The General Prosecutor's office of Ukraine is investigating several criminal cases regarding the volunteer battalions, said the head of state Viktor Shokin.




according to his statement, in addition to investigation regarding former battalion commander "Aydar" Sergei Melnychuk in the Prosecutor's office investigated a number of criminal cases concerning similar structures involved in military operations in Eastern Ukraine, RIA " Novosti "." Unfortunately, he (battalion) is not exceptional. We already have cases of so-called volunteer battalions, besides more large than Melnichuk, " said the Prosecutor, explaining the names of the battalions and details of the investigation. Remember, Melnychuk, a former commander of the volunteer battalion " Aidar ", formed to participate in special operations in the Donbass, not so long ago was expelled from the faction of the Radical party, for example, organizing demonstrations of disagreement fighters at the building of the Ministry of defense of Ukraine and stripped of his parliamentary privacy.

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