INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
CASE CONCERNING
APPLICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION
OF THE FINANCING OF TERRORISM AND OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
(UKRAINE V. RUSSIAN FEDERATION)
VOLUME V OF THE ANNEXES
TO THE MEMORIAL
SUBMITTED BY UKRAINE
12 JUNE 2018
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Annex 106 Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Letter No. 300/1/C/712 (13 February 2015)
Annex 107 Headquarters of the Antiterrorist Operation Letter No. 778 og (16 February
2015)
Annex 108 Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine Letter No. 300/1/C/916 (23 February 2015)
Annex 109 Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine Letter No. 300/1/C/1059 (27 February 2015)
Annex 110 Central Missile and Artillery Directorate Of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Letter No. 342/2/3618 (11 March 2015).
Annex 111 Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine Letter No. 300/1/C/1451 (20 March 2015)
Annex 112 Expert Conclusion No. 557/2014, drafted by the Forensic Research Center,
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Main Directorate of the Ministry of
Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region (23 March 2015)
Annex 113 Expert Opinion No. 64/1-30/6, drafted by Ukrainian Scientific Research
Institute for Special Equipment and Forensic Expert Examinations, Security
Service of Ukraine (26 March 2015)
Annex 114 Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine Letter No. 300/1/C/1640 (28 March 2015)
Annex 115 Expert Opinion No. 142, drafted by the Ukrainian Scientific Research
Institute of Special Equipment and Forensic Expert Examination, Security
Service of Ukraine (30 March 2015)
Annex 116 Expert Conclusion No. 532/2014, drafted by the Forensic Research Center,
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Main Directorate of the Ministry of
Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region (3 April 2015)
Annex 117 Expert Opinion No. 143, drafted by the Ukrainian Scientific Research
Institute of Special Equipment and Forensic Expert Examination, Security
Service of Ukraine (3 April 2015)
Annex 118 Expert Opinion No. 532/2014, drafted by the Forensic Research Center,
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Main Directorate of the Ministry of
Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region (3 April 2015)
Annex 119 Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine Letter No. 300/1/C/1917 (11 April 2015)
Annex 120 Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine Letter No. 300/1/C/2056 (18 April 2015)
Annex 121 Expert Opinion No. 193/1, Ukrainian Scientific Research Institute of Special
Equipment and Forensic Expert Examination of the Security Service of
Ukraine (29 April 2015)
- ii -
Annex 122 Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine Letter No. 300/1/C/2329 (2 May 2015)
Annex 123 Expert Opinion No. 16/8, drafted by Ukrainian Scientific Research Institute
for Special Equipment and Forensic Expert Examinations, Security Service of
Ukraine (7 May 2015)
Annex 124 Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine Letter No. 300/1/C/2430 (9 May 2015)
Annex 125 Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine Letter No. 300/1/C/2539 (15 May 2015)
Annex 126 Expert Opinion No. 38/6, Ukrainian Research Center for Special-Purpose
Equipment and Forensic Examinations of the Security Service of Ukraine (18
May 2015)
Annex 127 Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine Letter No. 300/1/C/2801 (29 May 2015)
Annex 128 Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine Letter No. 300/1/C/2917 (5 June 2015)
Annex 129 Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine Letter No. 300/1/C/3068 (13 June 2015)
Annex 130 Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine Letter No. 300/1/C/3309 (26 June 2015)
Annex 131 Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine Letter No. 300/1/C/3588 (10 July 2015)
Annex 132 Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine Letter No. 300/1/C/3739 (20 July 2015)
Annex 133 Report on Status and Condition of Military Units and Formations of the 1st
Army Corps of the DPR, Obtained and Preserved by Ukrainian Military
Intelligence (31 July 2015)
Annex 134 Intelligence Briefing from the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian
Ministry of Defense No. 222/2D/1963dsk (14 September 2016)
Annex 135 Expert opinion No. 14986/16-35, Kyiv Research Institute for Forensic
Examinations of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine (12 October 2015)
Annex 136 Protocol of Inspection by I.V. Nimchenko, Senior Investigator on Special
Cases of the Main Military Prosecutor’s Office, Prosecutor General’s Office of
Ukraine (28 October 2015)
Annex 137 Smerch Destruction Investigation Report (30 October 2015)
Annex 138 Ukraine Executive Committee of the Kramatorsk City Council Letter No. F1-
28/4812 to Investigations Department of the Donetsk Regional Directorate of
the SSU (12 November 2015)
Annex 139 Expert Opinion No. 8713/8714, Professor Emeritus M.S. Bokarius Kharkiv
Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expert Examinations of the Ministry
of Justice of Ukraine (23 November 2015)
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Annex 140 Inspection Report by Colonel Roman Stepanovich Kovalchuk, Head of
Operational Group of Military Counterintelligence of the Security Service of
Ukraine (23 November 2015)
Annex 141 Inspection Report by Colonel Vasyl Vasyliovych Kolodiazhnyi, the Deputy
Head of Operational Group of Military Counterintelligence of the Security
Service of Ukraine, B Sector (27 November 2015)
Annex 142 Executive Committee of the Kramatorsk City Council Letter No. F1-28/4812
to the Investigations Department at the Donetsk Regional Directorate of the
SBU (26 November 2015)
Annex 143 Inspection Report of Colonel Vasyl Kolodiazhnyi, Head of Operational Group
of Military Counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine (23
November 2015)
Annex 106
Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Letter No. 300/1/C/712 (13 February 2015)
This document has been translated from its original language into English, an official
language of the Court, pursuant to Rules of the Court, Article 51.
Pursuant to Rules of the Court Article 51(3), Ukraine has translated only
an extract of the original document constituting this Annex. In further
compliance with this Rule, Ukraine has provided two certified copies of the
full original-language document
GENERAL STAFF
OF THE ARMED FORCES OF UKRAINE
6 Povitroflotsky Prospect, Kyiv-168, Ukraine
Phone: (044) 234-01-92. Fax: (044) 226-26-56
Administrative Directorate of the General
Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
No. 300/1/C/712 of February 13, 2015
12:14:06 PM Page: 1/5
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
In pursuance of Instruction No. 02-01/2948 of October 15, 2014 issued by the Ukrainian
Presidential Chief of Staff, presented herewith are informational reference materials
pertaining to the body of evidence for the presence of foreign military groups in Ukrainian
territory, to be used in raising the awareness of Ukrainian society and international
partners more actively and in the future lawsuits to be filed by Ukraine with the relevant
international courts.
Attachment: above-mentioned information on 5 pages, unclassified, for the specified
recipient only
Acting First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Major General [Signature] V.M. NAZAROV
O.M. Chekurda, 454-40-78
000455* Order 210-2014
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF
UKRAINE
DEPARTMENT OF THE GENERAL
SECRETARIAT
Incoming Ref. No. 14000
Attachment
INFORMATIONAL REFERENCE MATERIALS
pertaining to the body of evidence for the direct invasion by foreign military groups into
Ukrainian territory
operating in Eastern Ukraine
On February 11 of this year, anti-aircraft defense forces (Buk-M1 surface-to-air missile
system) downed a drone of the Russian Armed Forces near the Sarmat base camp of
the Anti-Terrorist Operation. The drone was presumably launched from the area of
Horlivka:
Drone (Model “Orlan-10”) – 12:46 p.m., altitude of 1.5 km, distance of 4 km from the
base camp. Notably, once the drone was downed the enemy launched an artillery
attack targeting the area where the drone fell (the types of artillery systems and number
of missiles will be updated).
II. Regarding the chronology of the crossing of the state border of Ukraine by
personnel, weapons, and military vehicles of the Armed Forces of the Russian
Federation
No. Date Border crossing
point crossed
Point of destination
(crossing)
Number of
convoys Number of vehicles (personnel)
February
11
GUKOVO
(Rostov Oblast)
SVERDLOVSK,
DEBALTSEVE
12 203-mm Pion self-propelled
guns.
February
11 NOVOAZOVSK BEZIMENNE 1
Three T-64 tanks, up to 10
multiple rocket launchers (type
to be updated);
February
11 DYAKOVE 1 10 tanker trucks
February
10
NOVOBOROVYT
SI
ANTRATSIT,
KRASNYI LUCH 1 10 BTR-80 armored personnel
carriers, 5 Ural-4320 trucks;
February
10 DOVZHANSKY ROVENKYLUHANSK
1
Ten T-72B tanks, 20 BMP-2
infantry fighting vehicles, 10
motor vehicles.
February
9
NAHULNA,
TARASIVKA 1
60-80 KamAZ and Ural trucks
carrying Russian military
personnel presumably from the
Central Asia (judging by their
appearance)
February
9 AMVROSIYIVKA,
SHAKHTARSK,
DEBALTSEVE,
KHARTSYZK,
ZHDANIVKA,
VUHLEHIRSK
30 tanks, 20 BMP infantry
fighting vehicles, and 50 Ural
tarpaulin trucks with
ammunition.
February
8
KRASNODON
railway station 12 freight cars with ammunition
February
8 IZVARYNE LUHANSK
So-called “Humanitarian
Convoy”: 42 trucks and 21
tanker trucks.
February
8 USPENKA DONETSK
So-called “Humanitarian
Convoy”: 75 trucks and 20
tanker trucks.
February
8 NOVOAZOVSK MARKINO -
KRASNOARMIYSKE
Up to 20 armored fighting
vehicles, up to 5 Ural trucks,
and 10 tanker trucks.
February
8 DYAKOVE ROVENKY
11 tanks (self-propelled guns),
10 BMP infantry fighting
vehicles, 8 KamAZ trucks
February
7 DMYTRIVKA SNIZHNE 1 Five T-72 tanks, 10 tanker
trucks
February
7 DYAKOVE 1
40 military vehicles (tanks, BTR
armored personnel carriers,
122-mm Grad multiple rocket
launchers)
February
7 IZVARYNE LUHANSK 1
10 tanks and two BMP infantry
fighting vehicles; 58 trucks with
munitions and ammo
February
7 IZVARYNE ROVENKY 2 First – up to 15 trucks; second –
10 tanks.
February
6 IZVARYNE KRASNODONLUHANSK
2
4 infantry fighting vehicles, 4
tanker trucks, and 28 KamAZ
military trucks (8 presumably
carrying personnel)
February
6 DYAKOVO from Ukrainian
territory 2 Two BMP infantry fighting
vehicles, 35 trucks.
February
5 NOVOAZOVSK TELMANOVE 2 10 trucks (type of cargo to be
updated);
February 5 DYAKOVO undetermined
destination 2 20 trucks with ammunition, 4
tanker trucks
February 5 IZVARYNE KRASNODONLUHANSK
2
11 BMP infantry fighting
vehicles, 40 trucks carrying
personnel and ammunition;
February 5 IZVARYNE KRASNODON,
LUHANSK 1 7 BMP infantry fighting
vehicles.
Acting Chief
of the Main Command Center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Major General [Signature] B.V. BONDAR
Annex 107
Headquarters of the Antiterrorist Operation Letter No. 778 og (16 February 2015)
This document has been translated from its original language into English, an official
language of the Court, pursuant to Rules of the Court, Article 51.
Pursuant to Rules of the Court Article 51(3), Ukraine has translated only
an extract of the original document constituting this Annex. In further
compliance with this Rule, Ukraine has provided two certified copies of the
full original-language document
43
Antiterrorist Center
of the Security Service of Ukraine
Headquarters
of the Antiterrorist Operation
on the Territory of the Donetsk
and Luhansk Regions
No. 778 og
February 16, 2015
Kramatorsk, Donetsk Region
Lieutenant Colonel of Justice V. Panchenko
Head of the Office of Procedural Management of
Criminal Proceedings, Investigations Section,
Department for the Supervision of Compliance
with Laws on the Unified Forces of the Antiterrorist
Operation, Main Military Prosecutor's Office
Mr. V.M. Panchenko, Mr. [illegible]:
For processing, [illegible]
02/17 [signature]
The headquarters of the Antiterrorist Operation on the Territory of the Donetsk and Luhansk Regions
(hereinafter “ATO”) has reviewed your letter regarding the provision of information concerning the military
servicemen who were wounded as a result of the terrorist act at the ATO headquarters on 02/10/2015.
Having examined the question posed in your letter, I hereby provide you with the following information:
No. Full name Date of
birth
Military
rank
Military unit Healthcare facility where inpatient
care is being received
1 + Vasyliy Petrovych
SHULHA
11/29/1969 lieutenant
colonel
A1225 Main Military Clinical Hospital
of Kyiv
7
2
2 + Yaroslav Volodymyrovych
DYACHUK
07/31/1978 captain A1225 Sitenko Institute of
Traumatology and Orthopedics
of Kharkiv
1
3 + Vadym Mykhaylovych
PAVLENKO
03/26/1988 major A1225 Military Medical Clinical
Center of Irpin
16
4 - Serhiy Mykolayovych
ZVARYCH
06/27/1973 colonel MCC AFU1 (outpatient care) 15
5 + Ihor Valentynovych
SMOLEV
11/25/1976 private 1st
class
A4324 Military Hospital of Lutsk 23
6 + Taras Petrovych
LUPENKO
03/26/1992 private 1st
class
A4324 Military Hospital of Lutsk 23
7 + Volodymyr
Volodymyrovych KUKAY
10/10/1979 private A4324 Military Hospital of Lutsk 23
8 + Vitaliy Vasylyovych
SOLONKO
06/27/1977 sergeant 1st
class
A1519 Military Medical Clinical
Center of the Central Region,
Vinnytsya
37
9 + / - Oleksandr Dmytrovych
CHORNYY
04/23/1974 lieutenant
colonel
Military
Prosecutor's
office
(outpatient care) 0
10 + Oleksandr Pavlovych
BOHACHENKO
11/05/1974 ensign A3516 Military Hospital of Poltava 46
11 + Andriy Hennadiyovych
LESHCHENKO
10/02/1981 lieutenant
1st class
A4324 Military Hospital of Lutsk 23
Mr. O.A. Pohorelov [signature] Incoming Ref. No. 343
1 [Main Command Center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine]
74
No. Full name Date of
birth
Military
rank
Military unit Healthcare facility where inpatient
care is being received
12 + Volodymyr
Volodymyrovych
FEDOSEYEV
01/16/1980 major A4150 Main Military Clinical Hospital
of Kyiv
51
13 + Oleksandr Leontiyovych
BONDARCHUK
01/26/1973 ensign A4324 Military Hospital of Lutsk 23
14 + Oleksandr Ivanovych
FIZER
07/17/1987 private A1556 Military Medical Clinical Center
of the Southern Region, Kharkiv
65
15 + Mykhaylo Yuriyovych
SERHIYKO
05/17/1972 sergeant A3091 Military Hospital of Poltava 74
16 - Oleksandr
Oleksandrovych CHAHA
ensign 1st
class
SBU (outpatient care) 0
17 + Denys Olehovych
HOYKO
06/14/1991 lieutenant
1st class
CBS MODU2 Main Military Clinical Hospital
of Kyiv
161
18 - Vasyl Anatoliyovych
KOVTUN
02/06/1965 colonel MPD GS AFU3 Kharkiv Institute of Emergency
Surgery
172
19 + Valentin Mykhaylovych
TYMOSHENKO
07/06/1994 junior
sergeant
A0294 Military Medical Clinical Center
of the Southern Region, Kharkiv
85
20 + Dmytro Andriyovych
YAKYM
06/24/1985 lieutenant
1st class
V0124 Military Medical Clinical Center
of the Western Region, Lviv
98
21 + Serhiy Anatoliyovych
TSYHANENKO
10/02/1980 private V0124 Sitenko Institute of
Traumatology and Orthopedics
of Kharkiv
92
22 - Oleksandr Petrovych
HRECHANIKOV
05/04/1970 colonel CAAC AFU4 (outpatient care) 18
23 + Dmytro Yuriyovych
PARKHOMENKO
10/24/1987 ensign V0124 Military Hospital of Poltava 94
24 + Vasyl Ivanovych
SHTAYER
01/03/1991 private V0124 Military Medical Clinical Center
of the Southern Region, Kharkiv
95
25 + Vitaliy Mykolayovych
HRYNCHUK
08/24/1976 captain A1604 Sitenko Institute of
Traumatology and Orthopedics
of Kharkiv
102
26 + Yuriy Anatoliyovych
YUSHKO
sergeant State Border
Service of Ukraine
Military Medical Clinical Center
of the Southern Region, Kharkiv
205
27 Mykhaylo Yuriyovych
KUZNETSOV
10/18/1972 lieutenant
colonel
Kharkiv Air Force
University
Military Medical Clinical Center
of the Southern Region, Kharkiv
215
28 + Mykhaylo
Vycheslavovych PRUT
11/20/1979 sergeant V5229 Military Medical Clinical Center
of the Southern Region, Kharkiv
115
29 - Valeriy Henadiyovych
MERIUTSA
03/28/1987 private
1st class
A1604 (outpatient care) 10
30 - Yuriy Mykolayovych
KURYS
05/04/1995 private A0501 (outpatient care) 12
2 [Central Broadcasting Studio of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine]
3 [Main Personnel Deputy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine]
4 [Central Automobile Armament Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine]
75
3
No. Full name Date of
birth
Military
rank
Military unit Healthcare facility where inpatient
care is being received
31 + Serhiy Olehovych
GAYEVSKYY
07/15/1976 lieutenant
colonel
V0226 Military Medical Clinical Center
of the Southern Region, Kharkiv
155
32 + Volodymyr Petrovych
RUD
06/24/1974 lieutenant
colonel
A1119 Military Medical Clinical Center
of the Southern Region, Kharkiv
145
- 33 Volodymyr
Volodymyrovych
VOLOSHIN
09/07/1968 colonel CRAAC AFU5 (outpatient care) 19
Acting Chief of Staff /First Deputy Chief of Staff
for the Antiterrorist Operation on the Territory
of the Donetsk and Luhansk Regions
Colonel [signature] V.I. TERTICHNYY
5 [Central Rocket Artillery Armament Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine]
Annex 108
Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Letter No. 300/1/C/916 (23 February 2015)
This document has been translated from its original language into English, an official
language of the Court, pursuant to Rules of the Court, Article 51.
Pursuant to Rules of the Court Article 51(3), Ukraine has translated only
an extract of the original document constituting this Annex. In further
compliance with this Rule, Ukraine has provided two certified copies of the
full original-language document
MINISTRY OF DEFENSE OF UKRAINE
GENERAL STAFF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF
UKRAINE
6 Povitroflotsky Prospect, Kyiv, 03168. Phone: (044) 226-26-56. Fax: (044) 226-26-56
Email: [email protected]
Code in the Uniform Register of Businesses and Organizations of Ukraine: 22991050
_____________ No. _____________
Administrative Directorate of the General
Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
No. 300/1/C/916 of February 23, 2015
9:54:12 AM Pages: 1/3
Foreign Ministry of Ukraine
In pursuance of Instruction No. 02-01/2948 of October 15, 2014 issued by the Ukrainian
Presidential Chief of Staff, presented herewith are informational reference materials
pertaining to the body of evidence for the presence of foreign military groups in Ukrainian
territory, to be used in raising the awareness of Ukrainian society and international
partners more actively and in the future lawsuits to be filed by Ukraine with the relevant
international courts.
Attachment: above-mentioned information on 3 pages, unclassified, for the specified
recipient only
Acting First Deputy Chief
of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Major General [Signature] V.M. NAZAROV
O.O. Dudnyk, 454-40-78
000990* Order 50-215
FOREIGN MINISTRY OF UKRAINE
DEPARTMENT OF THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT
Incoming Ref. No. 16258
February 26, 2015
Attachment
INFORMATIONAL REFERENCE MATERIALS
pertaining to the body of evidence for the direct invasion by foreign military groups into
Ukrainian territory
operating in Eastern Ukraine
No documented facts of the involvement of Russian citizens in illegal paramilitary
groups operating in Eastern Ukraine were recorded last week.
II. Regarding the chronology of the crossing of the state border of Ukraine by
personnel, weapons, and military vehicles of the Armed Forces of the Russian
Federation
No. Date Border crossing
point crossed
Point of destination
(crossing)
Number
of
convoys
Number of vehicles (personnel)
1. Febru
ary 18
through
IZVARYNE 1 close to 200 people (mostly
Chechens and Buryats)
2. Febru
ary 18
through
IZVARYNE
in the direction of
KRASNODON,
LUHANSK
1
eight trucks (carrying
personnel, munitions, and
ammo); 18 trucks crossed into
the Russian Federation going in
the opposite direction;
3. Febru
ary 18
through GUKOVO
(Russian
Federation)
to
SVERDLOVSK 1
7 tanks, 11 BTR armored
personnel carriers, 4 trucks with
ammunition.
4. Febru
ary 17 IZVARYNE (Russian
Federation) 1 56 empty trucks.
5. Febru
ary 17 IZVARYNE KRASNODON,
LUHANSK 2 78 trucks (with munitions and
ammo);
6. Febru
ary 17
railway station of
ILOVAYSK Train 60 122-mm Gvozdika selfpropelled
guns
7. Febru
ary 17 DIBRIVKA STEPANIVKASHAKHTARSK
20 KamAZ trucks (with
munitions and ammo).
8. Febru
ary 17 DIBRIVKA DMYTRIVKA 1
one TOS-1 “Buratino” multiple
rocket launcher, one 9P140
Uragan multiple rocket
launcher, as well as 17 trucks
with ammo;
9. Febru
ary 16 MARYNIVKA to the Russian
Federation
BTR armored personnel carrier,
12 buses (with tinted windows),
6 trucks and 8 off-road vehicles
10. Febru
ary 16 IZVARYNE to the Russian
Federation
12 armored fighting vehicles
and 43 trucks (presumably
empty)
11. Febru
ary 16 DMYTRIVKA STEPANIVKA 1
6 tanks, 21 KamAZ trucks (with
munitions and ammo), and 10
tanker trucks
No. Date Border crossing
point crossed
Point of destination
(crossing)
Number
of
convoys
Number of vehicles (personnel)
12. Febru
ary 16 IZVARYNE KRASNODON,
LUHANSK 1
12 armored fighting vehicles,
two 122-mm GRAD multiple
rocket launchers, 104 trucks
(with munitions and ammo).
13. Febru
ary 15
from Russian
territory Uspenka, Izvaryne 2
Another (14th) “Humanitarian
Convoy” entered the temporarily
occupied territories of Ukraine:
176 trucks and 354 personnel,
as well as 1,400 tons of cargo.
All trucks left Ukraine after
unloading.
14. Febru
ary 15 IZVARYNE LUHANSK 1 Four white tanker trucks.
15. Febru
ary 15
from Russian
territory
DIBRIVKA,
GUKOVO 3
Two convoys: nine BMP infantry
fighting vehicles, 35 trucks with
personnel and ammunition
(including two trucks with
personnel, eight trucks with
ammunition for multiple rocket
launchers), 20 tanker trucks;
to SVERDLOVSK (Luhansk
Oblast) – 20 KamAZ trucks with
ammunition.
16. Febru
ary 15
from the railway
station of
ILOVAYSK
To the Russian
Federation 1 10 freight cars with military
casualties.
17. Febru
ary 14
railway station of
ILOVAYSK Train with military vehicles: 12 tanks,
20 rail cars for personnel
18. Febru
ary 14
KYZNETSY
(Donetsk Oblast)
KRASNOARMIYS
KE, BEZIMENNE
two BMP infantry fighting
vehicles, six tanks, 10 selfpropelled
guns, 12 trucks
19. Febru
ary 14
MAXYMIV
(Russia) NOVOAZOVSK 20 tanks;
20. Febru
ary 14 IZVARYNE KRASNODON,
LUHANSK
20 trucks; 10 tanker trucks, 15
trucks with munitions and
ammo; bus and two passenger
cars with personnel. Five
armored fighting vehicles left
Ukraine and crossed into the
Russian Federation;
No. Date Border crossing
point crossed
Point of destination
(crossing)
Number
of
convoys
Number of vehicles (personnel)
21. February
13 DIBRIVKA
10 tanker trucks and 20 trucks with
ammunition (for multiple rocket
launchers). Also, a convoy of
empty trucks and buses left
Ukraine through this population
center.
22. February
13 NOVOAZOVSK TELMANOVE 1
18 tanks (T-64, T-72, T-90), 5
multiple rocket launchers (Uragan
or Smerch; type to be updated).
23. February
13 DMYTRIVKA SNIZHNE 1 40 trucks and 10 tanker trucks;
24. February
13
CHERVONOPA
RTYZANSK SVERDLOVSK 1
eight tanks, two “Pantsyr-S1”
surface-to-air missile systems, 12
trucks (with ammunition);
25. February
13 IZVARYNE KRASNODON 3
61 trucks (one towing ZU-23-2
anti-aircraft autocannon), three
tanker trucks;
26. February
12
railway station of
ILOVAYSK Train
30 freight cars, including 10 freight
cars carrying infantry weapons, 20
rail tank cars, 40 tanks, 100
armored fighting vehicles and
multiple rocket launchers;
27. February
12 IZVARYNE KRASNODON 5
56 trucks (53 with munitions and
ammo; 3 with personnel), four
tanker trucks, bus with personnel;
28. February
12 NOVOAZOVSK BEZIMENNE 1 Seven T-64 tanks.
29. February
11
GUKOVO
(Rostov Oblast)
SVERDLOVSK,
DEBALTSEVE 1 12 203-mm Pion self-propelled
guns.
