Arseniy Yatsenyuk: Tragedy with Boeing 777 - international crime for which they will be put on International Criminal Tribunal

posted 18 July 2014 12:26

"A terrible tragedy that occurred yesterday, showed only one they are international criminals, who must be brought to justice. Russia, which finances and supports these criminals, has to finally aware its personal responsibility for that these bandits committed an international crime against humanity," the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk stated on Friday, July 18, during the conference call with heads of regional state administrations on issues of realization of a mobilization measurers plan.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk noted that the Ukrainian Government has begun an independent investigation of the Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 crash in the Donetsk Region and appealed to other governments to conduct an international investigation of this horrible tragedy, which, without doubt, is a terrorist act".

He also said that currently "these bandits" had not allowed Ukrainian National Bureau of investigation of aviation events and incidents with civil aircraft to get to the scene. "Now together with law enforcement bodies and the OSCE we are doing everything to ensure that the National Bureau will get to the scene," the Head of Government noted.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk address to governments of other countries to assist Ukraine in the investigation of the terrorist attack, set the location from which the rocket was lunched and establish the involvement of other countries to it".

The Prime Minister also informed that in the framework of the conference call with all heads of regional state administrations, it is planned to discuss preparations for mobilization of the state and the activity of the national economy and bodies of state power in mobilized state: "We are in war. And I will give appropriate instructions to prepare the national economy for the work in conditions of mobilization, protection of people".

A separate issue, he said, will affect the safety of citizens in crowded places. "We know about the plans of the bandits that are supported by Russia on the further destabilization of the situation. So it will be issued appropriate instructions so that the whole country will be in a high degree of readiness," Arseniy Yatsenyuk stated.