Ordered to undermine the dam: Two Generals of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation declared suspicion of ecocid

According to the department, the destruction of the Oscil reservoir's dam in the fall of 2022 was managed by Lieutenant General Oleg Tsokov and Oleg Makovetsky. Tsokov and Makovetsky were informed in absentia of suspicion of violating the laws and customs of war and ecocid. "Tsovkov ordered his sappers to blow up a shield of the first shutter and a road floor between the HPP building and the gallery of stationary mechanisms. Aviation groups of Makovetsky covered them from the air. .

The losses caused to nature due to the destruction of the dam, experts were estimated at almost UAH 4 billion. Tsokov and Makovetsky were informed in absentia of suspicions under Part 2 of Art. 28, Part 1 of Art. 438 (violation of the laws and customs of war committed by prior conspiracy by a group of persons) and under Part 2 of Art. 28, Art. 441 (ecocide committed by prior conspiracy by a group of persons).

Earlier in Russia it was reported that General Tsokov was killed in Berdyansk in the summer of 2023. It is known that Makovetsky was born in Chuguev. Oscail reservoir - a large channel reservoir on the Oskil River, one of the largest in Ukraine with a volume of 474. 3 million cubic meters of water, the area is 122. 6 square kilometers, and the length is 84. 6 kilometers, the average width is 1. 6 kilometers, maximum width Width - 4 kilometers.

On September 13, 2022, the Russian troops destroyed the dam of the Oscil reservoir, which caused almost complete grounds of the reservoir, because as a result of the projectile in the hydraulic structure of the reservoir, 76% of water, from the full volume of filling of the reservoir, was dropped. As a result, water resources were damaged, the reservoir ecosystem was destroyed, valuable fish and other living water resources were destroyed.