30. February
11 NOVOAZOVSK BEZIMENNE 1
Three T-64 tanks, up to 10 multiple
rocket launchers (type to be
updated);
31. February
11 DYAKOVE 1 10 tanker trucks
32. February
10 IZVARYNE KRASNODON 1 T-72 tanks and Ural trucks totaling
46 units
33. February
10
NOVOBOROVY
TSI
ANTRATSIT,
KRASNYI LUCH 1 10 BTR armored personnel
carriers, 5 Ural-4320 trucks;
34. February
10 DOVZHANSKY ROVENKYLUHANSK
1
Ten T-72B tanks, 20 BMP-2
infantry fighting vehicles, 10 motor
vehicles.
Acting Chief
of the Main Command Center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Major General [Signature] B.V. BONDAR
Annex 109
Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Letter No. 300/1/C/1059 (27 February 2015)
This document has been translated from its original language into English, an official
language of the Court, pursuant to Rules of the Court, Article 51.
Pursuant to Rules of the Court Article 51(3), Ukraine has translated only
an extract of the original document constituting this Annex. In further
compliance with this Rule, Ukraine has provided two certified copies of the
full original-language document
MINISTRY OF DEFENSE OF UKRAINE
GENERAL STAFF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF
UKRAINE
6 Povitroflotsky Prospect, Kyiv, 03168. Phone: (044) 226-26-56. Fax: (044) 226-26-56
Email: [email protected]
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Administrative Directorate of the General
Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
No. 300/1/C/1059 of February 27, 2015
3:30:06 PM Pages: 1/7
Foreign Ministry of Ukraine
In pursuance of Instruction No. 02-01/2948 of October 15, 2014 issued by the Ukrainian
Presidential Chief of Staff, presented herewith are informational reference materials
pertaining to the body of evidence for the presence of foreign military groups in Ukrainian
territory, to be used in raising the awareness of Ukrainian society and international
partners more actively and in the future lawsuits to be filed by Ukraine with the relevant
international courts.
Attachment: above-mentioned information on 7 pages, unclassified, for the specified
recipient only
Acting First Deputy Chief
of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Major General [Signature] V.M. NAZAROV
O.O. Dudnyk, 454-40-78
000233* Order 356-2015
FOREIGN MINISTRY OF UKRAINE
DEPARTMENT OF THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT
Incoming Ref. No. 18176
March 4, 2015
[. . . ]
II. Regarding the chronology of the crossing of the state border of Ukraine by
personnel, weapons, and military vehicles of the Armed Forces of the Russian
Federation
No. Date Border crossing point
crossed
Point of destination
(crossing)
Number
of
convoys
Number of vehicles (personnel)
1. Februa
ry 25 DOVZHANSKY SVERDLOVSK
2 tanks; trucks (100 military personnel of
the Russian Armed Forces and
ammunition);
2. Februa
ry 25 IZVARYNE LUHANSK 2 BM-21 GRAD multiple rocket
launchers; 42 trucks, 7 tanker trucks;
3. Februa
ry 25 TELMANOVE 20 tanks, 20 BM-21 GRAD multiple
rocket launchers
4. Februa
ry 25
DIBRIVKA –
DMYTRIVKA
20 trucks and 2 tracked vehicles
(presumably engineering vehicles).
5. Februa
ry 24 DMYTRIVKA STEPANIVKA Convoy 50 KamAZ trucks (20 towing cannon on
trailers, 30 with munitions and ammo).
6. Februa
ry 24 IZVARYNE KRASNODON,
LUHANSK 1 14 trucks (with munitions and ammo)
7. Februa
ry 24 IZVARYNE 1 27 tarpaulin trucks with ammo.
8. Februa
ry 23 IZVARYNE LUHANSK 10 trucks, 1 BMP infantry fighting
vehicle;
9. Februa
ry 23 DMYTRIVKA MARYNIVKA,
STEPANIVKA 40 trucks (with munitions and ammo)
10. Februa
ry 23 DMYTRIVKA STEPANIVKA Seven T-72 tanks, three KamAZ trucks
with munitions and ammo.
11. Februa
ry 23
CHERVONOPARTYZ
ANSK SVERDLOVSK
Eight T-80 tanks and fourteen T-72
tanks, 12 self-propelled guns, two
Pantsir-S1 surface-to-air missile
systems, 20 trucks with ammunition.
12. Februa
ry 23 IZVARYNE KRASNODON,
LUHANSK 37 trucks with munitions and ammo.
13. Februa
ry 22
CHERVONOPARTYZ
ANSK SVERDLOVSK 1 7 tanks, 5 armored fighting vehicles, 8
trucks with ammunition
14. Februa
ry 22 IZVARYNE KRASNODON,
LUHANSK 2 37 trucks (with munitions and ammo)
15. Februa
ry 22 IZVARYNE to the Russian
Federation 1 33 trucks (with personnel and munitions)
and 2 tanker trucks
16. Februa
ry 22 SAMOYLOVO to the Russian
Federation 1 4 tanks, 2 BM-21 GRAD multiple rocket
launchers, 1 self-propelled gun
17. Februa
ry 22 NOVOAZOVSK KRASNOARMIYSKE 1 10 Ural trucks carrying personnel and 3
Ural trucks with ammunition.
18. Februa
ry 22
KYZNETSY (Donetsk
Oblast) KRASNOARMIYSKE 1
12 tanks, 7 BM-21 Grad multiple rocket
launchers, 5 self-propelled guns, and 7
trucks with food and ammunition.
No. Date Border crossing point
crossed
Point of destination
(crossing)
Number
of
convoys
Number of vehicles (personnel)
19. Februa
ry 21 IZVARYNE KRASNODON,
LUHANSK 1
51 trucks with ammunition and cannon
towed on trailers (4), 1 armored fighting
vehicle.
20. Februa
ry 21
KYZNETSY (Donetsk
Oblast) NOVOAZOVSK 1 50 trucks with munitions and ammo.
21. Februa
ry 21
From the Russian
Federation
to AMVROSIYIVKA
railway station
(Donetsk Oblast)
1 Train with military vehicles – 60 armored
fighting vehicles (mostly tanks).
22. Februa
ry 21 IZVARYNE to the Russian
Federation 1 11 trucks (2 with personnel) and 6
armored fighting vehicles left Ukraine;
23. Februa
ry 21 IZVARYNE to the Russian
Federation 1 6 BTR armored personnel carriers
24. Februa
ry 21 DYAKOVO CHERVONYI
ZHOVTEN 1 Three 2S4 Tulpan self-propelled mortars
25. Februa
ry 21 SVERDLOVSK
In the direction of
Route M-03 (Rostov-
Kharkiv)
1 12 tanks, 4 KrAZ trucks, and 1 KamAZ
truck with ammunition.
26. Februa
ry 20 ANTRATSIT DYAKOVO (Russian
Federation)
20 tanks, 20 BTR armored personnel
carriers, 2 trucks towing cannon on
trailers
27. Februa
ry 20 IZVARYNE to the Russian
Federation 1 25 trucks towing cannon on trailers
28. Februa
ry 20 KHARTSYZK ZUGREZ 1 Five 9P149 Uragan multiple rocket
launchers
29. Februa
ry 20 DMYTRIVKA KUIBYSHEVO
(Russian Federation) 1
Ten BM-21 Grad multiple rocket
launchers, 10 KamAZ trucks and 10
tanker trucks
30. Februa
ry 20
through IZVARYNE,
through USPENKA
in the direction of
LUHANSK, in the
direction of
DONETSK
2
Humanitarian Convoy consisting of 16
trucks, Humanitarian Convoy consisting
of 14 trucks
31. Februa
ry 19 IZVARYNE to the Russian
Federation 1 8 tanks and 32 empty trucks.
Acting Chief
of the Main Command Center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Major General [Signature] B.V. BONDAR
Annex 110
Central Missile and Artillery Directorate Of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Letter No.
342/2/3618 (11 March 2015).
This document has been translated from its original language into English, an official
language of the Court, pursuant to Rules of the Court, Article 51.
Pursuant to Rules of the Court Article 51(3), Ukraine has translated only
an extract of the original document constituting this Annex. In further
compliance with this Rule, Ukraine has provided two certified copies of the
full original-language document
198 [illegible]
1
Head of the Kharkiv Regional Directorate
of the Security Service of Ukraine
Col O. Pyvovar
A.O. Prosnyak
for the proceedings file
[signature] 09.21.15
[stamp illegible]
03.11.15
342/2/3618
Ref. No 70/6-635 of 02.10.2015
The Central Missile and Artillery Directorate of the Procurement of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has
processed your request as regards the following firearms registered in the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
- 5.45 mm AK-74 automatic rifles No. 3760057, 3759198 and 4292512;
- 40 mm GP-25 under-barrel grenade launcher No 982524.
-
The commander of military unit No. A4176 reports as follows:
A review of inventory data provided by military units to military unit A4176 (city of Artemivsk) summed
up in the departmental data bank of the Arsenal state electronic database for the Armed Forces of Ukraine has
established the following.
- The 5.45 mm AK-74 automatic rifles No. 3760057 manufactured in 1985 and No. 3759198
manufactured in 1985 were registered at military unit A2506 (town of Novo Ozernoe, Autonomous Republic
of Crimea).
- The 5.45 mm automatic rifle No. 4292512 manufactured in 1986 was registered at military unit
A3009 (town of Sevastopol, Autonomous Republic of Crimea).
The Central Missile and Artillery Directorate of the Procurement of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has no
information as to whether these weapons are present or missing because all the property of the military unit’s
missile and artillery procurement service remained in the occupied territory.
As for the other point raised in the request, it has been established that the weapons bearing the above
factory numbers are neither registered nor present at the military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, have not
been stolen, lost or written off and have not been transferred to other military units (organizations).
Acting Head,
Central Missile and Artillery Directorate
of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,
Procurement of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Colonel [signature] O.V.Synenko
[stamp:] THIS IS A TRUE COPY
Senior Investigator,
Investigations Department,
Kharkiv Regional Directorate
of the Security Service of Ukraine
Senior Lieutenant
[round seal, illegible]
N.V.Berehulya, 293-43 [stamp] ref. 6/1652
03.20.2015
[signature]
02.10.2015
Annex 111
Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Letter No. 300/1/C/1451 (20 March 2015)
This document has been translated from its original language into English, an official
language of the Court, pursuant to Rules of the Court, Article 51.
Pursuant to Rules of the Court Article 51(3), Ukraine has translated only
an extract of the original document constituting this Annex. In further
compliance with this Rule, Ukraine has provided two certified copies of the
full original-language document
MINISTRY OF DEFENSE OF UKRAINE
GENERAL STAFF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF
UKRAINE
6 Povitroflotsky Prospect, Kyiv, 03168. Phone: (044) 226-26-56. Fax: (044) 226-26-56
Email: [email protected]
Code in the Uniform Register of Businesses and Organizations of Ukraine: 22991050
_____________ No. _____________
Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine
No. 300/1/C/1451 of March 20, 2015
10:02:50 am Pages: 1/2
Foreign Ministry of Ukraine
In pursuance of Instruction No. 02-01/2948 of October 15, 2014 issued by the Ukrainian
Presidential Chief of Staff, presented herewith are informational reference materials
pertaining to the body of evidence for the presence of foreign military groups in Ukrainian
territory, to be used in raising the awareness of Ukrainian society and international
partners more actively and in the future lawsuits to be filed by Ukraine with the relevant
international courts.
Attachment: above-mentioned information on 2 pages, unclassified, for the specified
recipient only
Acting First Deputy Chief
of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Lieutenant General [Signature] S.B. BESSARAB
D.S. Pasko, 454-40-78
000681* Order 50-2015
FOREIGN MINISTRY OF UKRAINE
DEPARTMENT OF THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT
Incoming Ref. No. 25002
March 25, 2015
Attachment
INFORMATIONAL REFERENCE MATERIALS
pertaining to the body of evidence for the direct invasion by foreign military groups into
Ukrainian territory
operating in Eastern Ukraine
No documented facts of the involvement of Russian citizens in illegal paramilitary groups
operating in Eastern Ukraine were recorded last week.
II. Regarding the chronology of the crossing of the state border of Ukraine by
personnel, weapons, and military vehicles of the Armed Forces of the Russian
Federation
No. Date Border crossing
point crossed
Point of
destination
(crossing)
Number of
convoys
Number of vehicles
(personnel)
1 March
17 IZVARYNE KRASNODON 1 6 armored fighting vehicles
and 2 tanker trucks
2 March
17
Sukhodolsk railway
station (Luhansk
Oblast)
From the Russian
Federation Train train with munitions and
ammo
3 March
17 Dmytrivka in the direction of
Stepanivka 1 10 T-72 tanks
4 March
17 Izvaryne Luhansk 1 6 armored fighting
vehicles, 2 tanker trucks;
5 March
16 DIBRIVKA SNIZHNE
Ten T-72 tanks, 20 trucks
carrying ammo, and 3
special-purpose
(engineering) vehicles.
6 March
16
CHERVONOPART
YZANSK SVERDLOVSK 14 tanks.
7 March
16
From the Russian
Federation
KHARTSYZK
railway station Train with military vehicles and
ammunition
8 March
16
From the Russian
Federation
SVERDLOVSK
railway station Train with military vehicles and
ammunition
9 March
16
From the Russian
Federation
KRASNODON
railway station Train with military vehicles and
ammunition
10 March
16
From the Russian
Federation
DEBALTSEVE
railway station Train with military vehicles and
ammunition
11 March
15 IZVARYNE LUHANSK 1
10 tarpaulin trucks, one
carrying a ZU-23-2
anti-aircraft twin-barreled
autocannon
12 March
15 IZVARYNE LUHANSK 1 20th “Humanitarian
Convoy”: 38 trucks
13 March
15 USPENKA MAKIYIVKA 1 20th “Humanitarian
Convoy”: 42 vehicles
No. Date Border crossing
point crossed
Point of
destination
(crossing)
Number of
convoys
Number of vehicles
(personnel)
14 March
13 IZVARYNE LUHANSK 1 19th “Humanitarian
Convoy”: 23 vehicles
15 March
13 USPENKA DONETSK 1 19th “Humanitarian
Convoy”: 27 trucks
16 March
13 DOVZHANSKY LUHANSK 1 Twenty 122-mm GRAD
multiple rocket launchers
17 March
12 DOVZHANSKY SVERDLOVSK 1
23 tanks, 5 122-mm GRAD
multiple rocket launchers,
5 trucks with ammunition
Acting Chief
of the Main Command Center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Major General [Signature] B.V. BONDAR
Annex 112
Expert Conclusion No. 557/2014, drafted by the Forensic Research Center, Ministry
of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of
Ukraine in Kharkiv Region (23 March 2015)
This document has been translated from its original language into English, an official
language of the Court, pursuant to Rules of the Court, Article 51.
Pursuant to Rules of the Court Article 51(3), Ukraine has translated only
an extract of the original document constituting this Annex. In further
compliance with this Rule, Ukraine has provided two certified copies of the
full original-language document
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Kharkiv Region Main Directorate
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
[signature] [signature]
Ye.O. Bosenko
V.M. Hapon
MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF UKRAINE
MAIN DIRECTORATE OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF UKRAINE
IN KHARKIV REGION
FORENSIC RESEARCH CENTER
34 vul. Kovtuna, Kharkiv
Tel. (057)721-23-39
[email protected]
EXPERT CONCLUSION
03.23.2015 Kharkiv No. 557/2014
The forensic fire and explosives analysis department of the Forensic Research Center
(FEAD FRC) at the Kharkiv Region Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of
Ukraine received on 12.02.2014 a resolution dated 12.02.2014 issued by investigator Lt O.I.
Huskov of the investigations department at the Kharkiv Regional directorate of the Security
Service of Ukraine as part of criminal proceedings No. 22014220000000283, accompanied by
letter No. 70/6-1903 of 12.02.2014 from the Kharkiv Regional Directorate of the Security
Service of Ukraine, requesting a comprehensive forensic explosives analysis of explosive
substances and products of explosion and gunfire.
The task of forensic analysis has been assigned to the chief explosives expert of the fire
forensics sector at FEAD FRC, Ye.O. Bosenko, who has a full higher education degree and is a
qualified forensic expert certified to conduct forensic explosives analysis according to expert
specialism No. 5.2 (investigation of explosive devices, traces and circumstances of an explosion,
certificate No. 10918 issued by the Expert Qualifications Commission of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine on 10.25.2011) and employed as an expert since 2001; and senior explosives
expert at FEAD FRC, Vladyslav Mykhaylovych Hapon, who has a higher education degree in
chemistry and is a qualified forensic expert certified to conduct forensic analysis according to
expert specialism No. 5.2 (investigation of explosive devices, traces and circumstances of an
explosion, certificate No. 12382 issued by the Expert Qualifications Commission of the Ministry
of Internal Affairs of Ukraine on 10.09.2013) as well as a qualified forensic expert certified to
conduct forensic analysis in expert specialism No. 5.[rest of the number not visible]
(investigation of explosive devices and products of explosion and gunfire), certificate No. 9225
issued by the Expert Qualifications Commission of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine on
05.07.2009, certificate confirming forensic expert qualification No. 1134 issued by the Expert
Qualifications Commission of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine on 11.24.2014, and
employed as an expert since 2007.
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Kharkiv Region Main Directorate
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
[signature] [signature]
Ye.O. Bosenko
V.M. Hapon
I understand that a deliberately false conclusion and unjustified refusal to perform
assigned duties is an offence under Articles 384 and 385 of the Penal Code of Ukraine.
[seal:]
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Kharkiv Region Main Directorate
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
[signature] Ye.O. Bosenko
[signature] V.M. Hapon
Background on the case (known from the investigator’s resolution to request a forensic
analysis): “A terrorist group named Kharkiv Guerrillas was set up and operated in Kharkiv
Region throughout July–October 2014. Its purpose was to commit terrorist acts with the aim of
destabilizing the situation in society, intimidate the population and violate public safety using
weapons and staging explosions.
“In particular, the above group staged an armed attack on the Loziv District military
commissariat, blew up an electricity tower near the village of Bezlyudivka in Kharkiv District
and committed other acts of terror and sabotage.
“For example, during the period from November 12 to 16, unidentified persons, most
likely members of the Kharkiv Guerillas terrorist organization, in order to violate public safety,
intimidate the population and draw attention to their political views, staged an explosion at the
technical mine with communications lines belonging to the state enterprise Malyshev Factory at
Morozov Street in Kharkiv, damaging a pipe at the center of the technical mine, metal bars
located on the surface of the technical mine to prevent entry, as well as the technical well.
“An inspection of the scene of the incident on 11.16.2014 led to the discovery of a grey
metal fragment with traces of a rupture, a metal wire fragment, a metal fragment with remnants
of grooving on the surface, a tampon soaked with runoff from the opening of the damaged pipe,
a grey metal fragment with damaged edges, a plastic fragment (Bakelite) painted grey on one
side, a yellow-colored metal fragment with remnants of grooving on one side, two fragments
with magnetic properties, a wire fragment, a plastic fragment (Bakelite), a cylindrically shaped
metal fragment with traces of deformation in the form of dents and flattening, a flat grey-colored
metal wire fragment and five grey metal fragments.”
The following was submitted for forensic analysis:
- picture illustrating the scene of the incident;
fragments found after sifting at the scene of the incident, sealed in the Ministry of
Internal Affairs of Ukraine expert service bag No. 0509012;
grey plastic fragment sealed in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine expert service
bag No. 0508997;
X wire fragment sealed in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine expert service bag No.
0508999;
- tampon soaked in runoff from the opening of the damaged pipe sealed in the Ministry of
Internal Affairs of Ukraine expert service bag No. 0508996;
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V.M. Hapon
grey metal fragment with traces of rupture sealed in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of
Ukraine expert service bag No. 0509016;
metal fragment with traces of grooving on the surface sealed in the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine expert service bag No. 0509014;
metal fragment with damaged edges sealed in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
expert service bag No. 1157665
The following questions were put to forensic analysis:
1. Are the objects found at the scene of the incident parts of an explosive device, and if yes,
what type of device do they belong to?
2. Do the objects found at the scene of the incident bear traces of explosive substances, and
if yes, which ones?
3. Was the explosion caused by ammunition or an explosive device, and if yes, what type
(hand grenades, mortar, shells, etc.)?
4. What method was used in this case to cause the explosion?
List of forensic analysis methods entered in the Register of Forensic Analysis
Methods at the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine and used in this analysis:
1. Comprehensive investigation of explosive devices, explosive substances and traces of
explosion (registration code 0.1.12).
2. Explosive substance investigation (registration code 5.1.15).
3. Investigation of explosive substances and explosion products using chemical methods
and thin-layer chromatography (registration code 5.1.23).
INVESTIGATION
Investigation of the submitted illustration material
After investigating the illustration material (illustrative picture from the scene of the
incident) it was established that the metal bars on the surface of the technical mine and the
technical well show damage by way of deformation and displacement. In the middle of the
technical mine there is a metal pipe with an opening on the lateral surface. The opening is
characterized by uneven, jagged edges turned inside the pipe. Also on the surface of the pipe,
around the opening, there is a black deposit which looks like soot. The amount of deposit
decreases further away from the edges. The above characteristics are typical consequences of an
explosion.
Appearance of the objects provided [1,5]
The objects were delivered for investigation sealed in 7 standard bags of the Ministry of
Internal Affairs of Ukraine Expert Service: packages No. 1–7 (figures 1, [not visible]) on the
illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion).
Package No. 1 is a polymeric bag, the face of which bears the image of the Expert
Service seal and printed factory markings and lines in the manner of a form partially completed
in longhand using blue ink.
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Kharkiv Region Main Directorate
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
[signature] [signature]
Ye.O. Bosenko
V.M. Hapon
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Directorate in ________city, district ____
Description: Inspection of the incident scene on 11.16.14
Found: fragment with grooving found on the surface
Investigator: (signature) (name illegible)
Witnesses:
1. (signature)
2. (signature)
Specialist: (signature) (signature)
Date sealed:
Crime reporting journal entry No. _________________ ___ 20___
The reverse bears the typefaced package number “0509014” and the order in which the
objects are to be placed into and taken out of the bag. The bag opening is sealed.
Package No. 2 is a polymeric bag the face of which bears the image of the Expert Service
seal and printed factory markings and lines in the manner of a form partially completed in
longhand using blue ink:
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Directorate in ________city, district ____
Description: Inspection of the incident scene on 11.16.14
Found: metal fragment found on the surface
Investigator: (signature)
Witnesses:
1. (signature)
2. (signature)
Specialist: (signature) (signature)
Date sealed:
Crime reporting journal entry No. _________________ ___ 20___
The reverse bears the typefaced package number “0509016” and the order in which the
objects are to be placed into and taken out of the bag. The bag opening is sealed.
Package No. 3 is a polymeric bag the face of which bears the image of the Expert Service
seal and printed factory markings and lines in the manner of a form partially completed in
longhand using blue ink:
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Directorate in ________city, district ____
Description: Inspection of the incident scene on 11.16.14
Found: metal fragment on the bottom of the mine
Investigator: (signature) (name illegible)
Witnesses:
1. (signature)
2. (signature)
Specialist: (signature) (signature)
Date sealed:
Crime reporting journal entry No. _________________ ___ 20___
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[signature] [signature]
Ye.O. Bosenko
V.M. Hapon
The reverse bears the typefaced package number “1157665” and the order in which the
objects are to be placed into and taken out of the bag. The bag opening is sealed.
Package No. 4 is a polymeric bag the face of which bears the image of the Expert Service
seal and printed factory markings and lines in the manner of a form partially completed in
longhand using blue ink:
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Directorate in ________city, district ____
Description: Inspection of the incident scene on 11.16.14
Found: grey-colored plastic fragment
Investigator: (signature) (name illegible)
Witnesses:
1. (signature)
2. (signature)
Specialist: (signature) (signature)
Date sealed:
Crime reporting journal entry No. _________________ ___ 20___
The reverse bears the typefaced package number “0508997” and the order in which the
objects are to be placed into and taken out of the bag. The bag opening is sealed.
Package No. 5 is a polymeric bag the face of which bears the image of the Expert Service
seal and printed factory markings and lines in the manner of a form partially completed in
longhand using blue ink:
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Directorate in ________city, district ____
Description: Inspection of the incident scene on 11.16.14
Found: fragments after sifting
Investigator: (signature) (name illegible)
Witnesses:
1. (signature)
2. (signature)
Specialist: (signature) (signature)
Date sealed:
Crime reporting journal entry No. _________________ ___ 20___
The reverse bears the typefaced package number “0509012” and the order in which the
objects are to be placed into and taken out of the bag. The bag opening is sealed.
Package No. 6 is a polymeric bag the face of which bears the image of the Expert Service
seal and printed factory markings and lines in the manner of a form partially completed in
longhand using blue ink:
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Directorate in ________city, district ____
Description: Inspection of the incident scene on 11.16.14
Found: wire fragment found on the surface
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[signature] [signature]
Ye.O. Bosenko
V.M. Hapon
Investigator: (signature) (name illegible)
Witnesses: ___________________________________________
1. (signature)
2. (signature)
Specialist: (signature) (signature)
Date sealed:
Crime reporting journal entry No. _________________ ___ 20___
The reverse bears the typefaced package number “0508999” and the order in which the
objects are to be placed into and taken out of the bag. The bag opening is sealed.
