Prosecutor General’s Office names Russian military unit that targeted residential building in Dnipro

The Prosecutor General's Office asserted that the Kh-22 missile that hit a residential building in the city of Dnipro on Saturday, 14 January, could have been launched by only one Russian unit, the 52nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment.

Source: Prosecutor General’s Office 

Quote: "According to preliminary information, a Kh-22 missile was used. This type of missile leads to the greatest human casualties, because the missile is extremely inaccurate, has a huge deviation rate [from its course – ed.]. Therefore, the use of such weapons for targets in densely populated areas is clearly a war crime.

This type of missile was used in Serhiivka and Kremenchuk. It can be launched by one Russian unit only, the 52nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment."

Details: On Sunday, Yurii Belousov, Head of the Department for Combating Crimes Committed in Conditions of Armed Conflict, and of the Prosecutor General's Office, together with the leadership of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office and investigators of the central apparatus of the Security Service of Ukraine, inspected the site of the missile attack by the Russian Armed Forces on a residential building in the city of Dnipro.

The Prosecutor General's Office emphasised that there are no military targets around the place where the Russian missile hit.

Quote from Belousov: "This tragedy is not just a war crime, it is a crime against humanity. A large-scale killing of civilians in Ukraine. Every important piece of evidence will be documented. The investigation and prosecutors will establish and bring to justice both those who directly launched the missiles and their commanders who gave this criminal order. The entire Russian military leadership."

Background: 

• During a large-scale missile attack on Saturday, 14 December, Russians hit a multi-storey residential building in Dnipro.
• The Russians launched the attack using a Kh-22 missile designed to destroy aircraft carrier groups at sea.
• The Dnipro city authorities have announced three days of mourning for those killed in the Russian missile attack.
• It was previously reported that the number of deaths caused by the Russian attack had  risen to 29 people, including one child. 73 people were injured. The search and rescue operation is ongoing. 

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