Overview
- The Prosecutor General’s Office says charges were filed under Criminal Code Article 357, which allows sentences up to life imprisonment.
- Those named include former president Petro Poroshenko as well as Oleksandr Syrskyi and Rustem Umerov, according to the indictment.
- The case has been sent to the Donetsk People’s Republic Supreme Court for consideration on the merits, state media reported.
- Russian authorities say arrest warrants were issued and a Moscow court ordered pre-trial detention in absentia pending extradition.
- Prosecutors allege nearly 5,000 civilians were killed, 13,500 injured, and the population fell sharply in Donetsk and Luhansk over 2014–2022.