Package No. 7 is a polymeric bag the face of which bears the image of the Expert Service
seal and printed factory markings and lines in the manner of a form partially completed in
longhand using blue ink:
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Directorate in ________city, district ____
Description: Inspection of the incident scene on 11.16.14
Found: runoff from the crater
Investigator: (signature) (name illegible)
Witnesses: ___________________________________________
1. (signature)
2. (signature)
Specialist: (signature) (signature)
Date sealed:
Crime reporting journal entry No. _________________ ___ 20___
The reverse bears the typefaced package number “0508996” and the order in which the
objects are to be placed into and taken out of the bag. The bag opening is sealed.
The packages have not been disturbed, providing safe storage for the investigated objects
and preventing unauthorized access.
Upon opening package No. 1, a metal fragment was retrieved with partial grooving:
investigated object No. 1 (Figures 3,4);
Upon opening package No. 2, a metal fragment was retrieved: investigated object No. 2
(Figures 5,6);
Upon opening package No. 3, a metal fragment was retrieved: investigated object No. 3
(Figures 7,8);
Upon opening package No. 4, a fragment made of Bakelite was retrieved: investigated
object No. 4 (Figures 9,10);
Upon opening package No. 5, the following were retrieved:
- Fragment made of Bakelite: investigated object No. 5.1 (Figure 11);
- Metal fragment with grooving: investigated object No. 5.2 (Figure 11);
- Flat metal wire fragment – investigated object No. 5.3 (Figure 11);
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- Two metal fragments with magnetic properties: investigated objects No. 5.4 (Figure
11)
- Metal wire fragment - investigated object No. 5.5 (Figure 11);
- Cylindrically shaped metal fragment - investigated object No. 5.6 (Figure 11);
- Five metal fragments - investigated object No. 5.7 Figure 11);
Upon opening package No. 6, a metal wire fragment was retrieved: investigated object
No. 6 (Figure 12);
Upon opening package No. 7, two gauze tampons were retrieved: investigated object
No. 7 (Figure 13);
The objects submitted for investigation correspond to their description in the resolution
requesting forensic analysis.
Separate investigation of submitted objects
Investigated object No. 1 is a metal fragment measuring 12.5 x 10 mm made of grey
metal. One of the sides of the fragment shows deformed grooving.
Investigated object No. 2 is a metal fragment 0.5 mm thick made of grey metal which
shows damage in the form of bending, rupture, flattening and cracking in the metal structure. At
its largest, the fragment measures 21 x 23 mm.
Investigated object No. 3 is a metal fragment 1.5 mm thick made of grey metal which
shows damage in the form of bending, rupture, flattening and cracking in the metal structure. The
fragment measures 10 mm at its widest and is 13.5 mm long.
Investigated object No. 4 is a fragment made of Bakelite measuring 9 x 10 mm with
uneven edges in the form of a rupture. One of the sides of this fragment shows damage in the
form of a split and is partially coated with grey lacquer paint. The other side has an uneven
surface revealing a Bakelite structure. The surface of the object shows deposits of a grey
substance similar to soot.
Investigated object No. 5.1 is a fragment made of Bakelite measuring 15 x 11 mm with
uneven edges in the form of a rupture. One of the sides of this fragment is coated with grey
lacquer paint. The other side has a smooth surface and splits revealing a Bakelite structure and
brown lacquer paint.
Investigated object No. 5.2 is a fragment which has the shape of a semicircle in the
cross-section, possibly part of a cylinder’s lateral surface. The fragment is made of grey metal.
The object shows deformities in the form of compression and displacement. The outer surface of
the fragment has grooving. At its largest the object measures 2.5 mm in wall thickness, 12 mm in
length and 10 mm in chord distance.
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Investigated object No. 5.3 is a flat metal wire fragment with deformities in the manner
of coiling and bending. The object has the following dimensions: thickness - 0.5 mm, length - 47
mm, width – 1.5 mm.
Investigated objects No. 5.4 are two metal fragments with magnetic properties and are
shaped like cubes. The outer surface of the fragments has metal parts. When the metal parts are
removed, the objects measure 3x3 mm and 4 x 3 mm. The sides of the fragments have an
uneven, rough surface with traces of deformation in the form of chipping.
Investigated object No. 5.5 is a metal wire fragment which shows deformation in the
manner of a bend. The object measures 1 mm in thickness and 9 mm in length.
Investigated object No. 5.6 is a cylindrically shaped metal fragment measuring 15 mm
in height and 11 mm in middle section diameter. The object shows deformation in the form of
compression and bending. The lateral surface of the object shows traces of circular grooving.
Investigated objects No. 5.7 are five metal fragments. The objects show deformities in
the form of compression, splitting and ruptures.
Investigated object No. 6 is a metal wire fragment showing deformation in the form of
flattening and breakage. The object measures 1 mm in thickness and 15 mm in length.
Investigated object No. 7 is two gauze tampons which have deposits on the surface of a
grey and brown colored substance.
Comparative investigation [4]
A comparative investigation was conducted to establish whether investigated objects No.
4, 5.1–5.3, 5.5 and 6 can be grouped.
A visual inspection established that the objects have the following exterior
characteristics:
– Objects 4 and 5.1 are Bakelite fragments with one side coated with grey lacquer paint;
– Object No. 5.2 is a fragment of a cylinder’s lateral surface with grooving on the outer
surface;
– Object No. 5.3 is a flat metal wire fragment;
– Object No. 5.5 and 6 are metal wire fragments.
Considering the results obtained, a comparison was made between investigated objects
No. 4, 5.1–5.3, 5.5 and 6 and available descriptions [4] of explosive munitions and their fuzes,
by juxtaposing identical characteristics. As a result of comparative investigation it was
established that objects No. 4 and 5.1 are likely to be casing fragments of a limpet (magnetic)
mine. Objects No. 5.2, 5.3, 5.5 and 6 are likely to be fragments of the VZD-1M fuze. Similarity
was established in the appearance and structural characteristics. The results of comparison are
shown in Figures 1 and 2.
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Figure 1. Comparison of investigated objects
No. 4 and 5.1 with a limpet (magnetic) mine.
Figure 2. Comparison of investigated objects
No. 5.2, 5.3, 5.5 and 6 with a VZD-1M fuze.
Investigated objects No. 5.4 are fragments of a magnet.
Investigated objects No. 1, 2, 3, 5.6 and 5.7 do not have sufficient distinguishing
features to be identified with sections, nodes and parts of explosive munitions or other explosive
devices.
A chemical investigation (of explosive substances and products of explosion and gunfire)
was carried out in order to identify traces of explosive substances and explosion products in the
deposits on investigated objects No. 4, 5.1 and 7.
Chemical investigation (of explosive substances and products of explosion and
gunfire) [2,3,6]
Morphological investigation (microscopy)
A microscopic investigation was conducted with the naked eye in daylight, as well as
using a 4-x magnifying glass and an MSP-1 stereomicroscope
The morphological investigation established the following:
- The surface of investigated objects No. 4 and No. 5.1 has poorly visible deposits of a
dark grey amorphous substance (soot);
- The surface of investigated objects No. 7 has deposits of a dark grey amorphous
substance (soot) and deposits of a brown substance similar in appearance to rust.
A comparison between the investigated objects and explosive substance samples from the
explosive substance collection held by FEAD FRC) at the Main Directorate of the Ministry of
Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region, as well as with data in reference publications,
established that the morphological characteristics of the investigated objects are not identical to
the characteristics of explosive substances.
Sample preparation
I. Preparing acetone extracts of investigated objects.
Investigated objects were transferred into separate flasks, adding 10 ml of acetone to
each, and held for 6 hours with periodic shaking. The solutions obtained were filtered through a
paper filter to obtain acetone extracts No. 4a, No. 5.1a and No. 7a as well as respective insoluble
residue.
II. Preparing water extracts of investigated objects.
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Investigated objects were transferred into separate flasks, adding 15 ml of warm distilled
water to each and held for 6 hours with periodic shaking. The solutions obtained were filtered
through a paper filter to obtain acetone extracts No. 4a, No. 5.1a and No. 7a as well as respective
insoluble residues. After steeping, the substances received were filtered through separate paper
filters to obtain respective water extracts No. 4b, No. 5.1b and No. 7b, as well as respective
insoluble residues.
Capillary chemical reactions
Qualitative chemical reactions were conducted in order to determine the chemical
composition of investigated objects. Investigation followed this algorithm.
I. Qualitative reactions with acetone extracts.
Each acetone extract was divided into four equal aliquots, two of which were subjected to
qualitative reactions, and the other two aliquots were used for thin-layer vertical chromatography
investigations.
1. Determining organic oxidant compounds (soluble in acetone)
An aliquot of the acetone extract was steamed in a jet of cool air until a dry residue, to
which 1 drop was added of a 1% solution of diphenylamine in concentrated sulphuric acid. The
appearance of spots and dark-blue jets points to the presence of oxidants.
2. Determining nitroaromatic compounds
An aliquot of the acetone extract was steamed in a jet of cool air until a dry residue, to
which 1 drop of acetone was added along with 1 drop of a 1 per cent solution of natrium
hydroxide in ethanol. The appearance of red and brown or blue coloring points to the presence of
trinitro- or dinitroaromatic compounds, respectively.
3. Qualitative luminescent analysis
In order to determine the possible presence of fuel and lubricants, as well as of objects of
a biological nature, investigated objects and respective acetone extracts were inspected in the
ultraviolet light of an OLD-41emitter. The inspection involved watching for the presence or
absence of luminescence from the acetone extracts of investigated objects.
The results of investigation using the qualitative reactions method are presented in Table
1.
Table 1
Results of investigating acetone extracts of investigated objects using the
qualitative reactions method
Extracts
Reaction to
Oxidants Nitroderivatives of
aromatic compounds
Presence of
luminescence
No. 4a, No. 5.1a, No. 7a + + +
Note to Tables 1 and 2: the + sign denotes a positive test result (the determined
component is present); the – sign denotes a negative test result (the determined component is
absent).
II. Qualitative reactions with water extracts
One drop of an investigated water extract was entered on strips of a universal indicator
paper LACHEMA (PND 50-975-84 pH 0-12), comparing the resulting changes in color to the
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standard scale. A yellow-olive color was observed to appear, corresponding to pH=7 (neutral
medium). Each water extract was divided into seven aliquots, which were used in the following
reactions:
1. Determining of non-organic oxidant compounds (soluble in water)
An aliquot of the water extract was steamed in a jet of cool air until a dry residue, to
which 2 drops were added of a 1% solution of diphenylamine in concentrated sulphuric acid. The
appearance of spots and dark-blue jets points to the presence of oxidants.
2. Determining nitrite ions and nitrate ions
An aliquot of the water extract was transferred onto a glass plate, steamed in a jet of
warm air until a volume of several drops, to which several granules were added of a solid Griess
reagent. The appearance of a pink color points to the presence of nitrite ions. Zinc dust was
added to the obtained reaction medium. Development and the appearance of a dark red color
points to the presence of nitrate ions.
3. Determining ammonium cations
An aliquot of the water extract was transferred to a tube, to which 3 drops of the Nessler
reagent were added. The appearance of a red and brown residue or a dark yellow color points to
the presence of ammonium cations.
4. Determining potassium cations
An aliquot of the water extract was transferred into a porcelain cup and steamed until a
dry residue. The residue was fried for five minutes to release possible ammonia salts which
produce a similar reaction with potassium. After cooling, the residue was dissolved in a drop of
distilled water, to which 1 drop was added of a saturated natrium hexanitrocobaltate solution
oxidated by vinegar acid. The obtained substance was investigated under the microscope: the
appearance of a residue in the form of yellow cubes and friends [sic] points to the presence of
potassium cations.
5. Determining chlorate anions
An aliquot of the water extract was transferred onto a glass plate, steamed in a jet of
warm air until dry, to which 3 drops were added of a 0.1% aniline sulphate solution in sulphuric
acid. The appearance of a dark blue color points to the presence of chlorate anions.
6. Determining carbonate anions and sulphate anions
An aliquot of the water extract was transferred into a tube, adding 3 drops of a 5% barium
chloride solution in water. The appearance of a white residue points to the presence of carbonate
anions and sulphate anions.
Five drops of a 1% hydrochloric acid solution was added to the obtained residue.
Subsequent complete dissolution of the residue points to the presence of carbonate anions,
gradual partial dissolution of the residue points to a joint presence of carbonate anions and
sulphate anions.
7. Determining chloride anions
An aliquot of the water extract was transferred into a tube, adding 3 drops of a 5% silver
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nitrate solution in water. The appearance of a white residue points to the presence of chloride
anions.
The results of water extract investigation using the qualitative reactions method are
presented in Table 2
Table 2
Results of investigating water extracts of investigated objects using the qualitative reactions
method
Extracts
Reaction to
pH
Oxidants
Nitrite
anion
Nitrate
anion
Ammonium
cation
Potassium
cation
Chlorate
anion
Carbonate
anion
Sulphate
anion
Chloride
anion
No. 4b, No. 5.1b, No. 7b =7 - + - - - - - - -
Note to Table 2: the + sign denotes a positive test result (the determined component is
present); the – sign denotes a negative test result (the determined component is absent).
III. Investigation of residues insoluble in acetone and water
Residues from the prepared samples of investigated objects were transferred onto a glass
plate and investigated using an MBS-10 stereomicroscope.
Shapeless black particles were observed under the microscope. The particles do not
change under the action of weak and concentrated hydrochloric and sulphuric acid solutions,
which makes it possible to identify them as fragments of soot.
Investigation using the thin-layer chromatography method
The method of vertical single-dimension straight-phase thin-layer chromatography (TLC)
was used to determine traces of explosive substances and products of their explosive
transformation, as well as of stabilizers and components of smoke-free gunpowder in the content
of investigated objects.
For this, two parts of acetone extracts obtained in the process of sample preparation were
steamed in a jet of cool air until the volume of several microdrops and using a drip were entered
onto the start line of chromatographic plates at a distance of 15 mm from the bottom edge of the
plate.
I. Chromatography was conducted under these conditions:
Stationary phase - Sorbfil chromatographic plates PTSX-P-A-UF (TU 26-11-17-89)
measuring 10 x 10 cm with the working absorbent layer: silicagel STX-
1A (layer thickness: 90...120 nm, grain fraction: 5...17 nm) with a binder
based on ciliciumdioxide with the addition of luminophore at 254 nm.
Mobile phase - acetone-toluene-hexane (1:1:2)
(eluent)
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Preparatory Stages - eluent cleansing of the 25% ammonia water solution,
drying for 30 minutes at 100°C,
removing the top and bottom edges of the plate
5 mm thick each and bottom corners 1 mm wide.
Eluent front elevation - 70 mm
Spot detection - Ultraviolet light from an OLD-14 emitter, 5%
diphenylamine solution in ethanol, 10% potassium
hydroxide solution in ethanol
Reference samples - Acetone extracts of explosive substances
The results of the investigation are presented in Table 3.
Table 3
TLC results in the acetone-toluene-hexane (1:1:2) solvent system
Stages of detection
Acetone
extract No
Treatment in 5% diphenylamine
solution in ethanol UV treatment Treatment in 10% potassium
hydroxide solution in ethanol
Zone coloring Rf Zone coloring Rf Zone coloring Rf
Trotyl (TNT) Yellow-orange 0.78 Orange-brown 0.78 Red-brown 0.78
Tetryl Dark yellow 0.47 Yellow-orange 0.47 Red 0.47
TEN Colorless 0.68 Green 0.68 Green 0.68
Hexogen
(RDX) Light grey 0.29 Green-grey 0.29 Blue-grey 0.29
Octagen Light grey 0.14 Green-grey 0.14 Blue-grey 0.14
Nitroglycerine
(acetone
extract of
dibasic
powder
Colorless 0.42 Green 0.42 Green 0.42
No. 4a; No.
5.1a; No. 7a
Light grey
Yellow-orange
0.29
0.78
Green-grey
Orange-brown
0.29
0.78
Blue-grey
Red-brown
0.29
0.78
The chromatogram of acetone extracts from investigated objects No. 4, No. 5.1 and No. 7
shows zones with the coloring and chromatographic mobility value Rf (the ratio of the distance
traveled by a spot of the investigated compound to the distance traveled by the eluent front)
characteristic of hexogen/RDX (Rf – 0.29) and trotyl/TNT (Rf – 0.78).
II. Chromatography was conducted under the following conditions:
Stationary phase - Sorbfil chromatographic plates PTSX-P-A-UF (TU 26-11-17-89)
measuring 10 x 10 cm with the working sorbent layer: silicagel STX-1A
(layer thickness: 90...120 nm, grain fraction: 5...17 nm) with a binding
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agent based on ciliciumdioxide with the addition of luminophore at 254
nm.
Mobile phase - acetone-toluene-hexane (1:1:2)
(eluent)
Preparatory Stages - eluent cleansing of the 25% ammonia water solution,
drying for 30 minutes at 100°C, removing the top and
bottom edges of the plate 5 mm thick each and bottom
corners 1 mm wide.
Eluent front elevation - 70 mm
Spot detection - UV light from an OLD-14 emitter, Moiroir’s reagent
Reference samples - Acetone extract of diphelynamine
The results of investigation using the thin-layer chromatography method are presented in
Table 4
Table 4
TLC results in the acetone-toluene-hexane (1:1:2) solvent system
Object (acetone extract No)
Detection stages
UV treatment Treatment with Moiroir’s reagent
Zone coloring Rf Zone coloring Rf
Reference sample: acetone
extract of diphelynamine Grey 0.78 Blue 0.78
No. 4a; No. 5a; No. 7a - - - -
Chromatograms of the acetone extracts of investigated objects No. 4, No. 5.1 and No. 7
do not show zones with the coloring and chromatographic mobility value Rf (the ratio of the
distance traveled by a spot of the investigated compound to the distance traveled by the eluent
front) characteristic of diphelynamine (a stabilizer for smoke-free gunpowder).
Therefore, after summarizing separate investigations conducted, the following has
been established:
1) According to the results of morphological investigation:
- the appearance and morphological characteristics of black substances in the form of
deposits on the surface of the given objects point to the fact that these deposits are
soot;
2) the results of the qualitative capillary analysis are presented in Tables 1 and 2;
3) the results of investigation using the thin-layer chromatography method established
that the content of investigated objects No. 4a, No. 5.1a and No. 7a included trotyl (TNT) and
hexogen (RDX).
An evaluation of the summarized results of chemical investigation makes it possible to
draw the following conclusions:
- The objects submitted for investigation bear traces of the explosion products of an
explosive substance based on trotyl (TNT) and hexogen (RDX).
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In response to the questions: “Are the objects found at the scene of the incident parts of
an explosive device, and if yes, what type of device do they belong to?”; Was the explosion
caused by ammunition or an explosive device, and if yes, what type (hand grenades, mortar,
shells, etc.?)” and “What method was used in this case to cause the explosion?”
The results of investigation with regard to these objects and materials make it possible to
conclude that an explosive device, probably of industrial manufacture, was detonated on the
surface of the pipe in the technical mine.
The Bakelite fragments submitted for investigation (investigated objects No. 4 and No.
5.1) are probably remnants of the casing of a limpet (magnetic) mine. Investigated objects No.
5.2, 5.3, 5.5 and 6 are probably fragments of the VZD-1M fuze mechanism. Investigated object
No. 5.4 amounts to magnet fragments. Investigated objects No. 1, 2, 3, 5.6 and 5.7 do not bear
sufficient disntinguishing characteristics to be identified with sections, nodes or parts of
explosive ammunition or other explosive devices.
The investigations conducted make it possible to assume that an industrially
manufactured detonation device—a fuze—was used, as well as an industrially manufactured
explosive device (the above fuze is used as a standard with limpet (magnetic) mines.
The VZD-1M fuze is a delayed-action fuze which after a time lapse set by the time-delay
mechanism (one of the metal elements it is usually equipped with).
The remnants of a limpet (magnetic) mine casing submitted for investigation, the VZD-
1M fuze fragments and the magnet fragments make it possible to assume that a limpet mine was
probably used.
In response to the question “Do the objects found at the scene of the incident bear traces
of explosive substances, and if yes, which ones?”
Having summarized the results of chemical investigation it is possible to conclude that
the objects submitted for investigation bear traces of the explosion products of an explosive
substance based on trotyl (TNT) and hexogen (RDX).
Therefore, on the basis of investigations conducted, the following has been established:
- investigated objects No. 4, No. 5.1 and No. 5.4 are probably remnants of a limpet (magnetic)
mine (medium limpet mine);
- investigated objects No. 5.2, 5.3, 5.5 and 6 are probably fragments of the VZD-1M fuze
mechanism.
Investigated objects No. 1, 2, 3, 5.6 and 5.7 do not bear sufficient distinguishing
characteristics to be identified with sections, nodes or parts of explosive ammunition or other
explosive devices.
- the objects submitted for investigation bear traces of the explosion products of an explosive
substance based on trotyl (TNT) and hexogen (RDX).
- the results of investigation with regard to these objects and materials make it possible to
conclude that an explosive device, probably a limpet (magnetic) SPM mine (medium limpet
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mine), equipped as a standard with a VZD-1M fuze, was detonated on the surface of the pipe
in the technical mine.
- assuming an SPM (medium limpet mine) with a VZD-1M fuze was used, the following
detonation method was applied: the VZD-1M fuze is a delayed-action fuze, activating after a
time lapse set by the time-delay mechanism inside it (one of the metal elements it is normally
equipped with). After a mine is laid on site, the safety catch is pulled out and the wire loop of
a spring firing pin begins to slowly cut the metal element. After the metal element has been
cut, the released firing pin pierces the capsule detonator of the fuze and the mine explodes.
The following reference sources were used during this expert analysis:
1. “Instructions on the procedure and documentation of forensic analyses,” approved by order
No. 19/1-272n of the State Forensic Research Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of
Ukraine dated 10.31.2013
2. V.N. Aginsky, V.I. Golyashin, S.V. Vladimirov “Forensic investigation of explosive
substances”/Edited by N.M. Kuzmin, Moscow: All-USSR Research Institute of the Ministry
of Internal Affairs of the USSR, 1985, 72 pages.
3. V.N. Aginsky, Yu.M. Dildin “Investigating substances for belonging to explosive materials
and pyrotechnic mixtures. Methodological recommendations.” – Moscow, Central Forensic
Research Laboratory, Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR, 1982, 12 pages.
4. “Explosive ammunition.” Book 2. Voenizdat, Ministry of Defense of the USSR, Moscow –
1979, 184 pages.
5. G.V. Prokhorov-Lukin, V.I. Bykov, V.I. Pashchenko “Methodology for a comprehensive
analysis of explosive devices, explosive substances and traces of explosion.” Kyiv, Elite
Print, 2011 – 216 pages.
6. V.N. Tsvetkova, L.K. Isayeva “Using thin-layer chromatography and infra-red spectroscopy
in investigating certain industrial explosives.” “Expert practice and new investigation
methods” journal, issue 9, p 7-16. All-USSR Forensic Research Institute, Moscow: 1975.
The following was used during inspection and investigation: MSP-1 stereomicroscopes
No. XS 3740, certificate of conformity No. 03/8773; Vernier caliper ShTs-1 (No. 393935),
certificate of conformity No. 03/8745; expert magnifying glass; CAS electronic scales of + 1.0g
precision (No. 98050605), OLD 41 emitter, samples No. 1–50 of explosive substances from the
FEAD FRC collection, a set of chemical reagents, Sorbfil plates for thin-layer chromatography
(TU 26-11-17-89). The capture and printing of images was done using digital camera Canon
Power Shot A 3100 IS, the Intel (R) Celeron (R) PC, CPU 2.8 Hz, 960 GB RPM and laser printer
CANON LBP-2900.
The illustrative table from the incident scene provided is appended to the second copy of
this expert conclusion.
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The investigated objects have been returned to their original packaging. The bag
openings are tied with white string, with the loose ends tagged (Figure 14). The tags are made in
the manner of a form completed in longhand using blue ink and have a round seal of the
“Forensic Research Center No. 12, Kharkiv Region Main Directorate, Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine”:
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City, district Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine
Criminal proceedings No. 22014220000000283
RD No.
In relation to: blast in Morozov Street
___________________________________
Sealed: (signature) V.M. Hapon
(seal imprint)
Danger category:
- extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe (highlighted in red)
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
The expert conclusion is appended by an illustrative table, an investigation expenses
report and seven packages containing investigated objects.
CONCLUSIONS
1. The objects found at the scene of the incident and submitted for investigation are:
- investigated objects No. 4, No. 5.1 and No. 5.4 - probably remnants of a limpet (magnetic)
mine (medium limpet mine);
- investigated objects No. 5.2, 5.3, 5.5 and 6 - probably fragments of the VZD-1M fuze
mechanism.
Investigated objects No. 1, 2, 3, 5.6 and 5.7 do not bear sufficient distinguishing
characteristics to be identified with sections, nodes or parts of explosive ammunition or
other explosive devices.
2. The objects submitted for investigation bear traces of the explosion products of an explosive
substance based on trotyl (TNT) and hexogen (RDX).
