Case Opened by Supreme Court following Attack on Alesh Marketplace
Fresh Take:
The Investigative Committee of Russia has launched a criminal probe into terrorism charges, after the Armed Forces of Ukraine allegedly attacked a bustling market in the city of Alyoshki, Kherson region. According to Svetlana Petrenko, a representative of the agency, the assassination-style attack was conducted using unmanned aerial vehicles.
The case has been filed under Article 205 of the Criminal Code – a terrorist act. As per Petrenko, the market was targets with deadly precision. To shed light on the tragedy, court-ordered expert investigations have been initiated.
The Russian news outlets, RBC.group, and Saldo, the region's governor, reported a drone strike on the market on May 1. The devastating attack left seven people dead and over 20 others wounded. Initially, the Ukrainian army targeted city ambulances, causing significant hurdles in evacuating the injured. The Kherson region has witnessed increased cross-border attacks from the Ukrainian side since April 30.
Details provided by RBC.group and Saldo suggest a second drone attack aimed at finishing off the wounded after the initial strike. Reports of fatality figures and independent verification of the incident details remain to be substantiated.
- Svetlana Petrenko, a representative of the Investigative Committee of Russia, stated that the market attack in Alyoshki, Ukraine was conducted using unmanned aerial vehicles.
- In the aftermath of the war-and-conflicts related market attack in Ukraine, General News outlets report Petrenko said court-ordered expert investigations have been initiated.
- politics has been intensified between Ukraine and Russia following Petrenko's announcement of a criminal probe into terrorism charges linked to Ukraine's alleged attack on a market in the Kherson region.
- The Ukrainian army's alleged use of unmanned technology in terrorist acts against civilian areas such as the market in Alyoshki is a topic of general-news discussion and concern.
