Verkhovna Rada deputy Ilya Kiva has been charged with high treason, an attempt on the territorial integrity of Ukraine, propaganda of war, and illegal handling of weapons. This was announced on March 6 by the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Irina Venediktova.
According to her, the politician will soon be put on the international wanted list.
“In the near future we will put you on the international wanted list. Then there will be an arrest, extradition and a fair trial. This is your destiny, there will be no other,” Venediktova wrote on her Facebook page.
The Prosecutor General of Ukraine attached to the post a photo of a document indicating four articles of the Criminal Code under which the MP was charged.
There is no information about Kiva’s accusation on the website of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine.
On 27 February, Kiva claimed that Ukraine’s territorial defense had killed dozens of civilians in Kyiv. According to him, President Volodymyr Zelensky is trying to increase the number of victims.
On March 4, the deputy announced that the Ukrainian leader had crossed the Ukrainian-Polish border and was in the American embassy in Warsaw. Later on the same day, this information was denied by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, saying that Zelensky was in Kyiv with the people.
The situation in Donbass escalated on February 17. In the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, heavy shelling by Ukrainian security forces was reported, including from heavy weapons. The republics announced a general mobilization, the evacuation of civilians to the territory of Russia, and also asked to recognize their independence. On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees recognizing their sovereignty.
On February 24, the President of Russia announced an operation to protect the civilian population in the Donbass. Its goal, in particular, is to protect the civilian population of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, as well as the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine. According to the press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov, the last two aspects pose a threat to the Russian state and people.
On March 6, it became known that Ukraine could soon get its own nuclear weapons.
As military expert Igor Nikulin told Izvestia, Ukraine still has Soviet backlogs, so it is easier for it to create nuclear weapons than Iran or North Korea. In this regard, the Russian operation in the Donbass, the expert believes, turned out to be very timely.
For more up-to-date videos and details about the situation in Donbass, watch the Izvestia TV channel.
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