3. The results of investigation with regard to these objects and materials make it possible to
conclude that an explosive device, probably a limpet (magnetic) SPM mine (medium limpet
mine), equipped as a standard with a VZD-1M fuze, was detonated on the surface of the pipe
in the technical mine.
4. Assuming an SPM (medium limpet mine) with a VZD-1M fuze was used, the following
detonation method was applied: the VZD-1M fuze is a delayed-action fuze, activating after a
time lapse set by the time-delay mechanism inside it (one of the metal elements it is normally
equipped with). After a mine is laid on site, the safety catch is pulled out and the wire loop of
a spring firing pin begins to slowly cut the metal element. After the metal element has been
cut, the released firing pin pierces the capsule detonator of the fuze and the mine explodes.
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Appendix 1
ILLUSTRATIVE TABLE
Figure 1 – The appearance of packages No. 1–7 containing investigated objects (front).
Figure 2 – The appearance of packages No. 1–7 containing investigated objects (reverse).
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Appendix 1 continued
Figure 3 – the appearance of investigated
object No. 1 (side 1)
Figure 4 – the appearance of investigated
object No. 1 (side 2)
Figure 5 – the appearance of investigated
object No. 2 (side 1)
Figure 6 – the appearance of investigated
object No. 2 (side 2)
Figure 7 – the appearance of investigated
object No. 3 (side 1)
Figure 8 – the appearance of investigated
object No. 3 (side 2)
Figure 9 – the appearance of investigated
object No. 4 (side 1)
Figure 10 – the appearance of investigated
object No. 4 (side 2)
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Forensic experts
[seal:]
Forensic Research Center No. 12
Kharkiv Region Main Directorate
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
[signature] [signature]
Ye.O. Bosenko
V.M. Hapon
Appendix 1 continued
Figure 11 – the appearance of investigated objects No. 5.1–5.7
Figure 12 – the appearance of investigated
object No. 6
Figure 13 – the appearance of investigated
object No. 7
Figure 14 – investigated objects in their original packaging and sealed prior to handing over to
the client who requested forensic analysis
Annex 113
Expert Opinion No. 64/1-30/6, drafted by Ukrainian Scientific Research Institute for
Special Equipment and Forensic Expert Examinations, Security Service of Ukraine
(26 March 2015)
This document has been translated from its original language into English, an official
language of the Court, pursuant to Rules of the Court, Article 51.
Pursuant to Rules of the Court Article 51(3), Ukraine has translated only
an extract of the original document constituting this Annex. In further
compliance with this Rule, Ukraine has provided two certified copies of the
full original-language document
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SECURITY SERVICE OF UKRAINE
Ukrainian Scientific Research Institute for Special Equipment
and Forensic Expert Examinations
EXPERT OPINION
03/26/2015 City of Kyiv No. 64/1-30/6
Copy No. 1
We, expert consultants with Section 6 of the 4th Center (Center for Forensic and Special
Expert Examinations) of the Ukrainian Scientific Research Institute for Special Equipment and
Forensic Expert Examinations of the Security Service of Ukraine – Vitaly Petrovych Stasyuk,
with an advanced technical degree, special expert training and experience working as an expert
since 2012, holding the qualification of a forensic expert with the right to conduct explosives
research with specializations in "Researching Explosive Devices and the Traces and
Circumstances of Explosions" (registration certificate No. 477 issued by the Expert Qualification
Commission of the Security Service of Ukraine on 03/13/2013) and "Forecasting the Possible
Effects of the Use of Explosive Devices and the Traces and Circumstances of Explosions
(registration certificate No. 478 issued by the Expert Qualification Commission of the Security
Service of Ukraine on 03/13/2013) and an expert consultant with Section 1 of the 4th Center
(Center for Forensic and Special Expert Examinations), and Roman Vasylyovych Bilous, with an
advanced degree in law, special expert training and experience working as an expert since 1997,
holding the qualification of a forensic expert with the right to conduct trace evidence expert
examinations with specializations in: "Establishing the Whole from the Parts" (certificate No.
309 issued by the Expert Qualification Commission of the Security Service of Ukraine on
04/15/2008) and "Identifying the Mechanism of Origin of Traces" (certificate No. 310 issued by
the Expert Qualification Commission of the Security Service of Ukraine on 04/15/2008) –
pursuant to an order calling for a forensic expert criminalistic examination to establish the whole
from the parts, issued in the city of Mariupol, Donetsk Region, on 01/17/2015 by Colonel of
Justice Ye.L. Kosyak, Deputy Head of the Investigations Department of the Donetsk Regional
Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine, conducted an expert examination based on the
files of criminal proceeding No. 22015050000000021.
The experts have been warned of potential liability for presenting knowingly false
findings under Article 384 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine:
[signature] R. Bilous [signature] V. Stasyuk
[seal:] Security Service of Ukraine, For expert examinations, No. 1
We are aware of the facts of the case from the investigator's order calling for an expert
examination.
Together with cover letter No. 56/13-406 nt of 01/20/2015, the Donetsk Regional
Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine provided for expert examination (according to the
cover letter):
- 2 plastic bags bound with white thread and sealed with a target labeled "Research materials for
criminal proceeding 22015050000000021" and signed by the expert;
- 2 envelopes sealed with labels and certified by the expert's signature.
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The experts were asked to answer the following questions:
- Did the three metal fragments removed from the crater located 5.5 m from the tree with
damaged bark to the east and 12 m from the bus to the east constitute parts of one whole?
- Did the three metal fragments removed from the crater located 5.5 m from the tree with
damaged bark to the east and 12 m from the bus to the east and the 6 metal fragments measuring
from 14 mm to 65 mm constitute parts of one whole?
- Did the three metal fragments removed from the crater located 5.5 m from the tree with
damaged bark to the east and 12 m from the bus to the east, the 6 metal fragments measuring
from 14 mm to 65 mm, and the 2 metal objects measuring 10 cm in length and 5 cm in width (the
first one) and 40 cm in length and 15 cm in maximum width (the second one) constitute parts of
one whole?
- Did the three metal fragments removed from the crater located 5.5 m from the tree with
damaged bark to the east and 12 m from the bus to the east, the 6 metal fragments measuring
from 14 mm to 65 mm, the 2 metal objects measuring 10 cm in length and 5 cm in width (the
first one) and 40 cm in length and 15 cm in maximum width (the second one), and the metal
object measuring 25 cm in length and 20 cm in width, with the markings "559-76-6-KZh" and
"1237" underneath, constitute parts of one whole?
- Did the objects specified in the previous questions form one whole with the metal cylindrical
object measuring 72 cm in length and 12.8 cm in diameter that was sticking out of the ground at
a 30° angle in the direction of Mariupol?
- Did the objects specified in the previous questions form one whole with the metal cylindrical
object measuring 25.4 cm in length and 12 cm in diameter that was found in crater No. 3, the
deformed metal object measuring 63 cm in length and 27 cm in width found to the right of No. 2,
and the 2 small deformed metal objects measuring 1) 18 cm in length and 7.4 cm in width, with
the marking "E91 B C H" and 2) 22 cm in length and 5.8 cm in width, found near crater No. 2?
- Did the metal cylindrical object measuring 72 cm in length and 12.8 cm in diameter that was
sticking out of the ground at a 30° angle in the direction of Mariupol form one whole with the
metal cylindrical object measuring 25.4 cm in length and 12 cm in diameter that was found in
crater No. 3, the deformed metal object measuring 63 cm in length and 27 cm in width found to
the right of crater No. 2, and the 2 small deformed metal objects measuring 1) 18 cm in length
and 7.4 cm in width, with the marking "E91 B C H" and 2) 22 cm in length and 5.8 cm in width,
found near crater No. 2?
- Did the following objects found and removed during the examination of the bus: to the right of
the tool compartment – the metal object that was packed in pack No. 1; on the floor of the
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passenger section between rows 2 and 3 – one fragment that was packed in pack No. 2; in the
battery compartments – one fragment that was packed in pack No. 3; in the front right corner of
the body of the bus – one fragment, packed in pack No. 4; in the lining of the ceiling of the
passenger section of the bus, in the left rear section – one fragment, packed in pack No. 5, form
one whole with the objects specified in the previous questions, and if so, then which specific
objects with which other specific objects?
The following information sources were used in conducting the research:
- Methods of Complex Analysis of Explosive Devices, Explosive Substances and Traces of
Explosions, Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Kyiv 2011;
- Explosives Expert Book: a Study Guide and Methodological Handbook, Moscow 2001;
- BM-21 Combat Vehicle: Technical Description and Operating Instructions, Ministry of
Defense of the USSR, Moscow 1972;
- Granovsky, G.L. Principles of Trace Evidence Analysis, Moscow 1974;
- Maylis, N.P. Forensic Trace Evidence Expert Analysis: a Study Guide and Methodological
Handbook for Experts, Moscow 2000;
- Korukhov, Yu.G. Trace Evidence Diagnostics, Moscow 1983;
- Samples of Expert Opinions. Dactyloscopy, Trace Evidence Analysis, and Expert Examination
of Cold Weapons. Compiled by Ya.V. Rybalko. Kyiv: Editing and Typography of the Ministry of
Internal Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR, 1986.
RESEARCH
The objects were received for examination in two plastic packs and two plastic bags. All
of the plastic bags were bound with white thread with explanatory notes and the signature of the
expert, and the envelopes were sealed with a label and the expert's signature (Illustrations Nos. 1
and 9, Table No. 1, Illustrations Nos. 1 and 2, Table No. 2).
The following were used in conducting the research:
- Canon IXUS 145 camera;
- WeiHeng electronic scales;
- caliper ShTs-1 GOST 166-89;
- metal ruler GOST 427-75;
- S-line tape measure, 2m.
The packing precludes access to the contents and is undamaged.
Upon being opened, the packs were found to contain:
Pack No. 1, white plastic bag (Illustration No. 1, Table No. 1);
- grey metal object of irregular shape measuring: 605 x 4 x 125 mm (Object A,
Illustration No. 3, Table No. 1);
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- grey, deformed cylindrical metal object measuring 250 mm in length, 4 mm in thickness
and 200 mm in maximum width (object No. C, Illustration No. 5, Table No. 1);
- grey, semispherical metal object measuring: 99 x 4 x 57 mm (Object B, Illustration Nos.
3 and 4, Table No. 1);
- grey, irregular-shaped metal object measuring: 380 mm in length, 45-115 mm in width,
and 3-6.6 mm in thickness (Object No. E, Illustration No. 7, Table No. 1);
- grey, cylindrical metal object measuring: 735 mm in length, ~127 mm in diameter, and
4 mm in thickness (Object No. F, Illustration No. 8, Table No. 1).
Pack No. 2, green plastic bag (Illustration No. 9, Table No. 1):
- grey, irregular-shaped metal object with the following maximum measurements: 690 x
4.7 x 350 mm (Object No. G, Illustration No. 10, Table No. 1);
- grey, irregular-shaped non-magnetic metal object measuring: 185 x 3.2 x 77 mm
(Object No. J, Illustration No. 13, Table No. 1);
- grey, cylindrical metal object measuring: 250 mm in length, 116 mm in maximum
diameter and 3-6.2 mm in thickness (Object No. H, Illustration Nos. 11-12, Table No. 1);
- grey, irregular-shaped non-magnetic metal object measuring: 175 x 3.2 x 77 mm
(Object No. I, Illustration No. 11-12, Table No. 1).
Paper envelope No. 1, sealed with the label "Research materials for expert opinion No.
74 (5 metal fragments) packed by V. Kocherhin", contained metal fragments of various shapes
(Illustration No. 1, Table No. 2);
- Object No. 1, Table No. 2, Illustration No. 4, irregular-shaped metal fragment
measuring 13 x 1.2 x 8 mm and weighing 0.51 g.
- Object No. 2, Table No. 2, Illustration No. 5, irregular-shaped metal fragment
measuring 15 x 1.6 x 11 mm and weighing 2.04 g.
- Object No. 3, Table No. 2, Illustration No. 8, irregular-shaped metal fragment
measuring 14 x 1.1 x 6 mm and weighing 0.69 g.
- Object No. 4, Table No. 2, Illustration No. 9, diamond-shaped metal fragment
measuring 15 x 1.6 x 20 mm and weighing 2.33 g.
- Object No. 5, Table No. 2, Illustration No. 11, irregular-shaped metal fragment
measuring 13 x 1.6 x 14 mm and weighing 2.16 g.
Paper envelope No. 2, labeled "No. 63 by post No. 5 of the State Traffic Inspectorate of
the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine", contained metal fragments of various shapes
(Illustrations Nos. 2 and 3):
- Object No. 6, Table No. 2, Illustration No. 3, dark grey irregular-shaped metal object
measuring: 17 x 2.5 x 14 mm and weighing 2.26 g;
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- Object No. 7, Table No. 2, Illustration No. 3, dark grey irregular-shaped metal object
measuring: 13 x 2.5 x 15 mm and weighing 2.31 g;
- Object No. 8, Illustration No. 3, dark grey irregular-shaped metal object measuring: 14
x 2.5 x 14 mm and weighing 2.45 g;
- Object No. 9, Table No. 2, Illustration No. 3, dark grey irregular-shaped metal object
measuring: 14 x 2.5 x 15 mm and weighing 2.5 g;
- Object No. 10, Table No. 2, Illustration No. 3, dark grey irregular-shaped metal object
measuring: 19 x 2.5 x 23 mm and weighing 3.08 g;
- Object No. 11, Table No. 2, Illustration No. 3, dark grey irregular-shaped metal object
measuring: 65 x 4.7 x 19 mm and weighing 20.4 g.
Object No. D, measuring 22 cm in length and 4.7 cm in maximum width, was separated
from Object No. C in the process of removing soil from the latter. All of the metal fragments
(Objects Nos. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, and K) submitted for examination are made of grey
magnetic metal (except Objects Nos. I and J (Table No. 1, Illustrations Nos. 11-13)) and show
signs of deformation. Traces of thermal influence can be seen on the objects in the form of
chaotically spaced cavities of irregular shape with fire-damaged edges and black stratification
(which appears to be soot).
In order to answer the questions that were posed to the experts, a comparative analysis
was conducted using the method of juxtaposing and aligning the deformed Objects Nos. A, B, C,
D, E, F, G, H, I, J, and K (Table No. 1, Illustrations Nos. 3-14) and Objects Nos. 1-11 (Table No.
2, Illustrations Nos. 1 and 3) and grouping them by features. As a result, a match was found
between: Objects Nos. A and B (Table No. 1, Illustration No. 16) Objects Nos. C and E (Table
No. 1, Illustration No. 15) based on their general (color, magnetic properties, shape, presence of
concentric score marks on the surface of the objects, and serrations) and special (configuration of
the separation line edges, shape and order of alternation of protrusions and indentations along the
separation line) characteristics. The identified matches indicate that Objects Nos. A and B
previously formed one whole and Objects Nos. C and E previously formed one whole,
specifically two fragments of the rocket portion of an M-21 OF rocket-propelled shell.
As for the other submitted objects, they were divided into the following groups based on
their general characteristics (color, magnetic properties, shape, presence of concentric score
marks on the surface of the objects, and serrations):
- group No. 1: Objects Nos. D, F, G, and K are fragments of the rocket portion of a 122-
mm unguided M-21 OF rocket-propelled high-explosive fragmentation shell (item 9M22U);
- group No. 2: Objects Nos. H, (I) and J are components of the stabilizer unit of a 122-
mm unguided M-21 OF rocket-propelled high-explosive fragmentation shell (item 9M22U);
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- group No. 4: Objects Nos. 2 and 4-10 are standard fragmentation elements (preformed
fragments) of a 122-mm unguided M-21 OF rocket-propelled high-explosive fragmentation shell
(item 9M22U);
- group No. 5: Objects Nos. 1, 3 and 11 are fragmentation elements from the body of a
122-mm unguided M-21 OF rocket-propelled high-explosive fragmentation shell (item 9M22U).
In comparing the submitted research objects indicated above within the discrete groups
and objects of group No. 1 with the isolated whole parts identified in the course of the research –
Objects Nos. A and B and Objects Nos. C and E – it was not possible to determine whether they
formed one whole. This is due to the absence of shared separation lines among these objects and
the significant thermal deformation of the objects' edges.
The results of the conducted research give us grounds to conclude that:
- Objects Nos. A and B previously formed one whole and Objects Nos. C and E
previously formed one whole, specifically two fragments of the rocket portion of an M-21 OF
rocket-propelled shell;
- it was not possible to determine whether Objects Nos. D, F, G, and K, which are
fragments of the rocket portion of a M-21OF rocket-propelled shell, formed one whole due to the
absence of shared separation lines among these objects and the significant thermal deformation
of the objects' edges;
- it was not possible to determine whether Objects Nos. H (I) and J, which are
components of an RS-21 stabilizer unit, formed one whole due to the absence of shared
separation lines among these objects and the significant thermal deformation of the objects'
edges;
- it was not possible to determine whether Objects Nos. 2 and 4-10, which are standard
fragmentation elements (preformed fragments) of a 122-mm unguided M-21 OF rocket-propelled
high-explosive fragmentation shell (item 9M22U), formed one whole due to:
1) the absence of shared separation lines among these objects and the significant thermal
deformation of the objects' edges;
2) the explosion of one 122-mm unguided M-21 OF rocket-propelled high-explosive
fragmentation shell producing 1,640 preformed fragments;
- it was not possible to determine whether Objects Nos. 1, 3 and 10, which are fragments
from the body of a 122-mm unguided M-21 OF rocket-propelled high-explosive fragmentation
shell (item 9M22U), form one whole due to:
1) the absence of shared separation lines among these objects and the significant thermal
deformation of the objects' edges;
2) the explosion of one 122-mm unguided M-21 OF rocket-propelled high-explosive
fragmentation shell producing 2,280 fragments from the body of the shell.
Exhibit: Illustration tables Nos. 1 and 2 (10 pages)
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The research materials were transferred to the 8th laboratory of the 4th Center of the Institute for
Special Equipment and Forensic Expert Examinations of the Security Service of Ukraine for
further research.
CONCLUSIONS
- Objects Nos. A and B previously formed one whole and Objects Nos. C and E
previously formed one whole, specifically two fragments of the rocket portion of an M-21 OF
rocket-propelled shell;
- it was not possible to determine whether Objects Nos. D, F, G, and K, which are
fragments of the rocket portion (body) of a M-21OF rocket-propelled shell, formed one whole
due to the absence of shared separation lines among these objects and the significant thermal
deformation of the objects' edges;
- it was not possible to determine whether Objects Nos. H (I) and J, which are
components of an RS-21 stabilizer unit, formed one whole due to the absence of shared
separation lines among these objects and the significant thermal deformation of the objects'
edges;
- it was not possible to determine whether Objects Nos. 2 and 4-10, which are standard
fragmentation elements (preformed fragments) of a 122-mm unguided M-21 OF rocket-propelled
high-explosive fragmentation shell (item 9M22U), formed one whole due to:
1) the absence of shared separation lines among these objects and the significant thermal
deformation of the objects' edges;
2) the explosion of one 122-mm unguided M-21 OF rocket-propelled high-explosive
fragmentation shell producing 1,640 preformed fragments;
- it was not possible to determine whether Objects Nos. 1, 3 and 10, which are fragments
from the body of a 122-mm unguided M-21 OF rocket-propelled high-explosive fragmentation
shell (item 9M22U), form one whole due to:
1) the absence of shared separation lines among these objects and the significant thermal
deformation of the objects' edges;
2) the explosion of one 122-mm unguided M-21 OF rocket-propelled high-explosive
fragmentation shell producing 2,280 fragments from the body of the shell.
Experts: [signature] R. Bilous
[signature] V. Stasyuk
[seal:] Security Service of Ukraine, For expert examinations, No. 1
[stamp:] Ukrainian Scientific Research Institute for Special Equipment and Forensic Expert Examinations of the
Security Service of Ukraine, Ref. No. 18/4-2196, 03/26/2015, [text cut off]
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SECURITY SERVICE OF UKRAINE
TABLE OF ILLUSTRATIONS No. 1
TO EXPERT OPINION No. 64/1-30/6 of 03/26/2015
The numbering that was used in the research is placed on the photos of the objects.
Illustration 1: External view of packaging of material evidence (bag) No. 1.
Experts: [signature] V. Stasyuk
[signature] R. Bilous
for criminal proceedings
[signature] O. Kocherhin
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TO EXPERT OPINION No. 64/1-30/6 of 03/26/2015
Illustration 2. Packing labels (bag) No. 1
Illustration 3. Contents of pack (bag) No. 1
Experts: [signature] V. Stasyuk
[signature] R. Bilous
Pack No. 1
Research materials
No. 22015050000000021
- 5 metal objects
Packed by:
Pack No. 3
Witnesses 1.
2.
Present [signature]
Senior Lieutenant of Justice, Senior Investigator
with the Investigations Department of the Donetsk
Regional Directorate of the Security Service of
Ukraine [signature] O. Starostenko
[illegible]
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Illustration 4. Contents of pack (bag) No. 1 Illustration 5. Contents of pack (bag) No. 1
Illustration 6. Contents of pack (bag) No. 1 after removal of soil
Experts: [signature] V. Stasyuk
[signature] R. Bilous
[illegible]
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Illustration 7. Contents of pack (bag) No. 1
Illustration 8. Contents of pack (bag) No. 1
Illustration 9. External view of packing of physical evidence (bag) No. 2
Experts: [signature] V. Stasyuk
[signature] R. Bilous
[illegible]
[illegible]
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Illustration 10. Contents of pack (bag) No. 2
Illustration 11. Contents of pack (bag) No. 2
Experts: [signature] V. Stasyuk
[signature] R. Bilous
magnetic
non-magnetic
~3.5 mm (2)
~3.5 mm (1)
Pack No. 2
Research materials
No. 22015050000000021
- 4 metal objects
Packed by:
[illegible]
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Illustration 12. Contents of pack (bag) No. 2
Illustration 13. Contents of pack (bag) No. 2
Experts: [signature] V. Stasyuk
[signature] R. Bilous
magnetic
non-magnetic
Pack No. 2
Research materials
No. 22015050000000021
- 4 metal objects
Packed by:
~7 mm (3)
~3.5 mm (4)
Pack No. 2
Research materials
No. 22015050000000021
- 4 metal objects
Packed by:
non-magnetic
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Illustration 14. Contents of pack (bag) No. 2
Illustration 15. Comparison of Objects Nos. C and E
Experts: [signature] V. Stasyuk
[signature] R. Bilous
Pack No. 2
Research materials
No. 22015050000000021
- 4 metal objects
Packed by:
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Illustration 16. Comparison of Objects Nos. A and B
Experts: [signature] V. Stasyuk
[signature] R. Bilous
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2. Objects collected outside the epicenters of the explosions
The numbering that was used in the research is placed on the photos of the objects
Illustration 1. External view of packaging of material evidence and contents of pack No. 1
Illustration 2. External view of packaging of material evidence and contents of pack No. 3
Experts: [signature] V. Stasyuk
[signature] R. Bilous
Pack No. 1
[illegible] Research materials for Expert Opinion
No. 74
- 5 metal fragments
Packed by: [signature] O. Kocherhin
[illegible]
[illegible]
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Illustration 3. Contents of pack No. 3
Experts: [signature] V. Stasyuk
[signature] R. Bilous
[illegible]
bus
Annex 114
Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Letter No. 300/1/C/1640 (28 March 2015)
This document has been translated from its original language into English, an official
language of the Court, pursuant to Rules of the Court, Article 51.
Pursuant to Rules of the Court Article 51(3), Ukraine has translated only
an extract of the original document constituting this Annex. In further
compliance with this Rule, Ukraine has provided two certified copies of the
full original-language document
GENERAL STAFF
OF THE ARMED FORCES OF UKRAINE
6 Povitroflotsky Prospect, Kyiv-168, Ukraine
Phone: (044) 234-01-92. Fax: (044) 226-26-56
Administrative Directorate of the General
Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
No. 300/1/C/1640 of March 28, 2015
1:45:20 PM Page: 1/5
Foreign Ministry of Ukraine
In pursuance of Instruction No. 02-01/2948 of October 15, 2014 issued by the Ukrainian
Presidential Chief of Staff, presented herewith are informational reference materials
pertaining to the body of evidence for the presence of foreign military groups in Ukrainian
territory, to be used in raising the awareness of Ukrainian society and international
partners more actively and in the future lawsuits to be filed by Ukraine with the relevant
international courts.
Attachment: above-mentioned information on 5 pages, unclassified, for the specified
recipient only
Acting First Deputy Chief
of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Lieutenant General [Signature] I.I. KOLESNYK
O.M. Chekurda, 454-40-78
000438*
Order 210-2014
FOREIGN MINISTRY OF UKRAINE
DEPARTMENT OF THE GENERAL
SECRETARIAT
Incoming Ref. No. 27858
April 1, 2015
Attachment
[ . . . ]
II. Regarding the chronology of the crossing of the state border of Ukraine by
personnel, weapons, and military vehicles of the Armed Forces of the Russian
Federation
No. Date Border crossing
point crossed
Point of destination
(crossing)
Number of
convoys
Number of vehicles
(personnel)
1 March
25
CHERVONOPAR
TYZANSK
SVERDLOVSK
(premises of a
mechanical repair
plant)
three tanks and three tanker
trucks;
2 March
25 DMYTRIVKA into the area of
STEPANIVKA
20 KamAZ trucks with
ammunition.
