The prosecutor general said that the large-scale pre-trial investigation carried out in Lithuania has identified three soldiers from the 1st Army Corps 1st Guards Motorised Rifle Brigade of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) as suspects in the killing.
In February, striving to begin prosecution in absentia, a prosecutor addressed the court to officially recognise the individuals in question as suspects for participating in military aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine and for illegal detention, deprivation of liberty, imprisonment and killing of Kvedaravičius in spring 2022. Upon a court decision, all three have been declared as suspects.
A request for legal assistance was sent to the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine in order to determine the whereabouts of the suspects, hand them notices of suspicion, interrogate them and carry out other legal procedures.
The Prosecutor General’s Office of Lithuania was among the first to begin a pre-trial investigation into violations of international law, prohibited treatment with people, aggression, prohibited military attacks and other war crimes perpetrated in Ukraine.