The The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has accused a Russian general, who commanded the seizure of the Hostomel Airport at the beginning of the full-scale invasion and issued the order to destroy the AN-225 Mriya.
This information was reported by the SSU.
“The Security Service has gathered evidence against Deputy Commander of the Russian Airborne Troops, Lieutenant General Anatoliy Kontsevoy, who is involved in the aggressive war against Ukraine. It was under his orders that the occupiers temporarily seized the Hostomel Airport at the beginning of the full-scale invasion”, the statement reads.
During active combat operations, the Russian invaders destroyed the largest Ukrainian aircraft, the AN-225 Mriya.
It is noted that Kontsevoy deployed special forces units of the airborne troops and army aviation of the aggressor country to storm the strategically important aerodrome in Ukraine. The general is part of the senior military command of the Russian Armed Forces and directly participated in the planning, preparation, and execution of armed aggression against Ukraine.
Furthermore, according to the investigation, since 2019, he organized the training of hostile paratroopers in Russia and Belarus to strike and seize strategic targets on Ukrainian territory.
Based on the collected evidence, the investigators of the Security Service informed Kontsevoy of his suspicion under two articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine: encroachment on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine and planning, preparation, unleashing, and waging an aggressive war by prior conspiracy.
The articles provide for a punishment of up to 15 years in prison.
Recall that on February 27, 2022, it became known that the occupiers had destroyed the largest aircraft in the world of Ukrainian production, the AN-225 Mriya. This happened at the Hostomel Airport, where the flagship of Ukrainian aviation was undergoing repairs. As former commander Dmytro Antonov stated, the aircraft was lost due to the fault of the management of the state enterprise, which had left the country two weeks before the start of the full-scale war and made no efforts to save the aircraft.
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