3 March
23
CHERVONOPAR
TYZANSK SVERDLOVSK 1 8 122-mm GRAD multiple
rocket launchers
4 March
23
from the Russian
Federation
KRASNODON railway
station Train 20 freight cars with munitions
and ammo.
5 March
22 DMYTRIVKA STEPANIVKA 1 30 KamAZ trucks and 5
tanker trucks.
6 March
22 IZVARYNE LUHANSK 1 12 trucks with munitions and
ammo
7 March
21 IZVARYNE LUHANSK 1 10 trucks with munitions and
ammo;
8 March
21 DMYTRIVKA STEPANIVKA 1 10 tanks, 20 trucks, 10
tanker trucks
9 March
20 IZVARYNE KRASNODON 1 20 tanks and armored
fighting vehicles.
10 March
19
From the Russian
Federation SVERDLOVSK 1
The arriving convoy
consisted of 130 personnel,
13 Grad multiple rocket
launchers, 9 tanks, and 11
BTR armored personnel
carriers.
11 March
19 DMYTRIVKA STEPANIVKA 1
Convoy of military vehicles
(20 T-72 tanks, 60 Ural
tarpaulin trucks, and 20 highcapacity
tanker trucks).
12 March
19
IZVARYNE,
USPENKA
LUHANSK,
DONETSK 2
“Humanitarian Convoys”
consisting of 81 and 92
trucks (including 20 tanker
trucks per convoy).
Acting Chief
of the Main Command Center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Major General [Signature] B.V. BONDAR
Annex 115
Expert Opinion No. 142, drafted by the Ukrainian Scientific Research Institute of
Special Equipment and Forensic Expert Examination, Security Service of Ukraine
(30 March 2015)
This document has been translated from its original language into English, an official
language of the Court, pursuant to Rules of the Court, Article 51.
Pursuant to Rules of the Court Article 51(3), Ukraine has translated only
an extract of the original document constituting this Annex. In further
compliance with this Rule, Ukraine has provided two certified copies of the
full original-language document
SECURITY SERVICE OF UKRAINE
Ukrainian Scientific and Research Institute for Special Equipment
and Forensic Expertise
EXPERT OPINION
3/30/2015 City of Mariupol No. 142
Counterpart No. 1
We, Serhiy Vitaliyovych Zholak, chief specialist (expert) of Section 6, Center 4 (Center
for Forensic and Special Expertise), of the Ukrainian Scientific and Research Institute for Special
Equipment and Forensic Expertise of the Security Service of Ukraine, higher technical
education, special expert training and experience working as an expert since 2002, qualified
forensic expert with the right to conduct explosives expert examinations with specializations in
“Studying explosive devices, traces and the circumstances of explosions” (Certificate No. 503
issued by the Examination and Qualification Commission of the Security Service of Ukraine on
11/28/2013) and “Predicting the potential consequences of using explosive devices” (Certificate
No. 504, issued by the Examination and Qualification Commission of the Security Service of
Ukraine on 11/28/2013), and Ivan Hryhorovych Borozenets, chief specialist (expert) of Section
6, Center 4 (Center for Forensic and Special Expertise), of the Ukrainian Scientific and Research
Institute for Special Equipment and Forensic Expertise of the Security Service of Ukraine, higher
technical and legal education, special expert training and experience working as an expert since
2013, qualified forensic expert with the right to conduct explosives examinations with
specializations in “Studying explosive devices, traces and the circumstances of explosions”
(Certificate No. 481 issued by the Examination and Qualification Commission of the Security
Service of Ukraine on 3/13/2013) and “Predicting the potential consequences of using explosive
devices” (Certificate No. 482, issued by the Examination and Qualification Commission of the
Security Service of Ukraine on 3/13/2013), pursuant to the Order on the Commissioning of an
Explosives Expert Examination dated 2/25/2015, issued in the city of Mariupol by Senior
Lieutenant O.V. Starostenko, a senior criminal investigator with the Investigations Department
of the Donetsk Regional Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine, carried out an expert
examination based on the files of criminal proceeding No. 22015050000000047.
We are familiar with the facts of the case from the order on commissioning an expert
examination.
Together with Letter No. 56/13-1029nt of 2/26/2015 (incoming ref. No. 840nt of
2/26/2015), the following items were received for examination.
- 72 large metal fragments bearing paper labels with an explanatory note and 46 small
metal fragments, packed into a bag and sealed with a paper label, which were recovered by
officers of the State Emergency Service during their inspection of the territory, residential and
non-residential buildings of the Skhidnyi microdistrict, Ordzhonikidze District, City of Mariupol
after the shelling on 1/24/2005.
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The expert panel was asked to answer the following questions:
- Are the 72 large and 46 small metal fragments recovered during the inspection of the
territory, residential and non-residential buildings of the Skhidnyi microdistrict,
Ordzhonikidze District, City of Mariupol, after the shelling on 1/24/2015, which were
submitted for examination, components of munitions? If so, then which munitions exactly?
- Do the objects recovered during the inspection of the territory, residential and non-residential
buildings of the Skhidnyi microdistrict, Ordzhonikidze District, City of Mariupol, after the
shelling on 1/24/2015, which were submitted for expert examination, bear any markings that
make it possible to identify the type and sort of munitions, or any other identifying marks of
munitions?
- Is it possible to identify the type and sort of weapon (artillery system or other type of
armament) that was used to fire the munitions, fragments of which were submitted for
examination? If so, then from which type and sort of weapon were they fired?
- Based on the characteristics of the recovered objects, was there a detonation of munitions
fired from an artillery system or other type of weapon, or a detonation of stationary, planted
munitions or explosive devices (in the latter case, which type or sort of stationary, planted
munitions or explosive devices)?
- Which of the fragments submitted for examination are fragments of munitions (explosive
devices), and what is the purpose of each component of the munitions (explosive devices),
fragments of which were submitted for examination?
The following information sources were used in conducting the expert examination:
- “Methods of Complex Examination of Explosive Devices, Substances and Traces” (H.V.
Prokhorov-Lukin, V.I. Pashchenko, V.I. Bykov, et al – Kyiv: Elite Print LLC, 2011 – 216 pp.:
ill.);
- “Mass Produced Explosive Devices and Their Forensic Examination” (Yu.M. Dildin,
V.V. Martynov, Expert Consulting Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian
Federation. Moscow. 1991);
- “Explosives Expert Book: a Study Guide and Methodological Handbook” (Moscow
2001);
- “Tables of Fire from M-21-OF High-Explosive Fragmentation Rocket-Propelled Shells
(Ministry of Defense of the USSR, Moscow 1975).
- “Technical Description. BM-21 Combat Vehicle (Ministry of Defense of the USSR,
Moscow 1971).
The experts have been warned of the potential liability for presenting knowingly
inaccurate findings and for refusing without a valid reason to perform their duties under Articles
384 and 385 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
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EXAMINATION
The items submitted for examination were packed in accordance with the rules for the
storage and transportation of physical evidence.
The examination was conducted visually under laboratory conditions in daylight at an air
temperature of +20 °C.
The following instruments and devices were used:
- caliper No. 51207638
- metal ruler GOST 427-56;
- forensic tape measure SV-1
- magnifying glass with 4x magnification;
- OLYMPUS x-775 camera;
The items submitted for examination were packed in accordance with the forensic rules
for the storage and transportation of physical evidence.
The subject matter of the examination consists of metal fragments of irregular and
cylindrical shape. All of the fragments show signs of deformation: metal tearing, indentations
and scratches. For the sake of convenience, the metal fragments were assigned numbers from 1
to 72. The inspection revealed that the metal fragments have the following dimensions:
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 770 x 250
x 4 mm (object No. 1, illustration No. 1);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 710 x 220
x 4 mm (object No. 2, illustration No. 1);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 740 x 420
x 4 mm (object No. 3, illustration No. 1);
- metal object of irregular shape, gray in color, measuring 380 mm in length, 45–115 mm in
length, and 3–6.6 mm in thickness (object No. 4, illustration No. 2);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 790 x 130
x 4 mm (object No. 5, illustration No. 2);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 730 x 180
x 4 mm (object No. 6, illustration No. 2);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 660 x 220
x 4 mm (object No. 7, illustration No. 3);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape (flattened cylinder) with torn edges, gray in color,
measuring 820 x 180 x 4mm (object No. 8, illustration No. 3);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 440 x 290
x 4 mm (object No. 9, illustration No. 3);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 900 x 180
x 4 mm (object No. 10, illustration No. 4);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 770 x 290
x 4 mm (object No. 11, illustration No. 4);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 800 x
180x 4 mm (object No. 12, illustration No. 4);
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- metal object of irregular shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 540 x 270 x 4 mm
(object No. 13, illustration No. 5);
- metal object of irregular shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 620 x 370 x 4 mm
(object No. 14, illustration No. 5);
- metal object of irregular shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 620 x 240 x 4 mm
(object No. 15, illustration No. 5);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape (flattened cylinder) with torn edges, gray in color,
measuring 680 x 240 x 4 mm (object No. 16, illustration No. 6);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape (flattened cylinder) with torn edges, gray in color,
measuring 860 x 180 x 4 mm (object No. 17, illustration No. 6);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape (flattened cylinder) with torn edges, gray in color,
measuring 990 x 240 x 4 mm (object No. 18, illustration No. 6);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 730 x620
x 4 mm (object No. 19, illustration No. 7);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 850 x 630
x 4 mm (object No. 20, illustration No. 7);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape (flattened cylinder) with torn edges, gray in color,
measuring 850 x 240 x 4 mm (object No. 21, illustration No. 7);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape (flattened cylinder) with torn edges, gray in color,
measuring 750 x 400 x 4 mm (object No. 22, illustration No. 8);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape (flattened cylinder) with torn edges, gray in color,
measuring 400 x 280 x 4 mm (object No. 23, illustration No. 8);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape (flattened cylinder) with torn edges, gray in color,
measuring 720 x 210 x 4 mm (object No. 24, illustration No. 8);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape (flattened cylinder) with torn edges, gray in color,
measuring 152 x 90 x 4 mm (object No. 25, illustration No. 9);
- metal object of irregular shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 930 x 260 x 4 mm
(object No. 26, illustration No. 9);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 650 x 350
x 4 mm (object No. 27, illustration No. 9);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 850 x 600
x 4 mm (object No. 28, illustration No. 9);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 250 x 180
x 4 mm (object No. 29, illustration No. 10);
- metal object of irregular shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 730 x 230 x 4 mm
(object No. 30, illustration No. 10);
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- metal object of irregular shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 380 x190 x 4mm
(object No. 31, illustration No. 10);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 700 x 510
x 4mm (object No. 32, illustration No. 11);
- metal object of cylindrical shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 150 x 120 x 4mm
(object No. 33, illustration No. 11);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 850 x 340
x 4mm (object No. 34, illustration No. 11);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 830 x 170
x 4mm (object No. 35, illustration No. 12);
- metal object of irregular shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 780 x 300 x 4mm
(object No. 36, illustration No. 12);
- metal object of irregular shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 810 x 280 x 4mm
(object No. 37, illustration No. 12);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 990 x 520
x 4mm (object No. 38, illustration No. 13);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape (flattened cylinder) with torn edges, gray in color,
measuring 650 x 370 x 4mm (object No. 39, illustration No. 13);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 650 x 200
x 4mm (object No. 40, illustration No. 13);
- metal object of irregular shape with torn edges, dark gray in color, measuring 900 x 270 x 4mm
(object No. 41, illustration No. 14);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 830 x 180
x 4mm (object No. 42, illustration No. 14);
- metal object of irregular shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 740 x 320 x 4mm
(object No. 43, illustration No. 14);
- metal object of irregular shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 860 x 350 x 4mm
(object No. 44, illustration No. 15);
- metal object of irregular shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 700 x 200 x 4mm
(object No. 45, illustration No. 15);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 870 x 340
x 4mm (object No. 46, illustration No. 15);
- metal object of irregular shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 420 x 310 x 4mm
(object No. 47, illustration No. 16);
- metal object of irregular shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 860x 220 x 4mm
(object No. 48, illustration No.16);
- metal object of irregular shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 510 x 240 x 4mm
(object No. 49, illustration No. 16);
- metal object of irregular shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 830 x 370 x 4mm
(object No. 50, illustration No. 17);
- metal object of irregular shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 660 x 460 x 4mm
(object No. 51, illustration No. 17);
- metal object of irregular shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 440 x 210 x 4mm
(object No. 52, illustration No. 17);
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- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape (flattened cylinder) with torn edges, gray in color,
measuring 660 x 320 x 4 mm (object No. 53, illustration No. 18);
- metal object of irregular shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 640 x 390 x 4 mm
(object No. 54, illustration No. 18);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape with torn edges, dark gray in color, measuring 560 x
440 x 4 mm (object No. 55, illustration No. 18);
- metal object of irregular shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 700 x 260 x 4 mm
(object No. 56, illustration No. 19);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape (flattened cylinder) with torn edges, gray in color,
measuring 920 x 220 x 4 mm (object No. 57, illustration No. 19);
- metal object of irregular shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 360 x 280 x 4 mm
(object No. 58, illustration No. 19);
- metal object of irregular shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 690 x 530 x 4 mm
(object No. 59, illustration No. 20);
- metal object of irregular shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 380 x 250 x 4 mm
(object No. 60, illustration No. 20);
- metal object of irregular shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 410 x 270 x 4 mm
(object No. 61, illustration No. 20);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 250 x 180
x 4 mm (object No. 62, illustration No. 21);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape with torn edges, dark gray in color, measuring 250 x
170 x 4 mm (object No. 63, illustration No. 21);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 240 x 160
x 4 mm (object No. 64, illustration No. 21);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape with torn edges, dark gray in color, measuring 250 x
160 x 4 mm (object No. 65, illustration No. 21);
- metal object, conical in shape, gray in color, measuring 135 x 130 x 4 mm (object No. 66,
illustration No. 21);
- metal object of deformed cylindrical shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 270 x 130
x 4 mm (object No. 67, illustration No. 21);
- metal object, conical in shape, gray in color, measuring 140 x 130 x 4 mm (object No. 68,
illustration No. 21);
- metal object, conical in shape, gray in color, measuring 140 x 150 x 4 mm (object No. 69,
illustration No. 21);
- metal object of irregular shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 390 x 140 x 4 mm
(object No. 70, illustration No. 22);
- metal object of irregular shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 300 x 280 x 4 mm
(object No. 71, illustration No. 22);
- metal object of irregular shape with torn edges, gray in color, measuring 420 x 220 x 4 mm
(object No. 72, illustration No. 22);
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- 46 small metal fragments of irregular shape were also examined (object No. 73, illustration No.
23)
All of the metal objects (object Nos. 1–73) submitted for examination were made of
magnetic metal and show signs of deformation.
The examination of object Nos. 1–72 revealed:
- longitudinal grooves in the form of threads (object Nos. 62, 63, 64, and 67);
- markings in the form of letters and numbers:
a) 1035 8 and SV GB N (object No. 2, illustration Nos. 24 and 25);
b) AV K4 ZhA ZN AN 4 (object No. 26, illustration No. 26);
c) 2U-86 (object No. 26, illustration No. 27), where 2U is probably the number of the lot
or plant assembly;
86 is the year of manufacture;
d) CV Y N and 3 61 V OI (object No. 44, illustration Nos. 28 and 29);
e) 1886 and F 76 VI N (object No. 62, illustration Nos. 33 and 34);
f) 23-84 (object No. 44, illustration No. 30), where 23 is probably the number of the lot
of plant assembly;
84 is the year of manufacture;
g) 2K-86 (object No. 50, illustration No. 31), where 2K is probably the number of the lot
of plant assembly;
86 is the year of manufacture;
h) 1..-86 (object No. 24, illustration No. 32, where 1..-is probably the number of the lot of
plant assembly;
86 is the year of manufacture;
Because the experts do not have access to the technical specifications for M-21 OF shells,
it does not appear possible to determine the meanings of the markings preserved on the remnants
of the shells (except for those denoted in sections c, f, g, and h).
Parts of markings were also found on a number of objects but could not be identified due
to the significant deformation of the objects and thermal influence on them during firing and
detonation.
Metal pins measuring ~4 mm in diameter and ~70 mm in length and wound with wire in
the form of a spring 1.7 mm in diameter were attached to object Nos. 27, 29, 62, 63, 64 and 67.
On one side is a plate (deformed) with apertures measuring ~15 mm in diameter, while on the
other side can be seen traces of thermal influence in the form of chaotically spaced indentations
of irregular shape with melted edges and black stratification (which appears to be soot)
(illustration No. 35).
In order to answer the questions that were posed, submitted object Nos. 27, 29, 62, 63, 64
and 67 were compared with the corresponding parameters indicated in the standard technical
documentation. The results of this examination are shown in the following table.
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Table of comparison
Features of basic components Subject of comparison Examined objects
Stabilizer unit Objects similar to parts of stabilizer
unit
(object Nos. 27, 29, 62, 63, 64, 67)
Material of construction gray metal gray metal
Number of blades 4 4 apertures for blade attachment
Diameter, mm 122 ~116-122
Number of nozzle holes 7 7
Hole for positioning screw yes yes
Based on a comparison of the objects with the drawings in the reference literature and the
indicated dimensions, they are parts of stabilizer units for M-21OF rocket-propelled shells
(illustration Nos. 35, 36, 37, 38, 40 and 41).
CONCLUSIONS
1. The 72 large and 46 small metal fragments recovered during the inspection of the
territory, residential and non-residential buildings of the Skhidnyi microdistrict, Ordzhonikidze
District, City of Mariupol, after the shelling on 1/24/2015, which were submitted for
examination, are components of munitions, specifically remnants of M-21 OF high-explosive
fragmentation shells.
2. The following markings were found on the objects recovered during the inspection of
the incident site and submitted for examination:
- on object No. 26 (2U-86), where 2U is probably the number of the lot or plant assembly and 86
is the year of manufacture;
- on object No. 44 (23-84), where 23 is probably the number of the lot of plant assembly and 84
is the year of manufacture;
- on object No. 50 (2K-86), where 2K is probably the number of the lot of plant assembly and 86
is the year of manufacture;
- on object No. 24 (1..-86) where 1..-is probably the number of the lot of plant assembly and 86
is the year of manufacture.
It does not appear possible to answer the question as to the meaning of the other markings
preserved on the shell fragments for the reasons indicated in the examination section.
3. Based on the inspection of the incident site and recovered objects, it is possible to
identify the specific type and sort of munitions as a 122-mm M-21 OF unguided rocket-propelled
high-explosive fragmentation shell (item 9M22U). These shells were fired from BM 21 Grad
multiple rocket launchers.
4. Based on the characteristics of the recovered objects, the cause of the explosion(s) was
the detonation of a shell (or detonations of shells) fired from BM 21 Grad multiple rocket
launchers.
5. Object Nos. 27, 29, 62, 63, 64, and 67 are parts of the standard bodies of stabilizer
units for M-21 OF unguided rocket-propelled high-explosive fragmentation shells (item
9M22U), which are designed to stabilize the flight of a shell.
Object Nos. 1–26, 28, 30–61, 65, 66, 68–72 and 73 are parts of the bodies of M-21 OF
122 mm unguided rocket-propelled high-explosive fragmentation shells (item 9M22U).
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It does not appear possible to provide an answer as to the purpose of each fragment
submitted for examination due to the significant deformation of said objects.
Notes:
1. The 72 large metal fragments recovered during the inspection of the territory,
residential and non-residential buildings of the Skhidnyi microdistrict, Ordzhonikidze District,
City of Mariupol, after the shelling on 1/24/2015, were numbered with black marker, described
in the examination section of the opinion, and recorded in the photo table. Due to the large
number, significant size and weight, and sharp, torn edges of the metal fragments, they were
returned in unpacked form to the investigations department of the Donetsk Regional Directorate
of the Security Service of Ukraine.
2. The 46 small metal fragments recovered during the inspection of the territory,
residential and non-residential buildings of the Skhidnyi microdistrict, Ordzhonikidze District,
City of Mariupol, after the shelling on 1/24/2015, were packed into a bag, which was sealed with
a piece of paper bearing the impression of the seal “Security Service of Ukraine. For physical
evidence, examination items and samples No. 1,” and the signatures of the experts.
Enclosed: table of illustrations (10 pages)
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[stamp:]
Donetsk Regional Directorate of
the Security Service of Ukraine
No. 56/21-872nt
3 “31” 2015
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Illustration No. 1. Examination item Nos. 1–3
Illustration No. 2. Examination item Nos. 4–6
Illustration No. 3. Examination item Nos. 7–9
Illustration No. 4. Examination item Nos. 10–12
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Illustration No. 5. Examination item Nos. 13–15
Illustration No. 6. Examination item Nos. 16–18
Illustration No. 7. Examination item Nos. 19–21
Illustration No. 8. Examination item Nos. 22–24
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Illustration No. 9. Examination item Nos. 25–28
Illustration No. 10. Examination item Nos. 29–31
Illustration No. 11. Examination item Nos. 32–34
Illustration No. 12. Examination item Nos. 35–37
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Illustration No. 13. Examination item Nos. 38–40
Illustration No. 14. Examination item Nos. 41–43
Illustration No. 15. Examination item Nos. 44–46
Illustration No. 16. Examination item Nos. 47–49
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Illustration No. 17. Examination item Nos. 50–52
Illustration No. 18. Examination item Nos. 53–55
Illustration No. 19. Examination item Nos. 56–58
Illustration No. 20. Examination item Nos. 59–61
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Illustration No. 21. Examination item Nos. 62–69
Illustration No. 22. Examination item Nos. 70–72
Illustration No. 23. Examination items (46
fragments)
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Illustration No. 24. Markings on examination item No. 2
Illustration No. 25. Markings on examination item No. 2
Illustration No. 26. Markings on examination item No
26.
Illustration No. 27. Markings on examination item No.
26.
Illustration No. 28. Markings on examination item No. 44.
Illustration No. 29. Markings on examination item No. 44.
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Illustration No. 30. Markings on examination item No. 44.
Illustration No. 31. Markings on examination item No. 50.
Illustration No. 32. Markings on examination item No. 24.
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Illustration No. 33 Markings on examination item No. 62.
Illustration No. 34. Markings on examination item No. 62.
Illustration No. 35. Object No. 27
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Illustration No. 36. Stabilizer unit of M-21OF shell
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Illustration No. 37. Object No. 62
Illustration No. 38. Stabilizer unit of M-21OF shell
(sample)
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Illustration No. 39. Schematic drawing of M-21OF shell
Illustration No. 40. Cap/nozzle hole of stabilizer
block for M-21OF shell (sample)
Illustration No. 41. Object No. 33
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Annex 116
Expert Conclusion No. 532/2014, drafted by the Forensic Research Center, Ministry
of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of
Ukraine in Kharkiv Region (3 April 2015)
This document has been translated from its original language into English, an official
language of the Court, pursuant to Rules of the Court, Article 51.
Pursuant to Rules of the Court Article 51(3), Ukraine has translated only
an extract of the original document constituting this Annex. In further
compliance with this Rule, Ukraine has provided two certified copies of the
full original-language document
[seal:] Forensic Research Center No. 12 Kharkiv Region
Main Directorate Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
Forensic expert [signature] D.A. Karakurkchi
MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF UKRAINE
MAIN DIRECTORATE OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF UKRAINE
IN KHARKIV REGION
FORENSIC RESEARCH CENTER
34 vul.Kovtuna, Kharkiv
Tel. (057)721-23-39
[email protected]
EXPERT CONCLUSION
04.03.2015 Kharkiv No. 532/2014
The forensic fire and explosives analysis department of the Forensic Research Center (FEAD FRC)
at the Kharkiv Region Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine received, on
11.11.2014, a resolution dated 11.10.2014 and issued by the senior forensic investigator, Senior Lieutenant
of Justice I.M. Babak of the investigations department at the Kharkiv Regional directorate of the Security
Service of Ukraine, as part of criminal proceedings No. 22014220000000305, accompanied by letter No.
70/6-3867nt of 11.10.2014 from the Kharkiv Regional Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine,
requesting a comprehensive forensic explosives analysis and analysis of explosive substances and products
of explosion and gunfire according to expert specialism 5.1 (investigation of explosive substances and
products of explosion and gunfire) and expert specialism 5.2 (investigation of explosive devices and the
traces and circumstances of an explosion).
The task of forensic analysis has been assigned to the head of the fire forensics sector at FEAD FRC,
Police Lieutenant-Colonel Dmytro Arkadiyovych Karakurkchi, who has a higher education degree in
military engineering and is a qualified forensic expert certified to conduct forensic analysis according to
expert specialism No. 5.1 (investigation of explosive devices and products of explosion and gunfire,
certificate No. 11537 issued by the Expert Qualifications Commission of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of
Ukraine on 11.29.2012) and a qualified forensic expert certified to conduct forensic explosives analysis
according to expert specialism No. 5.2 (investigation of explosive devices and the traces and circumstances
of an explosion, certificate No. 13089 issued by the Expert Qualifications Commission of the Ministry of
Internal Affairs of Ukraine on 10.03.2014), employed as an expert since 2011.
I understand that a deliberately false conclusion or unjustified refusal to perform assigned duties is
an offence under Articles 384 and 385 of the Penal Code of Ukraine.
