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The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ruslan Khomchak, said that at the time of the accident of a transport plane of the Armed Forces of Ukraine over Luhansk airport, as a result of which 49 Ukrainian servicemen died, General Viktor Nazarov had to make difficult decisions.
Ukrainian General Viktor Nazarov, who was convicted of the death of 49 Ukrainian soldiers on an IL-76 plane in the Lugansk region, was thinking about how to protect the country and preserve its territorial integrity, the commander-in-chief of the Forces said Armed Forces of Ukraine Ruslan Khomchak in an interview with the Observer on December 30.
“In 2014, there was a very difficult situation and difficult decisions were made. Did Nazarov send planes to the resort? For his own purposes? No,” he said.
The commander-in-chief believes that Nazarov was fulfilling his duties at the time of the plane crash. chief of staff of the anti-terrorist operation in Donbass.
“Nazarov did not shoot down the plane, Russia did. Then it was possible to deliver the entire Donbass at once, if we are guided by the logic of” just so no one dies. “
If Nazarov hadn’t done what was necessary, they would have asked him about this, he suggested.
“For example, like in Crimea, when everyone raised their legs and left without a single shot,” recalled the commander-in-chief.
He questioned the opening of criminal cases against the commanders in the absence of criminal intent.
“So who will go to defend Ukraine? Of course, the commanders will not be afraid to make decisions. But if they continue like this, this will not prompt them to make courageous decisions. If they kill you, then a hero, and if others, a criminal? “The state must protect its soldiers. The same goes for the Air Force commander now, “he added. – Khomchak concluded.
On the night of June 13-14, 2014, LPR militants shot down a transport plane of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. IL-76 over Lugansk airport, 49 Ukrainian soldiers died. The Dnipropetrovsk region prosecutor’s office classified the event as a terrorist act, criminal proceedings were opened under Part 3 of art. 258 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (creation of a terrorist group or terrorist organization). Nazarov was accused of negligence, which had serious consequences.
Pavlograd court of the Dnipropetrovsk region March 27, 2017 He sentenced Nazarov to seven years in prison. In his last words, he said that no one had personally informed him about the threat on the eve of the disaster. He also noted that the plane was shot down by an anti-aircraft gun, the location of which he could not know.
On December 11, 2020, the Dnipro Court of Appeal rejected Nazarov’s appeal, and the Supreme Court’s Criminal Court of Cassation on December 23, after considering the general’s complaint, suspended the execution of the sentence.
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