10th of April, 2015. Donetsk People’s Republic, Novorossiya.
The DPR human-rights ombudswoman Darya Morozova said she was in possession of information about Ukrainian officials getting rid of the bodies of dead Ukrainian soldiers in order to conceal the graveness of their losses in Donbass. In particular, she spoke of the mass destruction of the bodies of Ukrainian soldiers near Debaltsevo. She said that according to the locals, Ukrainian military “heaped up the bodies of their comrades in lorries and fired at them from tanks, and then recorded them as missing in action”.
“I have eyewitnesses testimonies to this. In addition, I have got information that over a certain area Ukrainian military dropped dead bodies from helicopters. Right now, all these facts are the basis for our claims. We’ll note down all the crimes committed against the people by the Ukrainian authorities. Then, we’d send all the information to Ukrainian and international courts. I realize that we can hardly hope for the Hague Tribunal. However, we hope that we can still see justice done. We shouldn’t let these crimes go unpunished,” – Darya Morozova said.