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Background on the case (known from the investigator’s resolution to request a forensic analysis):
“On 11.09.2014, around 9:38 p.m., the duty post received an alarm signal as a result of an explosion at the
Stena café located at 13 vul. Rymarska, Kharkiv.”
The following was submitted for forensic analysis:
- Copy of the incident scene inspection report of 11.09.2014 compiled by Police Lieutenant M.V.
Manzhulin, an investigator of the Dzerzhinsky district investigations department, Kharkiv city
directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Main Directorate in Kharkiv Region, 2 pages;
- Table illustrating the incident scene inspection report of 11.09.2014, 7 pages;
- Copy of the incident scene inspection report of 11.10.2014 compiled by Police Lieutenant (name
illegible), an investigator of the Dzerzhinsky district investigations department, Kharkiv city directorate
of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Main Directorate in Kharkiv Region, 3 pages;
- Copy of the incident scene inspection report of 11.10.2014 compiled by Police Lieutenant I.I.
Shapovalov, an investigator of the Dzerzhinsky district investigations department, Kharkiv city
directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Main Directorate in Kharkiv Region, 2 pages;
- Copy of the incident scene inspection report of 11.10.2014 compiled by Police Senior Lieutenant S.Ye.
Toporkov, an investigator of the Dzerzhinsky district investigations department, Kharkiv city directorate
of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Main Directorate in Kharkiv Region, 2 pages;
- Copy of the incident scene inspection report of 11.10.2014 compiled by Police Captain M.M.
Lukyanenko, an investigator of the Dzerzhinsky district investigations department, Kharkiv city
directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Main Directorate in Kharkiv Region, 2 pages;
- Copy of the incident scene inspection report of 11.10.2014 compiled by Police Lieutenant M.V.
Manzhulin, an investigator of the Dzerzhinsky district investigations department, Kharkiv city
directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Main Directorate in Kharkiv Region, 3 pages;
- Objects retrieved during the incident scene inspection, in 25 packages.
The following questions were put to forensic analysis:
1. Do the objects found at the scene of the incident and submitted for investigation bear traces of
explosive substances? If yes, which ones?
2. Was the explosion at the Stena café (13 vul. Rymarska, Kharkiv) around 9:38 p.m. on 11.09.2014
caused by an explosive device? If yes, what type of device is it? What make is this device: an IED or
industrial?
3. What method of detonation was used in this instance?
4. If the explosion was caused by ammunition, what type is it (grenades, mines, shells etc.)?
5. Do the materials submitted for analysis contain any data pointing to the identifying characteristics of
the person who made the explosive device (professional skills, knowledge of the manufacturing process and
operation of explosive devices, etc)?
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List of forensic analysis methods entered in the Register of Forensic Analysis Methods at the
Ministry of Justice of Ukraine and used in this analysis:
1. Comprehensive investigation of explosive devices, explosive substances and traces of explosion
(registration code 0.1.12)
2. General methodology of assigning and performing comprehensive forensic analyses conducted by
a board of experts (registration code 0.1.16)
3. Explosive substance investigation (registration code 5.1.15)
4. Investigation of explosive substances and explosion products using chemical methods and thinlayer
chromatography (registration code 5.1.23)
Environmental conditions were recorded in the department’s environmental conditions journal QF.6-
5.3-01.00.1 according to procedure QP.6-5.3-01 (conforming to the norms of GOST 12.1.005-88).
In the resolution requesting a comprehensive forensic explosives analysis and analysis of explosive
substances and products of explosion and gunfire, the senior forensic investigator, Senior Lieutenant of
Justice I.M. Babak of the investigations department at the Kharkiv Regional directorate of the Security
Service of Ukraine gave permission to use destructive methods of investigation and to fully or partially
destroy investigated objects.
INVESTIGATION [1-12]
The study and analysis of documents and illustrative material submitted for investigation [1, 2,
5-7, 10, 11]
The following documents were submitted for investigation:
- Copy of the incident scene inspection report of 11.09.2014 compiled by Police Lieutenant M.V.
Manzhulin, an investigator of the Dzerzhinsky district investigations department, Kharkiv city
directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Main Directorate in Kharkiv Region, 2 pages;
- Table illustrating the incident scene inspection report of 11.09.2014, 7 pages;
- Copy of the incident scene inspection report of 11.10.2014 compiled by Police Lieutenant (name
illegible), an investigator of the Dzerzhinsky district investigations department, Kharkiv city directorate
of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Main Directorate in Kharkiv Region, 3 pages;
- Copy of the incident scene inspection report of 11.10.2014 compiled by Police Lieutenant I.I.
Shapovalov, an investigator of the Dzerzhinsky district investigations department, Kharkiv city
directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Main Directorate in Kharkiv Region, 2 pages;
- Copy of the incident scene inspection report of 11.10.2014 compiled by Police Senior Lieutenant S.Ye.
Toporkov, an investigator of the Dzerzhinsky district investigations department, Kharkiv city directorate
of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Main Directorate in Kharkiv Region, 2 pages;
- Copy of the incident scene inspection report of 11.10.2014 compiled by Police Captain M.M.
Lukyanenko, an investigator of the Dzerzhinsky district investigations department, Kharkiv city
directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Main Directorate in Kharkiv Region, 2 pages;
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- Copy of the incident scene inspection report of 11.10.2014 compiled by Police Lieutenant M.V.
Manzhulin, an investigator of the Dzerzhinsky district investigations department, Kharkiv city
directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Main Directorate in Kharkiv Region, 3 pages;
The following was established from the copy of an incident scene inspection report dated 11.09.2014
by Police Lieutenant M.V. Manzhulin, an investigator of the Dzerzhinsky district investigations department,
Kharkiv city directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Main Directorate in Kharkiv Region: “The object
of inspection is the building of the Stena pub located at 13 vul. Rymarska, Kharkiv. The area opposite the
above pub is covered with shards of glass and plastic and metal fragments. Across the road, opposite the
above pub is a building with the sign “Proconsul.” This paved area is cordoned off with tape. The asphalted
road and pavements from the perimeter of building No. 13 along Rymarska Street to the building opposite
are covered with broken glass. To the right of the entrance to the building with the sign “Proconsul,” on the
roadside facing down, is a grey VAZ car showing broken glass; no mechanical damage to the car is found.
On the asphalt next to the right side of the car are brown fragments (word illegible) VAZ 21-10 reg. No.
AX7669CM. In front of and under the car there are 2 metal structures in the shape of a pipe, a large amount
of glass and parts of a wooden floor. The right window is smashed and caved in. Next to the right back door
handle there is a dent 10 cm in length and extensive damage to bodywork. Further along the road between
the car and the pavement there are multiple shards of broken glass, parts of plastic structures and parts of
metal structures. Next to building 13 in Rymarska Street is a Volkswagen Sharan car reg. region 01 900-09
KO. There is some damage to the bodywork on the right side of the car in the form of chipping, and the right
side view mirror is snapped off. The mirror case has (illegible word) two, about 7 cm long and 3 cm wide.
There is some broken glass on the car roof. Behind the car there is a metal fence separating the pavement
and road. There are shards of glass on the metal fence, as well as rubber seals from PVC windows. On the
pavement there are multiple shards of glass, bits of foam rubber, a soft toy and plastic parts of a PVC
window. Opposite the corner of the building with the number 13 in Rymarska Street, behind the metal fence
near the border on the right side of the asphalted road, there is a black metal plate which says Stena Bar.
There are four windows at ground level. Window No. 1, measuring 120 x 120 cm, has no glazing and has a
part of a PVC window at the bottom. Window No. 2, measuring 1.30 x 120 cm, has no glazing. No. 3, 90 x
100 cm, no glazing. No. 4, 90 x 110 cm, no glazing. There is a grey VAZ 2110 car on the pavement. There
are multiple shards of glass. On the pavement in front of the house there are large shards of glass covered
with mirror film. Between windows 2 and 3 there are shards of glass from the café’s advert. The window
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immediately next to the archway has a hole measuring 90 x 100 cm. There is a large piece of broken glass
on the melted surface. A huge piece of glass measuring 100 x 70 cm. On the road next to the pavement there
is a metal structure [illegible] in the form of a pipe and parts of a metal window. Next to the archway gate
(word illegible) and by the entrance to the Proconsul office building, there are multiple shards of glass and
window parts lying on the asphalt. To the left of the corner of building 13 in Rymarska Street is a courtyard
entrance. On the pavement next to the entrance are brown stains that look like blood. On the left column
next to the entrance, at about 150 cm above ground there are light brown stains that look like blood. On
column No. 2, there are stains that look like blood. This concludes the inspection of the incident scene.”
The following was established from the copy of an incident scene inspection report dated 11.10.2014
by Police Lieutenant A.V. Buymytsky, an investigator of the Dzerzhinsky district investigations department,
Kharkiv city directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Main Directorate in Kharkiv Region: “The scene
of the incident is the Stena pub building located at 13 vul. Rymarska, Kharkiv. The scene of the incident is in
the basement of a three-story building at the above address. The entrance to the building is on the left. The
entrance is from the side of the building. Above the entrance there is a detachable plate with the sign
“Stena.” The door is painted grey. On inspection, the door is found to be deformed in a wave-like pattern.
The door’s external surface has a protrusion as a result of deformation. In the middle and bottom of the
outer door surface, on the right edge of the door bar there is damage in the form of metal impression.
Further inspection of the door has established that the top and bottom grey metal hinges are snapped off. At
the fixing point (words illegible) …The following damage was registered inside the building upon entering
(words illegible) …on the ceiling, at about 2 m high there is damage to thermal insulation. To the right of
the building entrance (the rest of the sentence is illegible). There is a thick deposit of a grey substance that
looks like soot on the outer surface of the bar, on the metal structures built into the bar and on the lateral
surface of the room’s columns facing the bar. There are multiple track-style indentations on the surface of
the bar in the direction away from the hole to the left side of the bar. The tracks have a radial trajectory
from the hole to the bar. When removing fragments of the interior from the blast hole it was established that
the surface under the floor is sand, and there is a distinct smell of ammonia in the vicinity of the hole. The
interior behind the bar is destroyed. To the right of the bar is a 1.7 m tall refrigerator with the door missing.
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Inside the refrigerator there are many brown glass bottles with traces of soot and dust. On the left behind
the refrigerator there is a doorway to the adjacent room which is entered via stairs. The door to the room
was missing at the time of inspection, located 4 m away from the back entrance to the building. An
inspection of the ceiling above the bar established that the insulating material, glass wool, bore traces of a
grey substance.”
The following was established from the copy of an incident scene inspection report dated 11.10.2014
by Police Captain M.M. Lukyanenko, an investigator of the Dzerzhinsky district investigations department,
Kharkiv city directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Main Directorate in Kharkiv Region: “during the
additional inspection conducted in order to find components of a possible explosive device, the premises of
the café at 13 vul. Rymarska, Kharkiv were divided into four imaginary zones, after which the debris,
fragments and items of the interior were moved onto a platform located opposite the entrance and placed
separately onto a surface covered with film and cotton sheets. After this, the removed items were thoroughly
sorted, sifted and inspected, during which the following objects were found and retrieved: from the crater
and the adjacent area (1.5 m radius): 1) fragments of fabric showing traces of charring and soot, with torn
edges; 2) a 95 x 95 mm square metal object with traces of soot; 3) magnet fragments showing traces of soot;
4) metal fragments showing signs of deformation in the form of protrusions and ruptures; 5) pieces of a
green fabric with a zipped pocket (unzipping the pocket reveals a piece of paper inside with a drawing in
ballpoint and color pens and with letters and numbers written in ballpoint on the reverse). The following
was retrieved from the stairs in the middle of the café: 6) Multiple metal fragments with elements of
grooving which have soot on the surface.”
The following was established from the copy of an incident scene inspection report dated 11.10.2014
by Police Lieutenant M.V. Manzhulin, an investigator of the Dzerzhinsky district investigations department,
Kharkiv city directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Main Directorate in Kharkiv Region: “The object
of the additional inspection is the building of the Stena bar located at 13 vul. Rymarska, Kharkiv. Entrance
to the building is through the doorway in which the doors are open at the time of inspection. There is
deformation to the door. There are bits of cardboard on the floor by the entrance. On entry through the
doorway one can see Room No. 1. Entrance to the room is through (word illegible) down the stairs on which
there are items made of green fabric. To the right of the stairs there are tables and chairs lying around in
disarray. To the right of the entrance door there is a badly deformed wall. Hanging on the wall under the
ceiling is a television set, which is badly deformed and damaged. It is not possible to see the TV set’s make.
To the right of the TV set, next to window No. 1 there is a white air conditioner showing serious damage.
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Window No. 1, measuring approximately 120 x 120 cm has no glazing. At the bottom of the window, there is
a part from its white metal frame. Window No. 2, measuring 120x 130 cm, has no glazing. Opposite window
No. 2 there is a heater showing signs of deformation. Window No. 3, measuring approximately 90 x 100 cm
has no glazing. Opposite the window there is a black audio speaker and a maroon drum. Opposite the
window, there are bits of wood and broken glass. On the wall between windows, three and 4 there is a black
Yamaha audio speaker. Window No. 4 measuring 90 x 100 cm has no glazing. On the windowsill opposite
the window there is a black electric device showing signs of mechanical damage. The wall with the window
facing Rymarska Street is badly deformed. The wall to the left of the window is badly deformed. Opposite the
wall, there is a music stand which has sustained mechanical damage. About 5 meters away from the window
there is a doorway with no door. The room’s walls show signs of serious deformation. On the floor, there
are bits of concrete, wood and plastic. About 2 meters away from the doorway is another doorway with a
metal and plastic doorframe, but the internal door is missing. On the floor through the doorway, there are
bits of plastic, while the ceiling and walls behind the doorway are deformed. Through the corridor, one can
see the passage to the restroom, which is covered by a green plastic tile. To the left of the doorway is
another doorway with the door missing. There are bits of wood and plastic on the floor of this passage.
There are signs of deformation to the walls and ceiling. To the left of the doorway is a bar on which one can
see bits of wood and plastic, glasses and fragments, as well as a black electric device. The bar is badly
deformed. Behind the bar, there are bits of wood, plastic and wood frame, with broken glass on top.
Opposite the bar at the rear of the building, there is a doorway with the door missing. On the floor behind
the doorway, there are items and bits of wood and plastic. Straight on from this doorway is another
doorway behind which there are tiled stairs going up. In the room, across from the middle of the bar, there
is a crater about 30 cm deep and 50 cm in diameter. The crater is 20 cm long at its deepest and is covered
with rocks, and one can see bits of rebar. On the floor around the crater, about 20-30 cm away from the
edge, there are black footprints. The soil inside the crater is brown and, in parts, black. Next to the musical
instruments, there is a brown lady’s handbag with mechanical damage. Next to the handbag, there is a
Ukrainian citizen’s passport in the name of Olga Yuryevna Vitushnyak, DOB 08.20.1992. In the epicenter of
the blast, inside the bar, there is a Zip bag containing bandage with fluid residue. This concludes the
inspection of the incident scene.”
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Therefore, based on the circumstances and specifics of the incident scene described in the incident
scene inspection reports, it is possible to conclude that the premises of the Stena bar at 13 vul. Rymarska,
Kharkiv shows damage typical of the brisance, incendiary, thermal and fragmentation effects of explosive
action. The center of the blast is the floor surface next to the bar.
The absence of items in the said building capable of causing a physical explosion (canisters with
compressed gas or air, paint cans, steam boilers, etc) as well as the size of the crater, the nature of damage
and the appearance of soot make it possible to conclude that an explosive device has been detonated,
carrying an explosive charge with a negative oxygen balance and with the power of about 1-1.2 kg in the
trotyl (TNT) equivalent.
Inspection and opening of sealed bags, preliminary appearance of investigated objects [1-3, 5-11]
The objects were delivered for investigation sealed in 25 packages: packages No. 1-25.
Packages No. 1-7 and 10-17 are the standard polymeric bags of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of
Ukraine Expert Service duly sealed along the adhesive line (Figures 1-25 of the illustrative table appended
to the expert conclusion). On the front of each bag, there is writing and signatures in longhand using blue
ink:
- package 1 (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Expert Service bag No. 1784474):
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Directorate in Kharkiv Region city, district Dzerzhinsky
district Description: Inspection of the incident scene at 13 vul. Rymarska, Kharkiv, café Stena Found: cloth
fragment investigator: witnesses: 1 (signature) 2 (signature) specialist: (signature) Ye.A. (Surname
illegible) date sealed: 11.09.14. Crime reporting journal entry No. _________________ _ 20___ (Figure 1 of
the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion).
- package 2 (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Expert Service bag No. 1451806):
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Directorate in _________ city, district ___________
Description: Inspection of the incident scene at the Stena rock pub café at vul. Rymarska, Kharkiv found:
wallet showing effect of high-temperature action investigator: witnesses: 1 (signature) 2 (signature)
specialist: (signature) M.A. Mayer date sealed: 11.09.14. Crime reporting journal entry No.
_________________ ___ 20___ (Figure 2 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion).
- package 3 (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Expert Service bag No. 0508138):
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Directorate in _________ city, district Dzerzhinsky
Description: Inspection of the incident scene at the Stena rock pub café at vul. Rymarska, Kharkiv found:
fragments of bank notes showing effect of high-temperature action investigator: witnesses: 1 (signature) 2
(signature) specialist: (signature) M.A. Mayer date sealed: 11.09.14. Crime reporting journal entry No.
_________________ ___ 20___ (Figure 3 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion).
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- package 4 (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Expert Service bag No. 1784473):
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Directorate in Kharkiv Region city, district Dzerzhinsky
district department Description: Inspection of the incident scene at 13 vul. Rymarska, Kharkiv, café Stena
found: laptop investigator: witnesses: 1 (signature) 2 (signature) specialist: (signature) Ye.A. (signature
illegible) date sealed: 11.09.14. Crime reporting journal entry No. _________________ ___ 20___ (Figure
4 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion).
- package 5 (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Expert Service bag No. 1784476):
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Directorate in _________ city, district Dzerzhinsky
Description: Inspection of the incident scene at the Stena rock pub café at vul. Rymarska, Kharkiv found:
advertising flyers investigator: witnesses: 1 (signature) 2 (signature) specialist: (signature) M.A. Mayer
date sealed: 11.09.14. Crime reporting journal entry No. _________________ ___ 20___ (Figure 5 of the
illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion).
- package 6 (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Expert Service bag No. 1968523):
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Directorate in _________ city, district Dzerzhinsky
Description: Inspection of the incident scene at the Stena rock pub café at vul. Rymarska, Kharkiv found: -
3 laptops – 2 chargers investigator: witnesses: 1 (signature) 2 (signature) specialist: (signature) M.A.
Mayer date sealed: 11.09.14. Crime reporting journal entry No. _________________ ___ 20___ (Figure 6
of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion).
- package 7 (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Expert Service bag No. 1968085):
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Directorate in _________ city, district Dzerzhinsky
Description: Inspection of the incident scene at the Stena rock pub café at vul. Rymarska, Kharkiv found:
advertising flyers investigator: witnesses: 1 (signature) 2 (signature) specialist: (signature) M.A. Mayer
date sealed: 11.09.14. Crime reporting journal entry No. _________________ ___ 20___ (Figure 7 of the
illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion).
- package 10 (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Expert Service bag No. 0509977):
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Directorate in _________ city, district ___________
Description: Inspection of the incident scene after explosion at the Stena pub found: fluid residue from the
inner surface of the bar investigator: witnesses: 1 (signature) 2 (signature) specialist: (signature) date
sealed: 11.10.14. Crime reporting journal entry No. _________________ ___ 20___ (Figure 10 of the
illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion).
- package 11 (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Expert Service bag No. 0509968):
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Directorate in _________ city, district ___________
Description: Inspection of the incident scene after explosion at the Stena pub found: fragment of cloth with
pocket containing a sheet of paper investigator: witnesses: 1 (signature) 2 (signature) specialist:
(signature) date sealed: 11.10.14. Crime reporting journal entry No. _________________ ___ 20___
(Figure 11 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion).
- package 12 (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Expert Service bag No. 0509969):
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Directorate in _________ city, district ___________
Description: Inspection of the incident scene after explosion at the Stena pub found: magnet fragments
investigator: witnesses: 1 (signature) 2 (signature) specialist: (signature) date sealed: 11.10.14. Crime
reporting journal entry No. _________________ ___ 20___ (Figure 12 of the illustrative table appended to
the expert conclusion).
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- package 13 (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Expert Service bag No. 0509979):
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Directorate in _________ city, district ___________
Description: Inspection of the incident scene after explosion at the Stena pub found: metal fragments with
grooving investigator: witnesses: 1 (signature) 2 (signature) specialist: (signature) date sealed:
11.10.14. Crime reporting journal entry No. _________________ ___ 20___ (Figure 13 of the illustrative
table appended to the expert conclusion).
- package 14 (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Expert Service bag No. 1158952):
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Directorate in _________ city, district ___________
Description: Inspection of the incident scene after explosion at the Stena pub found: fabric fragments
investigator: witnesses: 1 (signature) 2 (signature) specialist: (signature) date sealed: 11.10.14. Crime
reporting journal entry No. _________________ ___ 20___ (Figure 14 of the illustrative table appended to
the expert conclusion).
- package 15 (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Expert Service bag No. 1158955):
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Directorate in _________ city, district ___________
Description: Inspection of the incident scene after explosion at the Stena pub found: square metal fragment
investigator: witnesses: 1 (signature) 2 (signature) specialist: (signature) date sealed: 11.10.14. Crime
reporting journal entry No. _________________ ___ 20___ (Figure 15 of the illustrative table appended to
the expert conclusion).
- package 16 (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Expert Service bag No. 1158953):
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Directorate in _________ city, district ___________
Description: Inspection of the incident scene after explosion at the Stena pub found: metal fragments
investigator: witnesses: 1 (signature) 2 (signature) specialist: (signature) date sealed: 11.10.14. Crime
reporting journal entry No. _________________ ___ 20___ (Figure 16 of the illustrative table appended to
the expert conclusion).
- package 17 (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Expert Service bag No. 0508137):
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Directorate in _________ city, district Dzerzhinsky
Description: Inspection of the incident scene at the Stena rock pub café at vul. Rymarska, Kharkiv found:
red and black flag investigator: witnesses: 1 (signature) 2 (signature) specialist: (signature) M.A.
Mayer date sealed: 11.09.14. Crime reporting journal entry No. _________________ ___ 20___ (Figure 17
of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion).
- Package No. 8 is a white quadrangular paper envelope measuring 155 x 113 (Figure 8 of the
illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion). On the front of the envelope there are inscriptions:
- in black print at the top left corner: “Sender address, post code,” followed by five dotted lines; at the
bottom right corner: “Recipient address,” followed by six dotted lines.
- In blue ink handwriting: “11.09.14 Inspection of the incident scene at the Stena rock pub café at 13
vul. Rymarska, Kharkiv: cylindrical metal fragment. Witnesses: 1. (signature) 2. (signature) Specialist:
(signature) M.A. Mayer. Investigator:”
On the back, there are inscriptions in black print and a bar code.
- Package No. 9 is a cylindrical container made of clear colorless glass 30 mm in diameter and 60
mm in height (Figure 9 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion). The top of the container
is sealed with a grey rubber cap.
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There is a white piece of paper – label – affixed to the side of the container with clear polymeric adhesive
tape (scotch tape). The label bears inscriptions handwritten in blue ink: “Incident scene inspection at 13 vul.
R. Rollana, Kharkiv. Witnesses: 1. (signature) 2. (signature) Participant: (signature) A.S. Matyan
Investigations department investigator (signature)”
- Package No. 18 is a partially transparent dark grey polymeric bag tied with a piece of white string at
the neck (Figure 18 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion). The ends of the string are
attached to a rectangular piece of white paper additionally covered with clear polymeric adhesive tape
(scotch tape), the label. The label bears handwritten inscriptions and signatures in blue ink: “Incident scene
inspection at 13 vul. Romena Rollana, Kharkiv. Witnesses: 1. (signature) 2. (signature) Participants: 1.
(signature) 2. (signature) Investigator (signature) Toporkov”
- Package No. 19 is a semi-transparent blue polymeric bag tied with a piece of white string at the
neck (Figure 19 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion). The ends of the string are
attached to a rectangular piece of white paper, the label. The label bears handwritten inscriptions in blue ink:
“personal effects given up voluntarily by A.L. Kiseleva.” The label also bears the blue round seal of the
Dzerzhinsky district investigations department, No. 08804175.
- Package No. 20 is a semi-transparent blue polymeric bag tied with a piece of white string at the neck
(Figure 20 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion). The ends of the string are attached to
a rectangular piece of white paper, the label. The label contains handwritten explanatory notes in blue ink:
“personal effects given up voluntarily by A.L. Kiseleva.” The label also bears the blue round seal of the
Dzerzhinsky district investigations department, No. 08804175.
- Package No. 21 is a semi-transparent blue polymeric bag tied with a piece of white string at the neck
(Figure 21 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion). The ends of the string are attached to
a rectangular piece of white paper, the label. The label contains handwritten explanatory notes in blue ink:
“personal effects given up voluntarily by V.V.Svyatash.” The label also bears the blue round seal of the
Dzerzhinsky district investigations department, No. 08804175.
