Ukrainian parliamentary inquiry into the Battle of Ilovaisk
Parliamentary provisional investigatory commission on investigation of circumstances of the Ilovaisk tragedy is a provisional commission of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine that was created on 4 September 2014[1] at the closed session of the Ukrainian parliament[2] in regard to outcome of the Battle of Ilovaisk.[3] Along with that the General Prosecutor of Ukraine opened a criminal case in regard to soldiers near Ilovaisk.[4]
The commission consisted of 11 deputies.
Composition
[edit]- Andriy Senchenko (Batkivshchyna), chairman
- Tetyana Bakhteyeva (Party of Regions)
- Ihor Yeremeyev (Sovereign European Ukraine group)
- Maria Ionova (UDAR)
- Eduard Leonov (Svoboda)
- Vladyslav Lukyanov (For Peace and Stability group)
- Oleh Lyashko (Unaffiliated)
- Valeriy Omelchenko (Party of Regions)
- Volodymyr Pylypenko (Economic Development group)
- Ivan Stoiko (Batkivshchyna)
- Volodymyr Yavorivsky (Batkivshchyna)
Overview
[edit]On October 7, 2014, the General Prosecutor office announced that the primary cause to series of events that led to tragedy near Ilovaisk became Prykarpattia battalion.[5] According to the Chief Military Prosecutor, the battalion on own initiative left the battlefield and exposed a flank.
On October 20, 2014, the parliamentary commission came out with a big statement claiming that it did not find a fault of Prykarpattia battalion in tragedy near Ilovaisk and the commander of Sector D General Petro Lytvyn is also not guilty.[6] Commission established that Sector D suffered significant losses from the moment of its creation on July 23 to de facto its liquidation on August 24: 124 soldiers were killed, 706 were wounded, no less than 450 soldiers were taken prisoners. Also, if initially the group consisted of 4,000 soldiers, due to problems with leadership and soldiers' low morale by August 23 it lowered to only 300 which is not enough to conduct control over the sector.
References
[edit]- ^ Resolution of Verkhovna Rada on the establishment of the Interim Investigatory Commission of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on investigation into the tragic events that led to the death and capture of soldiers of volunteer battalions and members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard of Ukraine near the city Ilovaysk of Donetsk Oblast. Law of Ukraine. 4 September 2014
- ^ Verkhovna Rada gathered for a secret session. Broadcasting Service of News (TSN). 4 September 2014
- ^ Rada decided to investigate deaths of servicemen near Ilovaisk. LB. 4 September 2014
- ^ GPU opened a criminal case in regard to death of soldiers near Ilovaisk - Semenchenko. Broadcasting Service of News (TSN). 4 September 2014
- ^ the primary cause of tragedy near Ilovaisk became Prykarpattia battalion - GPU. LB. 7 October 2014
- ^ Parliamentary commission did not find a fault of Prykarpattia battalion in tragedy near Ilovaisk. LB. 20 October 2014