Police in the Dnipropetrovsk region have charged the director of a supermarket in Kryvyi Rih where the highest number of people were killed during Russia’s daytime attack on August 21.
Ukrainian Interior Minister Ivan Vyhivskyi reported this on Facebook, according to Ukrinform.
“At a time when Russia is deliberately striking shopping centers and hypermarkets, a responsible approach to people’s safety must come first,” Vyhivskyi said.
According to him, police investigators in the Dnipropetrovsk region, under the procedural supervision of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Prosecutor’s Office, had opened criminal proceedings on charges of official negligence. As part of the investigation, they will examine the actions of officials of the company that owns the Kryvyi Rih shopping center, as well as the companies that rented premises there. Investigators and prosecutors have now notified the director of one of the supermarkets of suspicion.
“Despite warnings from local authorities to suspend operations during air raid alerts, the facility remained open. A significant number of the victims were found there. This targeted Russian strike killed 16 people and injured about 130 others. Approximately 20 minutes passed between the air raid alert being issued in the city and the first drone hitting,” the Interior Minister said.
