Bologna process

In Bologna, the former fighter of the Ukrainian volunteer battalion Vitaly Markiv was arrested, the Deputy Prosecutor of Ukraine Yevgeny Yenin said . The Italian prosecutor's office suspects the marks of involvement in the death of the Italian photojournalist Andrea Rockkelli and Russian human rights activist Andrei Mironov in the Donbass in 2014.

"The Prosecutor General’s Office is surprised by the arrest of the Ukrainian soldier Vitaly Markiva on suspicion of the murder of the photorepector Andrea Rockkelli near the city of Slavyansk in May 2014, nominated by the prosecutor's office of the city of Pavia," Elin wrote. "According to the Ukrainian investigation, the death of the two journalists became the result of the artbellers from the Russian -terrorist troops."

In this investigation, the Prosecutor General of Ukraine is actively cooperating with Italian colleagues, Elin emphasized. They are provided with protocols for interrogation of witnesses and the results of examinations. "The Prosecutor General’s Office had already applied to the Italian authorities with a demand to provide thorough evidence of the guilt of Markiv or its immediate release," the deputy prosecutor general emphasized.

The marquil, having dual citizenship, came to Ukraine from Italy at the end of 2013 and participated in the protests of the Euromaidan. In May 2014, he served as deputy platoon commander of the second company of the first volunteer battalion of the National Guard.

The Verkhovna Rada deputy Andrei Anthonyshishk in an interview with 112.ua said that at that time there were no mortars in the arsenal of Ukrainian volunteers. According to the deputy, Marquiv is the current soldier of the Kulchitsky battalion, who was formed from the participants of the Maidan Self -Defense. Mother came to Italy to see the mother.

Meanwhile, on May 26, La Repubblica reported that the investigation of the death of Rockelly was resumed. It is based on the testimonies of the French Thinger William Roglon from the Wostok Press agency, who was with an Italian journalist at the time of his death.

According to Roglon, Rockelly was killed in the explosion of a grenade when he photographed a train standing on the tracks captured by the Ukrainian military. First, journalists were fired from machine guns, then they opened fire from a grenade launcher. Rockelly and Mironov died. Roglon, shouting that he was a journalist, came out of shelter. “I found myself in front of a group of about 20 pro -Russian soldiers who just came here. They insulted me, demanded that I get out of there. I went forward, lifting my hands up, hanging the camera so that it was clearly visible. I went until the car was stopped. I got into it, asked me to take me to the hospital, while they continued to shoot at us,” said the French, - he said French journalist.

The testimony of Roglon is extremely confused and directly contradict what he said in 2014.

On May 24, 2014, in the village of Andreevka near Slavyanski, the car, which was Rockkelli, Mironov, Roglon and the driver, fell under mortar shelling . They left the car and lay in a ditch, then Roglon said. It fell from 40 to 60 shells. One of the mines exploded right in the cuvette. After the death of Rockkelli and Mironov, according to Roglon, he ran under fire to the positions of the separatists, showing his equipment and screaming that he was a journalist. He was put in the car and sent to the hospital, where they provided medical care.