Deputy Prosecutor General Andrii Leshchenko: "Since killings of civilians began almost simultaneously across entire Kyiv region, where various units of Russian armed forces were deployed, this provides grounds to believe they received corresponding order" Terror against the civilian population, detention of unarmed people in the streets, torture in places of captivity, mass killings in the occupied territories – all this has become one of the elements of the Russian-Ukrainian war. That is why we spoke with Deputy Prosecutor General Andrii Leshchenko about when and why Russian servicemen might have received such orders, and what investigators and prosecutors have been able to establish by analyzing the testimonies of prisoners of war and captured documents. 6 440 10 Previously in trend: War crimes of Russia