- Package No. 22 is a semi-transparent blue polymeric bag tied with a piece of white string at the neck
(Figure 22 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion). The ends of the string are attached to
a rectangular piece of white paper, the label. The label contains handwritten explanatory notes in blue ink:
“personal effects given up voluntarily by R.V. Maslov.” The label also bears the blue round seal of the
Dzerzhinsky district investigations department, No. 08804175.
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- Package No. 23 is a semi-transparent blue polymeric bag tied with a piece of white string at the neck
(Figure 23 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion). The ends of the string are attached to
a rectangular piece of white paper, the label. The label contains handwritten explanatory notes in blue ink:
“personal effects given up voluntarily by V.V.Svyatash.” The label also bears the blue round seal of the
Dzerzhinsky district investigations department, No. 08804175.
- Package No. 24 is a semi-transparent blue polymeric bag tied with a piece of white string at the neck
(Figure 24 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion). The ends of the string are attached to
a rectangular piece of white paper, the label. The label contains handwritten explanatory notes in blue ink:
“personal effects given up voluntarily by R.V. Maslov.” The label also bears the blue round seal of the
Dzerzhinsky district investigations department, No. 08804175.
- Package No. 25 is a semi-transparent blue polymeric bag tied with a piece of white string at the neck
(Figure 25 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion). The ends of the string are attached to
a rectangular piece of white paper, the label. The label contains handwritten explanatory notes in blue ink:
“seized during inspection on 11.10.14 at 3-A vul. Balakireva, Kharkiv. Witnesses: 1. (signature) 2.
(signature) Investigator (signature).” The label also bears the blue round seal of the Dzerzhinsky district
investigations department, No. 08804175.
The packages have not been disturbed, providing safe storage for the investigated objects and
preventing unauthorized access.
The following was retrieved from the packages upon opening:
- package No. 1: fragment of clothes fabric with pocket opening - investigated object No. 1 (Figure 26 of
the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 2: a damaged wallet with remnants of wire - investigated object No. 2 (Figure 27 of the
illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 3: bank notes (hryvnia) in a damaged (charred) condition - investigated object No. 3
(Figure 33 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 4: a Lenovo laptop - investigated object No. 4 (Figures 34, 35 of the illustrative table
appended to the expert conclusion);
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- package No. 5: four rectangular emblems and four shield-shaped emblems – group of investigated
objects No. 5 (Figure 36 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 6: three laptops and two chargers – group of investigated objects No. 6 (Figures 37- 45 of
the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 7: a short blue synthetic jacket with zip fastening - investigated object No. 7 (Figure 46 of
the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 8: a cylindrical metal item of complex design - investigated object No. 8 (Figures 47 – 49
of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 9: one metal fragment - investigated object No. 9 (Figure 50 of the illustrative table
appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 10: a gauze pad with dark fluid residue - investigated object No. 10 (Figure 51 of the
illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion);
- from package No. 11: a piece of pale-green fabric with a pocket - investigated object No. 11 (Figure 52
of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 12: seven black metal fragments with the properties of a permanent magnet - investigated
object No. 12 (Figure 53 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 13: pale-grey metal fragments – group of investigated objects No. 13 (Figures 54 - 61 of
the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 14: fragments (torn pieces) of different types of stained and damaged fabric - investigated
object No. 14 (Figure 62 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 15: a quadrangular metal plate - investigated object No. 14 (Figure 63 of the illustrative
table appended to the expert conclusion;
- package No. 16: metal fragments (debris) with damage and fragments (torn pieces) of fabric – group of
investigated objects No. 16 (Figures 64 - 68 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 17: a red-and-black flag - investigated object No. 17 (Figure 69 of the illustrative table
appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 18: a scarf and a man’s tracksuit top – group of investigated objects No. 18 (Figure 70 of
the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 19: a pair of black ladies’ ankle boots – group of investigated objects No. 19 (Figure 71 of
the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion);
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- package No. 20: a black ladies’ knitted top - investigated object No. 20 (Figure 72 of the illustrative
table appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 21: a black and brown ladies’ handbag - investigated object No. 21 (Figure 73 of the
illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 22: a white plastic bag with a pair of men’s shoes, socks and belt - investigated object No.
22 (Figure 74 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 23: a pair of blue jeans - investigated object No. 23 (Figure 75 of the illustrative table
appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 24: a pair of blue jeans, a white short-sleeve T-shirt and a grey jumper – group of
investigated objects No. 24 (Figures 76, 77 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 25: a gauze pad - investigated object No. 25 (Figure 78 of the illustrative table appended to
the expert conclusion);
The objects submitted for investigation correspond to their description in the resolution requesting
forensic analysis.
Separate investigation of submitted objects [1 – 12]
An inspection of investigated objects No. 1, 4 – 7, 17, 18, 20, and 23 established the following:
- there is no damage to the surface of these objects typical of explosive effects (brisant, incendiary and
thermal action);
- there are no metal, plastic, stone or other items among these investigated objects that may be related
or be part of an explosive device;
- on the surface of the investigated objects there are different types of deposits which may contain
blast products; samples were collected from all the objects for a chemical investigation (of explosive
substances and blast and gunfire products) by sprinkling, scrapings and swabbing (wiping with special gauze
pads dabbed in acetone);
An inspection of investigated objects No. 19, 21, 22, and 24 established the following:
- the outer surface contains mechanical damage (contact, impact, fragmentation) as well as
deposits of a white-grey and dark grey substance.
- there are no metal, plastic, stone or other items among these investigated objects that may be
related or be part of an explosive device;
- on the surface of the investigated objects there are different types of deposits which may
contain blast products; samples were collected from all the objects for a chemical investigation (of explosive
substances and blast and gunfire products) by sprinkling, scrapings and swabbing (wiping with special gauze
pads dabbed in acetone);
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Investigated object No. 2 is a leather wallet with popper fastening. The surface of the wallet has
sustained substantial damage of a thermal nature: partial burning of the material (leather), charring, melting,
plastic deformation under the impact of high temperature; the wallet doesn’t open along the folds as a result
of material sticking (fused) together. On the surface of the wallet there are burnt fragments of brown metal
wires stuck together (not responsive to a permanent magnetic field) with remnants of plastic insulation, a 3.5
TRS type of coaxial electric contact (connector) is fixed to the ends of the wires (for audio signal
transmission, probably for headphones or telephone accessories). Opening the wallet along the folds (using a
paper knife) established that the wallet contains business cards, bankcards and promotional postcards. No
other items or fragments were found that could be related to an explosive device.
Group of investigated objects No. 3 amounts to paper bank notes (Ukrainian hryvnia). Most of the
notes have burnt edges; each note surface has dark grey and black deposits of varying thickness.
Investigated object No. 8 is a light-grey cylindrical object of complex design made of metal (not
responsive to a permanent magnetic field). Dimensions: length: 50.5 mm, maximum diameter: 30.5 mm,
mass: 38 grams. The surface of the investigated object has damage typical of an explosive effect:
displacement, plastic deformation, cracking, fissure, thinning along the edges and roughness (typical of
viscous rupture). The investigated object can be taken apart to three components:
- a part shaped like a 20 mm cylindrical cap, a smaller, 22 mm external diameter (of the casing) and a
17 mm internal diameter – the cap. The bottom section has a circular protrusion 26 mm in diameter and 3.3
mm in height, the outer lateral surface shows parallel longitudinal grooves of industrial origin, the inner
surface shows grooving on the right side 17 mm in diameter. Inside the cap, on the bottom, there is a black
deposit similar in appearance to soot.
- A cylindrical part of complex configuration, 38 mm long with the maximum diameter of 26.5 mm –
bushing. The part has the following characteristic structural features:
Two criss-cross slots located at a right angle to each other, in the top section – to fit a
metal element and cutter;
External grooving in the top section 17 mm in diameter – to fit the cap;
External grooving in the bottom section 14 mm in diameter – to fit a grooved bushing;
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A rectangular 6 x 3 mm through opening – to fit a safety catch;
An opening along the line of symmetry 7.5 mm in diameter (to fit a firing pin and spring);
- A cylindrical part of complex configuration 24 mm in length with the maximum diameter of 30.5
mm – a grooved bushing with the fragment of a casing inside. This part has the following characteristic
structural features:
A protrusion in the upper section of the part in the shape of a congruent hexagon (key slot)
with the side length of 15 mm and the maximum size (distance between two opposite angles) 30.5 mm
External grooving 24.5 mm in diameter (to fit a bushing in mine casing);
A metal washer (seal)
A circular protrusion in the bottom section 23 mm in diameter and 2.2 mm in height;
A longitudinal through opening 13.5 mm in diameter (to fit a firing pin and spring);
The outer and inner surfaces of the parts show black deposits similar in appearance to soot, with the
deposits on the inner surface of the investigated object visibly thicker than those on the outer surface.
Investigated object No. 9 is an 11 x 9 mm irregularly shaped grey metal fragment (not responsive to
a permanent magnetic field) weighing less than 1 gram. The surface and edges of the investigated object
show damage characteristic of an explosive effect: displacement, plastic deformation, cracking, fissure,
thinning along the edges and roughness (typical of viscous rupture). The surface of the investigated object
shows signs of industrial treatment: remnants of parallel longitudinal grooves and a groove section with a
right-angled crossing.
Investigated object No. 10 is a white gauze pad with a grey and white deposit.
Investigated object No. 11 is a piece of a white and grey synthetic fabric with a fragment of a black
shoelace with a plastic catch. The investigated object shows damage in the form of torn fabric, a ragged edge
with fraying and poorly visible melting, which may point to the brisant and thermal effects of detonating an
explosive substance.
Group of investigated objects No. 12 amounts to seven black metal fragments having properties of
a permanent magnet. The fragments have an irregular shape, and the surface and edges of the fragments
show damage characteristic of an explosive effect: displacement, plastic deformation, cracking, fissure,
thinning along the edges and roughness (typical of viscous rupture).
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The surface of the investigated object retains sections of industrial origin, with a smooth surface showing
signs of industrial treatment, and visible black deposits that look like soot.
Group of investigated objects No. 13 amounts to metal fragments with the total mass of 7 grams
(Figures 55-61 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion). All the fragments show damage
such as displacement and plastic deformation, as well as an uneven surface showing features of deformation
like cracking, fissure, thinning along the edges and roughness (typical of viscous rupture), some fragments
have poorly visible sections with changing color. The surface of these investigated objects show grey and
black deposits that look like soot.
After an initial visual inspection, the objects were divided into the following groups according to
their established structural and morphological features:
group of investigated objects 13.1: nine irregularly shaped metal fragments (not responsive to a
permanent magnetic field) having distinct external (protruding) and internal (concave) sides displaying
features of industrial origin:
- on the outer side: parallel transverse grooves (traces of mechanical treatment) about 0.1 mm wide,
with some fragments showing 6-7 mm wide right-angled indentations with remnants of bevels.
- on the inner side: remnants of grooving and, apart from the abovementioned deformations, damage
of a thermal nature: microsections with traces of melting (visible under a microscope).
investigated object No. 13.2: a flattened cylindrical metal fragment (responsive to a permanent
magnetic field) 6 mm in diameter and 9 mm long, the lateral side of which shows characteristic features of
industrial origin: a fragment of external grooving. Inside the grooves there are visible beige and brown
deposits.
group of investigated objects No. 13.3: three metal fragments (not responsive to a permanent
magnetic field) having distinct external (protruding) and internal (concave) sides; the external side shows
characteristic features of industrial origin - parallel transverse grooves (traces of mechanical treatment)
about 0.1 mm wide. Apart from the abovementioned deformations, group No. 13.3 objects show visible
damage of a thermal nature: microsections with traces of melting (visible under a microscope).
investigated object No. 13.4 is a black metal fragment having properties of a permanent magnet.
The fragment has an irregular shape, and its surface and edges show damage characteristic of an explosive
effect: displacement, plastic deformation, cracking, fissure, thinning along the edges and roughness (typical
of viscous rupture). The surface of the investigated object retains sections of industrial origin, with a smooth
surface showing traces of industrial treatment and visible black deposits that look like soot.
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group of investigated objects No. 13.5 is two metal fragments (responsive to a permanent magnetic
field) in the form of fragments of a cylindrically coiled spring about 0.1 mm in diameter.
Group of investigated objects No. 14 amounts to pieces of various type fabric. All the objects in
this group show damage in the form of torn fabric, ragged edges with fraying and poorly visible melting,
which may point to the brisant and thermal effects of detonating an explosive substance. On the surface of
the investigated objects there are thick deposits of dark grey, white, brown and black substances with
varying degrees of dispersion.
Investigated object No. 15 is a metal plate fragment mm thick of a rectangular (nearly square)
shape, measuring 94 x 95 mm with a mass of 180 grams. In the center of the investigated object there is a
through hole 44 mm in diameter, and at the distance of 9 mm from the object’s outer faces there are three
through holes 6 mm in diameter. The object shows displacement and plastic deformation, as well as an
uneven surface showing damage of mechanical origin (impact, contact) as well as roughness (typical of
viscous rupture). The surface shows extensive grey and black soot-like deposits.
Group of investigated objects No. 16 amounts to metal fragments with the total mass of 208 grams
(Figures 64 – 68 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion) bits of torn black fabric with the
mass of 4 grams.
All the metal fragments show displacement and plastic deformation, as well as an uneven surface
showing features of deformation like cracking, fissure, thinning along the edges and roughness (typical of
viscous rupture), some fragments have poorly visible sections of changing color and damage of mechanical
(impact, contact) origin. On the surface of the fragments there are grey and black soot-like deposits as well
as reddish-brown and ginger-colored deposits resembling products of ferrum-based alloy corrosion (rust).
After an initial visual inspection, the objects were divided into the following groups according to
their established structural and morphological features:
group of investigated objects No. 16.1: thirteen metal plate fragments (responsive to a permanent
magnetic field) with the maximum thickness of 2 mm having distinct external (protruding) and internal
(concave) sides displaying features of industrial origin, such as remnants of rivets and corresponding holes
arranged in a certain way, edges retaining a regularly shaped configuration of industrial origin and (on the
outer surface of some fragments) fragments of grey paintwork.
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On the inner side, apart from the abovementioned general deformation, there is damage of thermal
origin: microsections with traces of melting (visible under a microscope).
investigated object No. 16.2 is a 0.5 mm thick irregularly shaped metal plate fragment (not
responsive to a permanent magnetic field) measuring 16.5 x 8.5 mm, with a mass of less than 1 gram. The
object shows displacement and plastic deformation, as well as an uneven surface showing damage of
mechanical origin (impact, contact) and roughness (typical of viscous rupture). On the outer side there are
parallel transverse grooves (traces of mechanical treatment) about 0.1 mm wide. On the surface, there are
grey and black soot-like deposits.
investigated object No. 16.3 is a flattened cylindrical metal fragment (responsive to a permanent
magnetic field) 6 mm in diameter and 12 mm in length, the lateral surface of which has the characteristic
features of industrial origin: external grooving. Inside the grooves there are visible reddish-brown deposits
resembling products of ferrum-based alloy corrosion (rust).
investigated object No. 16.4 is an irregularly shaped metal fragment (not responsive to a permanent
magnetic field) measuring 7.5 x 5.5 mm with a mass of less than 1 gram. The object shows displacement and
plastic deformation, as well as an uneven surface showing damage of mechanical origin (impact, contact)
and roughness (typical of viscous rupture). On the surface, there are grey and black soot-like deposits.
investigated object No. 16.5 is a black metal fragment having properties of a permanent magnet.
The fragment has an irregular shape, with the surface and edges showing damage characteristic of an
explosive effect: displacement deformation, plastic deformation, cracking, fissure, thinning along the edges
and roughness (typical of viscous rupture). The surface of the investigated object retains sections of
industrial origin, with a smooth surface showing traces of industrial treatment and visible black soot-like
deposits.
investigated group of objects No. 16.6 amounts to fragments of torn black fabric showing damage
in the form of tearing, fraying, charring and melting, which is typical of the brisant and thermal explosive
effects. Group of investigated objects No. 16.6 has a mass of 4 grams.
Group of investigated objects No. 24 amounts to a pair of blue jeans, a white short sleeve T-shirt
and a grey jumper. The jeans show damage in the form of torn trouser leg fabric and a ragged edge with
fraying and poorly visible charring, which may be typical of the brisant and thermal effects of a detonated
explosive, as well as deposits of a brownish-red substance in the form of spots and stains.
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On the surface of this group of investigated objects there are poorly visible deposits of finely dispersed dark
grey and white substances.
Group of investigated objects 25 amounts to two white gauze pads with a grey and brown
substance residue.
A chemical investigation of explosive substances and products of explosion and gunfire was carried
out in order to identify possible traces of explosive substances and blast products on the surfaces and in the
composition of investigated objects.
Chemical investigation [3 -7, 10 – 12]
Morphological investigation (microscopy)
A microscopic investigation was conducted with the naked eye in natural daylight, as well as using a
4X magnifying glass and an MSP-1 stereomicroscope (reflected light, 80X magnification).
A morphological investigation was conducted on deposits on the surface of investigated objects in an
unaltered condition (as submitted for investigation): objects of chemical investigation No. 1 – 25c.
The morphological investigation established the following:
1) investigated objects No. 1c, 4c – 7c, 17c, 18c, 20c and 23c are particles, fragments and fibers with
varying degrees of dispersion, color and structure and having morphological properties that do not
resemble the equivalent properties of explosive substances and products of explosive transformation,
also no traces were found of a thermal effect or metallization characteristic of the destructive action
of detonated explosive devices;
2) investigated objects No. 2c, 3c, 11c, 19c, 21c, 22c and 24c are particles, fragments and fibers with
varying degrees of dispersion, color and structure and having morphological properties that do not
resemble the equivalent properties of explosive substances. The composition of these investigated
objects includes black particles of an amorphous structure (some with an oily luster) which resemble
soot – products of the explosive transformation of detonated substances with a large negative oxygen
balance. Traces have been found of melting and charring along the edges and in sections of the
underlay, which may be characteristic of a thermal effect. No traces were found of finely dispersed
metal particles (metallization);
3) investigated objects No. 8c, No. 13.1c – 13.3 c, No. 13.5c, No. 15c, No. 16.1c – 16.3c 16.5c and
16.6c: the bulk of deposits represent a dark grey and black amorphous substance, and the majority of
investigated objects show partially transparent amorphous particles and brown-reddish fragments of
an irregular and quasi- ellipsoid shape. The composition of investigated objects No. 8c, 16.1c, 16.2c
and 16.6c includes separate grey and silver particles of an irregular and quasi-spherical shape and
with a shiny surface, resembling metal particles;
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4) investigated object No. 9c: the bulk of deposits represent a grey and black amorphous substance,
most contain brownish-red fragments of a biological origin;
5) investigated objects No. 10c and No. 25c: the bulk of deposits represent white and grey particles of a
crystal and amorphous structure and varying degrees of transparency; gauze fibers contain poorly
visible deposits of a grey amorphously structured substance and occasional grey-silver spherical
particles resembling metal particles.
6) investigated objects No. 12c, 13.4c and 16.4c: the bulk of deposits represent a grey amorphous
substance, and the bulk of investigated objects contain reddish-brown and brownish (rust) particles
and fragments, separate grey metal particles, amorphous light-grey to brown particles of an irregular
and quasi-ellipsoid shape and occasional grey-silver spherical particles resembling particles of metal.
A comparison between the investigated objects and explosive substance samples from the explosive
substance collection held by FEAD FRC at the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of
Ukraine in Kharkiv Region, as well as with the appearance of their explosive transformation products
according to data in reference publications, established that their morphological characteristics (state of
dispersion, structure, color, shape and particle size) are not identical to the equivalent characteristics of
explosive substances.
The characteristics of the dark-grey and black amorphous substance do resemble the characteristics
of explosive transformation products of brisant explosive substances with a negative oxygen balance – soot.
The separate particles with characteristics of metal particles may be either components of an explosive
substance or fragments of metal products affected by the explosion.
Similarities and differences were established in appearance, structural features and color.
Sample preparation
I. Preparing acetone extracts of investigated objects.
- metal fragments (debris) and dry powder were transferred into separate flasks, adding 1 - 10 ml of
acetone to each (depending on the volume of investigated objects) and held for 6 hours with periodic
shaking.
- the plastic and fabric fragments were sprinkled and scraped, as well as thoroughly wiped with a
gauze pad dabbed in acetone; these components were combined and put in separate flasks, adding 5 ml of
acetone and held for six hours with periodic shaking.
The solutions obtained were filtered through separate paper filters to obtain respective acetone
extracts No. 1.1a – No. 25a, as well as insoluble residue.
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II. Preparing water extracts of investigated objects.
The insoluble residues obtained at the previous stage along with respective gauze pads were
transferred into separate flasks, adding 15 ml of distilled water to each and held for 6 hours with periodic
shaking. After steeping, the substances obtained were filtered through separate paper filters to obtain
respective water extracts No. 1.1w – No. 25w, as well as respective residues, insoluble either in acetone or
water.
III. Retrieving metal particles
The irregularly shaped grey particles with a shiny surface found in the composition of investigated
objects No. 8c, No. 10c, No. 12c, No. 13.4c, 16.1c, 16.2c, 16.4c and 25c, which resemble metal particles
were retrieved from the composition of respective residues using a preparation needle and transferred onto
separate glass plates.
All the investigated objects and their respective acetone extracts were inspected under ultraviolet
light using an OLD-41 emitter, in order to determine the possible presence of fuel and lubricant substances
and objects of biological origin. During the inspection, the acetone extracts of investigated objects were
monitored for the presence or absence of luminescence.
Capillary chemical reactions
Qualitative chemical reactions were conducted in order to determine the characteristic components of
gunfire products in the composition of investigated objects. Investigation followed the same algorithm
separately for each acetone and water extract.
I. Qualitative reactions with acetone extracts.
Each acetone extract was divided into five equal aliquots, three of which were subjected to
qualitative reactions, and the other two aliquots were used for thin-layer vertical chromatography
investigations.
1. Determining organic oxidizer compounds (soluble in acetone)
An aliquot of the acetone extract was steamed in a jet of cool air until a dry residue, to which 1 drop
was added of a 1 % solution of diphenylamine in concentrated sulphuric acid. The appearance of spots and
dark-blue jets points to the presence of oxidizers.
2. Determining nitroaromatic compounds
An aliquot of the acetone extract was steamed in a jet of cool air until a dry residue, to which 1 drop
of acetone was added along with 1 drop of a 1 per cent solution of natrium hydroxide in ethanol. The
appearance of red and brown or blue coloring points to the presence of trinitro- or dinitroaromatic
compounds, respectively.
3. Determining peroxide compounds
3.1. An aliquot of the acetone extract was transferred into a tube and steamed until the volume of 0.5
ml, to which 0.5 ml was added of a 10% sulphuric acid solution. Then 0.5 [ml] of diethyl ether was added to
the resulting mixture along with several drops of a 5% potassium dichromate solution in water, after which
the contents of the tube were gently shaken. After the mixture separated into the water and ether phases, it
was monitored for changes in color. The appearance of blue coloring in the ether layer points to the presence
of peroxide compounds.
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3.2. An aliquot of the acetone extract and steamed until the volume of 0.1 ml, to which 1 ml was
added of a 10% potassium iodine solution in water, oxidized by vinegar acid, carefully shaken. The
appearance of yellow coloring points to the presence of peroxide compounds.
The results of investigation using the qualitative reactions method are presented in Table 1.
Table 1
Results of investigating acetone extracts of investigated objects using the qualitative reactions
method
Extract No Reaction to
Oxidizers Nitroderivatives
of aromatic
compounds
Peroxide
compounds
Presence of
luminescence
1a, 4a, 5a, 6a,
7a, 11a, 17a,
18a, 20a, 23a,
25a
- - -/- -
8a, 9a, 10a, 12a,
13.1a, 14a,
16.1a, 16.2a,
16.3a, 16.4a,
16.5a, 16.6a,
19a, 22a, 24a
+ + -/- -
3a, 13.3a, 13.4a - + -/- -
13.2a + - -/- -
13.5a, 15a + - -/- -
21a + + -/- +
II. Qualitative reactions with water extracts
One drop of investigated water extracts was entered on strips of the universal indicator paper
LACHEMA (PND 50-975-84 pH 0-12), comparing the resulting changes in color to the standard scale.
Each of the investigated water extracts was divided into eight aliquots which were subjected to the
following reactions:
1. Determining non-organic oxidizer compounds (soluble in water)
An aliquot of the water extract was steamed in a jet of cool air until a dry residue, to which 2 drops
were added of a 1% solution of diphenylamine in concentrated sulphuric acid. The appearance of spots and
dark-blue jets points to the presence of oxidizers.
2. Determining nitrite ions and nitrate ions
An aliquot of the water extract was transferred onto a glass plate, steamed in a jet of warm air until
the volume of several drops, to which several granules were added of a solid Griess reagent. The appearance
of a pink color points to the presence of nitrite ions.
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Zinc dust was added to the obtained reaction medium. The development and appearance of a dark
red color points to the presence of nitrate ions.
3. Determining ammonium cations
An aliquot of the water extract was transferred to a tube, to which 3 drops of the Nessler reagent
were added. The appearance of a red and brown residue or a dark yellow color points to the presence of
ammonium cations.
