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Ukrainian Prosecutor's Office sends indictment against Russian Lieutenant General Andrei Mordvichev to court for ordering the storming of Azovstal plant in Mariupol.

Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast
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Andrei Mordvichev, as commander of the 8th Guards Combined Arms Army, gave orders to storm Azovstal plant in Mariupol

Mordvichev is accused of committing deliberate actions to change the borders of Ukraine in violation of the Constitution, leading to death and grave consequences

Mordvichev is accused of conducting an aggressive war

Mordvichev was in charge of military planning, coordination and management of Russian military formations during inspections in Mariupol district

Mordvichev ordered shelling of civilians in Donetsk Oblast and occupation of the region

Mordvichev participated in meetings with heads of the Donetsk People's Republic and Chechen Republic to develop plan for capturing Mariupol and storming Azovstal

Mordvichev coordinated actions to intensify assault on Azovstal and murder of Ukrainian military commanders

Mordvichev is currently wanted, hiding from investigation

According to the Ukrainian military, Russian units faced 'colossal losses' near the towns of Avdiivka and Marinka in Donetsk Oblast in recent days.

Rinat Akhmetov, as an investor, will demand compensation from Russia for all losses caused to him as a result of interference in the activities or expropriation of assets and investments by the so-called "DNR" and "LNR" under the leadership or control of Russia in 2014-2017

On 24 Feb. 2022, the Russian army began a large-scale invasion of Ukraine

In 2018, a lawsuit was already filed with the Arbitration Court in The Hague regarding the energy assets of the DTEK energy holding in the annexed Crimea

In 2022, a lawsuit was filed to the ECHR with a list of assets destroyed or seized after Russia's full-scale invasion

Wagner mercenaries are suffering colossal losses in the Bakhmut direction and will cease to be a powerful military unit in the short term.

Russian military achievements in the Bakhmut direction were achieved exclusively through 'meat assaults'.

There are signs of disagreement between the Russian General Staff and Yevgeny Prigozhin regarding the Wagner PMC.

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