In Italy detained the Ukrainian military after the testimony of the reporter
KYIV, 2 Jun — RIA Novosti. The interior Ministry of Ukraine said that the Ukrainian military Vitaly Markiv was detained in Italy for the murder of two journalists in the Donbas in may 2014 based on the testimony of a French reporter.
According to the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Marcia arrested in Italy on suspicion of involvement in the killing of photojournalist Andrea Rokelli near Slavyansk in the Donetsk region in 2014. The national guard of Ukraine (NGU) said that Markiv served in the battalion Kulchytsky on the post of Deputy platoon commander.
“According to a French journalist about the circumstances of death in 2014 in the ATO zone, the Italian and Russian journalists (Roselli and Andrei Mironov — ed.) the Prosecutor of the city of Pavia (Lombardy region) criminal proceedings are begun. In this production, a French journalist pointed to the fact that the death of these journalists was the result of the use of weapons by the unit of NSU, where he passed the detainee Vitaly Markiv. In the framework of the testimony of French journalist provided the footage,” according to a statement on the website of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine.
Thus, according to the Agency, citing data of the Ukrainian investigation, Roselli and Mironov were killed due to shelling by militias and the security forces.
According to the interior Ministry, senior Sergeant Vitaly Markiv, who serves in the battalion operational purpose of national guard name Kulchytsky was appointed Deputy commander of the platoon, went to Italy on vacation.