areas, the police found 34 dungeons and places of detention of citizens: 24 of them in Kharkiv region, three each in Kherson and Kyiv regions, two in Sumy, and one each in Donetsk and Chernihiv.
"Last week, on October 28, an inspection was carried out of the building of Petrivska gymnasium of Shevchenkivsky Village Council in Kharkiv region, where civilians were held, whom inhumans subjected to physical and psychological violence. According to these facts, investigators have launched 16 criminal proceedings, of which 11 have now been transferred under investigation to the Security Service of Ukraine," Serheyev said.
Police investigators also documented 27 places of incarceration, including torture and filtration camps, in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and seven directly in the Russian Federation.
Mine clearance continues, more than 2,000 hectares have been examined, where 28.4 explosive objects have been seized.
Some 672 people and 2,400 vehicles that were wanted were found at checkpoints, 388 firearms, more than 80,000 cartridges and 704 grenades and explosive devices were seized. Some 4,700 people who may be involved in sabotage, terrorist and collaboration activities have also been identified, Serheyev said.
