KYIV. UkraineGate .26 .October .2022 | Society .
The Security Service of Ukraine reported suspicion to the head of the Russian Ministry of Transport Vitaliy Savielev, who helped transfer almost 300 units of enemy armored vehicles to the temporarily occupied Crimea.
Citation
“As a result of investigative and operational actions, the Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Vitaliy Savelyev, who participated in the preparation and conduct of armed aggression against Ukraine, was notified of suspicion.
It was established that a high-ranking official assisted the Ministry of Defense of the aggressor country in moving the personnel, weapons and military equipment of the occupiers to the borders of our state and to the occupied areas. The transportation of enemy columns was carried out by rail through the territory of the temporarily occupied Crimea,” the message says.
Details
According to the SBU, from March 26, 2021 to September 4 this year, Savelyev ensured the transfer of almost 300 units of enemy armored vehicles to the captured peninsula. Among them are Russian tanks, armored personnel carriers, infantry fighting vehicles and tankers with hundreds of tons of fuel and lubricants. It was this equipment that the occupiers used at the beginning of a full-scale invasion, in particular in hostilities in Kherson, Zaporizhia and Donetsk regions.
More than 250 cars were used to move military echelons. To this end, the head of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation gave a corresponding order to the subordinate divisions of the company “Russian iron roads” and the so-called “federal state unitary enterprise of the Republic of Crimea “Krymskaya Iron Road”.
SBU investigators suspect Savelyev under the following articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine:
• part 5 art. 27, ch. 2 art. 437 (assistance in planning, preparing, unleashing and waging an aggressive war);
• part 3 art. 332 (illegal smuggling of persons across the state border of Ukraine).
The sanction of the articles provides for up to 15 years in prison.
Recall
In December 2021, Russian Transport Minister Vitaliy Savelyev was given a notice of suspicion for illegal flights to the occupied Crimea.
Source: Ukrgate