4. Determining potassium cations
An aliquot of the water extract was transferred into a porcelain cup and steamed until a dry residue.
The residue was fried for five minutes to release possible ammonia salts which produce a similar reaction
with potassium. After cooling, the residue was dissolved in a drop of distilled water, to which 1 drop was
added of a saturated natrium hexanitrocobaltate solution oxidized by vinegar acid. The obtained substance
was investigated under the microscope: the appearance of a residue in the form of yellow cubes and
“friends” points to the presence of potassium cations.
5. Determining chlorate anions
An aliquot of the water extract was transferred onto a glass plate, steamed in a jet of warm air until
dry, to which 3 drops were added of a 0.1% aniline sulphate solution in sulphuric acid. The appearance of a
dark blue color points to the presence of chlorate anions.
6. Determining carbonate anions and sulphate anions
An aliquot of the water extract was transferred into a tube, adding 3 drops of a 5% barium chloride
solution in water. The appearance of a white residue points to the presence of carbonate anions and sulphate
anions.
Five drops of a 1 per cent hydrochloric acid solution was added to the obtained residue. Subsequent
complete dissolution of the residue points to the presence of carbonate anions, gradual partial dissolution of
the residue points to the joint presence of carbonate anions and sulphate anions.
7. Determining chloride anions
An aliquot of the water extract was transferred into a tube, adding 3 drops of a 5% silver nitrate
solution in water. The appearance of a white residue points to the presence of chloride anions.
8. Determining metallic aluminum
A drop of a 10% potassium hydroxide solution in water was added to the metal particles extracted
during sample preparation (see stage III). Gas bubbles were observed under the microscope forming around
each of the investigated particles, which allows for the confirmation that these particles as those of an
aluminum-based metal alloy.
The results of investigation using the qualitative reactions method are presented in Table 2
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Table 2
Results of investigating water extracts of investigated objects using the qualitative reactions
method
Extract
No
Reaction to
pH Oxidizers Nitrite
anion
Nitrate
anion
Ammonium
cation
Potassium
cation
Chlorate
anion
Carbonat
e anion
Sulphate
anion
Chlorid
e anion
Alu
minu
m
(resi
due)
1a-12a,
17a,
20a, 23a
<7 + - + - + - + + + -
13.1a-
13.5a,
14a,
15a,
16.1a-
16.6a
<7 + + + + + - + + + +
24a 7 + - + + + - + - - +
5a, 18a,
25a
7 - - - - - - + - - -
III. Investigation of residues insoluble in acetone and water
The respective residue was transferred onto a glass plate and investigated using an MSP-1
stereomicroscope.
Shapeless black and grey-brown particles of an amorphous and polymeric nature were observed under
the microscope. For all the investigated objects, the particles partially disintegrated under the action of weak and
concentrated hydrochloric and sulphuric acid solutions, which does not allow their unqualified identification as
fragments of soot.
Investigation using the thin-layer chromatography method
The method of vertical single-dimension straight-phase thin-layer chromatography (TLC) was used to
determine traces of explosive substances, stabilizers and components of smokeless powder and gunpowder in the
content of investigated objects.
For this, aliquots of the acetone extracts obtained in the process of sample preparation were steamed in a
jet of cool air until the volume of several microdrops and using a capillary dripper were entered onto the starting
line of chromatographic plates at the distance of 15 mm from the bottom edge of the plate.
I. Determining explosive substances, diphenylamine, and nitroglycerine
Chromatography was conducted under these conditions:
Stationary phase - Sorbfil chromatographic plates PTSX-P-A-UF (TU 26-11-17-89) measuring 10 x
10 cm with the working absorbent layer: silicagel STX-1A (layer thickness: 90...120 nm,
grain fraction: 5.....17 nm) with ciliciumdioxide-based binder with the addition of
luminophore at 254 nm.
Mobile phase - acetone-toluene-hexane (1:1:2)
(eluent)
Preparatory cleansing with acetone-toluene-hexane (1:1:2) eluent,
Stages drying for 30 minutes at 100 C, removing the top and
bottom edges of the plate each 5 mm thick and bottom
corners 1 mm wide.
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Eluent front elevation - 70 mm
Spot detection - UV light from an OLD-14 emitter, Muiroir reagent
- UV light from an OLD-14 emitter, 5% diphenylamine solution in
ethanol, 10% potassium hydroxide solution in ethanol
Reference samples Acetone extracts of diphenylamine and nitroglycerine
The results of the chromatography investigation are presented in Tables 3 - 5.
Table 3
TLC results in the acetone-toluene-hexane (1:1:2) solvent system, UV light from the OLD-41 emitter, 5%
diphenylamine solution in ethanol, 10% potassium hydroxide solution in ethanol
Stages of detection
Acetone
extract
investigated
object
Treatment in 5% diphenylamine
solution in ethanol
UV treatment Treatment in 10% potassium
hydroxide solution in ethanol
Zone coloring Rf Zone coloring Rf Zone coloring Rf
TEN Colorless 0.68 Green 0.68 Green 0.68
Tetryl Dark yellow 0.47 Yelloworange
0.47 Red 0.47
Hexogen
(RDX)
Light-grey 0.29 Green-grey 0.29 Blue-grey 0.29
Trotyl (TNT) Yelloworange
0.78 Orange-brown 0.78 Red-brown 0.78
Octagen Light grey 0.14 Green-grey 0.14 Blue-grey 0.14
2a, 8a, 9a,
10a, 12a,
13.1a, 13.2a,
14a, 16.1a,
16.2a, 16.3a,
16.4a, 16.5a,
16.6a, 19a,
22a
Light-grey 0.29 Green-grey 0.29 Blue-grey 0.29
Yelloworange
0.78 Orange-brown 0.78 Red-brown 0.78
1a, 4a, 5a, 6a,
11a, 17a, 18a,
20a, 23a, 25a
- - - - - -
3a, 7a, 24a Yelloworange
0.78 Orange-brown 0.78 Red-brown 0.78
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Table 4
TLC results in the acetone-toluene-hexane (1:1:2) solvent system, UV light from the OLD-41 emitter, Muiroir reagent
The investigation established that the chromatograms of acetone extracts shows zones with the coloring and
chromatographic mobility value Rf characteristic of :
- extracts 2a, 8a, 9a, 10a, 12a, 13.1a, 13.2a, 14a, 16.1a, 16.2a, 16.3a, 16.4a, 16.5a, 19a, 22a and 25a - trotyl/TNT and
hexogen/RDX;
- extracts 3a, 7a, 24a - trotyl/TNT.
II. Determining sulphur
Chromatography was conducted under the following conditions:
Stationary phase - Sorbfil chromatographic plate PTSX-P-A-UF (TU 26-11-17- 89) measuring 10 x 10
cm with the working absorbent layer: silicagel STX-1A (layer thickness: 90...120 nm, grain
fraction: 5.....17 nm) with a ciliciumdioxide-based binder and the addition of luminophore at 254
nm.
Mobile phase - heptane
Preparatory - cleansing with heptanes eluent, drying for 30 minutes at 100 C, removing the top and
Stages bottom edges of the plate 5 mm thick each and bottom corners 1 mm wide.
Eluent front elevation - 70 mm
Spot detection pulverization by 5% water solution of silver nitrate, activation by UV light from an OLD-41
emitter
Reference samples Acetone extract of Sulphur
Table 5
TLC results in the heptane solvent system
Investigated object
(acetone extract No)
Stages of detection
Treatment in 5% water solution of
silver nitrate
UV light
Zone coloring Rf Zone coloring Rf
Reference sample:
acetone extract of
sulphur
Yellow-brown 0.95 Brown 0.95
1a - 25a - - - -
Investigated object
(acetone extract No)
Stages of detection
UV light Treatment with Muiroir reagent
Zone coloring Rf Zone coloring Rf
Reference sample:
diphenylamine
Grey 0.78 Blue 0.78
1a - 25a - - - -
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The investigation has established that there is no Sulphur present in the composition
investigated objects.
Therefore, after summarizing separate investigations conducted, the following has
been established:
- according to the results of morphological investigation: the appearance and morphological
characteristics of the amorphous dark grey and black substance found in the composition of investigated
objects No. 2c, 3c, 8c – 16c, 19c, 21c, 22c, and 24c are not identical to the equivalent characteristics of
explosive Substances, but do resemble products of the blast transformation of brisant explosives with a
negative oxygen balance;
- the results of the qualitative capillary analysis show that the composition of investigated objects
includes trinitro-derivatives of aromatic compounds: oxidizers, nitrite, nitrate and carbonate anions,
ammonium and potassium cations, metallic aluminum, trace amounts of petroleum products (within the
margin of error), soot (probably) and other characteristic ions, according to Tables 1 and 2.
- investigation using the thin-layer chromatography method established that
- the composition of investigated objects No. 2a, 8a, 9a, 10a, 12a, 13.1a, 13.2a, 14a,
16.1a, 16.2a, 16.3a, 16.4a, 16.5a, 19a, and 22a includes traces of explosive substances
trotyl (TNT) and hexogen (RDX).
- the composition of extracts No. 3a, 7a, and 24a includes traces of explosive
substance trotyl (TNT).
An evaluation of the summarized results of chemical investigation makes it possible to draw the
following conclusions:
- investigated objects No. 2, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13.1, 13.2, 14, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 16.5, 19, and 22 contain
traces of the blast products of explosive substances based on trotyl (TNT) and hexogen (RDX);
- investigated objects No. 3, 7, and 24 contain traces of the blast products of explosive substances based
on trotyl (TNT).
Despite the fact that a large number of explosive substances contain metallic aluminum (for example,
finely dispersed aluminum makes up 17% to 27% of the MS explosive substance), the metal particles of an
aluminum-based alloy found in the composition of investigated objects No. 8, No. 10, No. 12, No. 13.4,
16.1, 16.2, No. 16.4, and 16.6 cannot be unequivocally identified with blast products, due to extensive
presence of aluminum in the environment; aluminum may also be contained in components of an explosive
device (casing, detonator cup, etc) or in the interior of the blast scene (furniture, utensils, electrical parts,
etc).
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Comparative investigation [1 - 12]
A comparative investigation was conducted to establish whether investigated objects No. 8, No. 9,
No. 12, No. 13.1 and No. 16.1 – 16.5 could be grouped, by juxtaposing the characteristics of investigated
objects with those of examples of industrially made and improvised explosive devices from the FEAD FRC
collection and with the characteristics and descriptions of explosive devices, their components and items of
dual use available in reference sources.
A study of the documents, appearance, separate investigations and chemical investigation (of
explosive substances and products of explosion and gunfire) established that these investigated objects have
the following characteristics:
1. Investigated object No. 8:
- shape: cylindrical;
- material: aluminum-based metal alloy;
- characteristic constructive elements: cap, bushing, grooved bushing, remnants of a cutter and a metallic
element;
- evidence of industrial make;
- damage (traces) typical of the brisant and thermal effects of detonated explosive substances;
- damage (traces) typical of mechanical effects (impact, contact);
- present traces of an explosive substance: trotyl (TNT) and hexogen (RDX).
Considering the results obtained, a comparison was made between the characteristics of investigated
object No. 8 and those of a reference example from the FEAD FRC collection - a delayed-action VZD-1M
fuze (diagrams 1 and 2) - and its descriptions in reference sources.
As a result of comparison, investigated object No. 8 was established to share identical characteristics
with those of the top part of delayed action fuze VZD-1M (without part of the casing, the firing pin and
spring), which sustained the brisant, incendiary and thermal effects of the explosion, as well as with its
description in reference sources.
Similarity was established due to the appearance, material, geometric shape, structural features, size,
nature of damage and present traces of an explosive substance based on trotyl (TNT) and hexogen (RDX).
Diagram 1. VZD-1M fuze (external appearance and cross-section)
Figure 79. VZD-1M fuze.
a – appearance; b – cross-section; 1- cap;
2 – cutter; 3 – metal element; 4 – catch; 5
– bushing; 6 – grooved bushing; 7 –
casing; 8 – firing pin; 9 – combat spring;
10 – membrane; 11 – fuse MD-5M.
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Diagram 2 – VZD – 1M fuze (cross section)
2. Group of investigated objects No. 13.1:
- shape – irregular, with external (protruding) and internal (concave) sides;
- material – aluminum-based metal alloy;
- characteristic structural elements:
o on the outer side: parallel transverse grooves (signs of industrial treatment) about 0.1 mm
wide, some fragments have 6-7 mm wide rectangular indentations with remnants of bevels;
o on the inner side: remnants of grooving;
- signs of industrial make;
- damage (traces) typical of the brisant and thermal effects of detonated explosive substances;
- present traces of an explosive substance: trotyl (TNT) and hexogen (RDX).
Considering the results obtained, a comparison was made between the characteristics of the group of
investigated objects No. 13.1 and those of a reference example from the FEAD FRC collection – the
external end of the fuze attachment cup from the casing of the SPM medium limpet mine (diagram 3) and its
descriptions in reference sources.
As a result of comparison, group of investigated objects No. 13.1 was established to share identical
characteristics with those of the fuze attachment cup from the casing of the SPM medium limpet mine,
which sustained the brisant, incendiary, and thermal effects of the explosion, as well as with its description
in reference sources.
Similarity was established due to the appearance, geometric shape, structural features, material, size,
nature of damage and present traces of an explosive substance based on trotyl (TNT) and hexogen (RDX).
Safety catch
Fuse MD-5M
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Figure 78. SPM medium limpet mine:
a) general appearance (without steel plate); b) cross-section; 1 – VZD-1M fuze; 2 – casing; 3 – VV charge; 4 – additional
detonator; 5 – cup; 6 and 9 – magnets; 7 – string loop; 8 – steel plate.
Diagram 3 – Medium limpet mine (cross-section)
3. Investigated objects No. 13.2 and 16.3:
- shape: cylindrical;
- material: ferrum-based metal alloy (responsive to permanent magnetic field);
- characteristic structural elements: fragment of external grooving;
- evidence of industrial make;
- damage (traces) typical of the brisant effect of detonated explosive substances;
- present traces of an explosive substance: trotyl (TNT) and hexogen (RDX).
Considering the results obtained, a comparison was made between the characteristics of investigated
objects No. 13.2 and 16.3 and those of a reference example from the FEAD FRC collection - a fixing bolt
from the cap of SPM limpet mine casing - and its descriptions in reference sources.
As a result of comparison, investigated objects No. 13.2 and 16.3 are established to share identical
characteristics with those of a fixing bolt from the cap of SPM limpet mine casing, which sustained the
brisant, incendiary, and thermal effects of the explosion, as well as with its description in reference sources.
Similarity was established due to the appearance, geometric shape, structural features, material, size,
nature of damage and present traces of an explosive substance based on trotyl (TNT) and hexogen (RDX).
4. Group of investigated objects No. 16.1:
- shape – cylindrical;
- material – ferrum-based metal alloy (responsive to permanent magnetic field);
- characteristic structural elements: external (protruding) and internal (concave) sides, remnants of
rivets and corresponding holes
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arranged in a certain way, edges retaining a regularly shaped configuration of industrial origin and bits
of grey paintwork on the outer surface of some fragments;
- signs of industrial make;
- damage (traces) typical of the brisant and thermal effects of detonated explosive substances;
- present traces of an explosive substance: trotyl (TNT) and hexogen (RDX).
Considering the results obtained, a comparison was made between the characteristics of the
group of investigated objects No. 16.1 and those of a reference example from the FEAD FRC collection – a
steel plate for the SPM medium limpet mine and its descriptions in reference sources.
As a result of comparison, group of investigated objects No. 16.1 was established to share
identical characteristics with those of a steel plate for the SPM medium limpet mine, which sustained the
brisant, incendiary and thermal effects of the explosion.
Similarity was established due to the appearance, geometric shape, structural features,
material, size, nature of damage and present traces of an explosive substance based on trotyl (TNT) and
hexogen (RDX).
5. Group of investigated objects No. 13.3, investigated object No. 16.2:
- shape – irregular, with external (protruding) and internal (concave) sides;
- material – aluminum-based metal alloy;
- characteristic structural elements: parallel transverse grooves (signs of mechanical treatment) about
0.1 mm wide
- damage of thermal origin;
- present traces of an explosive substance: trotyl (TNT) and hexogen (RDX).
Considering the results obtained, a comparison was made between the characteristics of the
group of investigated objects No. 13.3, investigated object No. 16.2 and those of a reference example from
the FEAD FRC collection – the additional detonator cup of an SPM mine and its descriptions in reference
sources.
As a result of comparison, group of investigated objects No. 13.3 and investigated object No.
16.2 are established, probably, to be fragments of an additional detonator cup from the casing of an SPM
mine, which were a result of destruction under the brisant, incendiary and thermal effects of the explosion.
6. Group of investigated objects No. 12, investigated objects No. 13.4, 16.5:
- shape – irregular, with external (protruding) and internal (concave) sides;
- material –metal alloy with the properties of a permanent magnet;
- signs of industrial make;
- damage (traces) typical of the brisant and thermal effects of detonated explosive substances;
- damage (traces) typical of mechanical effects (impact, contact);
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- present traces of an explosive substance: trotyl (TNT) and hexogen (RDX).
Considering the results obtained, a comparison was made between the characteristics of the group of
investigated objects No. 12, investigated objects No. 13.4 and 16.5 and those of a reference example from
the FEAD FRC collection – magnets from an SPM mine - and its descriptions in reference sources.
As a result of comparison, group of investigated objects No. 12 and investigated objects No. 13.4 and
16.5 are established, probably, to be magnet fragments from an SPM mine formed as a result of destruction
under the brisant, incendiary and thermal effects of the explosion.
7. Group of investigated objects No. 13.5:
- shape – in the form of fragments of a cylindrically coiled spring around 0.1 mm in diameter;
- material – metal;
- signs of industrial make;
- damage (traces) typical of the brisant and thermal effects of detonated explosive substances;
- damage (traces) typical of mechanical effects (impact, contact);
- present traces of an explosive substance: trotyl (TNT) and hexogen (RDX).
Considering the results obtained, a comparison was made between the characteristics of the group of
investigated objects No. 13.5 and those of a reference example from the FEAD FRC collection – the spring
of a delayed action fuze VZD-1M - and its descriptions in reference sources.
As a result of comparison, group of investigated objects No. 13.5 are established, probably, to be
fragments of a spring from the VZD-1M delayed action fuze formed as a result of destruction under the
brisant, incendiary and thermal effects of the explosion.
According to reference sources: “an explosive device is a single-use improvised or industrially
manufactured device prepared specifically for an explosion intended to injure people or destroy surrounding
objects using the fast chemical transformation energy of condensed substances. Explosive devices can be
industrially manufactured as well as improvised.
“Explosive devices are known to contain main and auxiliary elements. The main elements are an
explosive charge and the means of initiating the explosion. The auxiliary elements are the casing, executive
and safety mechanism, ready destructive elements, masking elements, camouflage and fixings.
“Explosive devices and their elements can be made industrially or they can be improvised. An
industrially made explosive device is a factory-made explosive device which conforms to normative
technical documentation.
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An improvised explosive device is an explosive device at least one element of which has been improvised,
or which has been assembled or equipped outside the industrial process or in an unregulated manner.” [4.5].
Therefore, having summarized the separate investigations conducted, the following has been
established:
1. According to the results of documentary research, an explosive device was detonated on the floor
next to the bar on the premises of the Stena bar. The device was equipped with an explosive charge with the
power of about 1 - 1.2 kg in TNT equivalent.
2. According to the results of investigation of the explosive substances and products of explosion and
gunfire:
- investigated objects No. 2, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13.1, 13.2, 14, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 16.5, 19, and 22 contain
traces of the blast products of explosive substances based on trotyl (TNT) and hexogen (RDX);
- investigated objects No. 3, 7 and 24 contain traces of the blast products of explosive substances based on
trotyl (TNT).
The explosive substance detonated may have contained metallic aluminum.
3. The separate and comparative investigations have established that the objects found at the scene of
the incident are probably parts of an explosive device, namely:
- fragments of a delayed action VZD-1M fuze;
- casing fragments from an SPM medium limpet mine and fragments of an SPM steel plate.
Having evaluated the summarized results of separate investigations, the following conclusions can be
drawn:
1. Around 21:38 on 11.09.2014, an SPM medium limpet mine with a delayed action VZD-1M fuze was
detonated at the Stena bar (13 vul. Rymarska, Kharkiv). An SPM mine with a VZD-1M fuze is equipped
with an MS brisant explosive charge of normal strength (57% hexogen (RDX), 19% trotyl (TNT), 17%
aluminum, 7% phlegmatizer (ceresin)) of 1 kg in mass, which belongs to an industrially made category
of ammunition. An SPM mine is an anti-object time-fuse incendiary mine intended for destroying
movable and stationary items with metal parts, and can be used on land and under water.
2. A delayed action VZD-1M fuze was used to detonate the SPM mine, which was installed the mine
casing, activated with a time delay and working in a standard way.
3. No specialist professional knowledge, education or military mine, explosive or engineering training is
required to use an SPM mine with a VZD-1M fuze.
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The procedure and rules of operation can be obtained independently from freely available open sources. It
should be noted that the period between activating a VZD-1M fuze and the moment of explosion can take
from tens of minutes to several days, depending on the number of the metal element (time delay mechanism)
and the ambient temperature. Therefore, in breach of the rules for preparing and using this type of mines, it
is possible to activate a VZD-1M fuze before the mine is installed on site.
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investigating certain industrial explosives.” “Expert practice and new investigation methods” journal,
issue 9. M.: All-USSR Forensic Research Institute -1975, pp 7 – 16.
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Main Directorate Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
Forensic expert [signature] D.A. Karakurkchi
The following was used during inspection and investigation: MSP-1 stereomicroscope No. XS 3740,
certificate of conformity No. 03/8773; metal gauge GOST 427-75, Vernier caliper ShTs-1 (No. 393935),
certificate of conformity No. 03/8745; expert magnifying glass; CAS electronic scales of + 1.0g precision (No.
98050605), OLD 41 emitter, samples No. 1-50 of explosive substances from the FEAD FRC collection, a set of
chemical reagents, Sorbfil plates for thin-layer chromatography (TU 26-11-17-89). The capture and printing of
images was done using digital camera Canon PowerShot A 630, the Intel (R) Celeron (R) PC, CPU 2.8 GHz, 960
GB RPM and laser printer CANON LBP-2900.
The investigated objects have been returned to their original packaging. The necks of packages No. 1 –
No. 3, No. 5 – No. 7, No. 10 – No. 25 are tied with white string. The loose ends of the string are attached to a
quadrangular piece of white paper folded in half, the label. The openings of packages No. 4, No. 8, and No. 9 are
sealed with labels covered with fragments of a clear plastic adhesive tape (scotch tape).
The labels are made in the manner of a form with black print and contain expert signatures in longhand
using blue ink as well as a blue round seal of the Forensic Research Center No. 12, Kharkiv Region Main
Directorate, Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine:
The content of the labels is as follows:
1) package No. 1
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 36 of 1
Object No. 1
Conclusion No. 532/2014 of 04.03.215
Package No. 1
Object description: fragment of fabric (provided by Senior Forensic
Investigator, investigations department of the Security Service of Ukraine
Kharkiv Regional directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak as part
of criminal proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
2) package No. 2
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 36 of 1
Object No. 2
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Package No. 2
Object description: damaged wallet (provided by Senior Forensic Investigator,
investigations department of the Security Service of Ukraine Kharkiv Regional
directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak as part of criminal
proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
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[seal:] Forensic Research Center No. 12 Kharkiv Region
Main Directorate Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
Forensic expert [signature] D.A. Karakurkchi
3) package No. 3
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 37 of 1
Object No. 3
Conclusion No. 532/2014 of 04.03.215
Package No. 3
Object description: bank notes (hryvnias) (provided by Senior Forensic
Investigator, investigations department of the Security Service of Ukraine
Kharkiv Regional directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak as part
of criminal proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
4) package No. 4
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 37 of 1
Object No. 4
Conclusion No. 532/2014 of 04.03.215
Package No. 4
Object description: Lenovo laptop (provided by Senior Forensic Investigator,
investigations department of the Security Service of Ukraine Kharkiv Regional
directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak as part of criminal
proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
5) package No. 5
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 37 of 1
Object No. 5
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Package No. 5
Object description: four quadrangular emblems and four shield-shaped
emblems (provided by Senior Forensic Investigator, investigations department
of the Security Service of Ukraine Kharkiv Regional directorate, Senior
Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak as part of criminal proceedings No.
22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
6) package No. 6
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 37 of 1
Object No. 6
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Package No. 6
Object description: three laptops and two chargers (provided by Senior
Forensic Investigator, investigations department of the Security Service of
Ukraine Kharkiv Regional directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak
as part of criminal proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
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[seal:] Forensic Research Center No. 12 Kharkiv Region
Main Directorate Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
Forensic expert [signature] D.A. Karakurkchi
7) package No. 7
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 38 of 1
Object No. 7
Conclusion No. 532/2014 of 04.03.215
Package No. 7
Object description: short blue jacket of manmade material with zip fastening
(provided by Senior Forensic Investigator, investigations department of the
Security Service of Ukraine Kharkiv Regional directorate, Senior Lieutenant of
Justice I.M. Babak as part of criminal proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
8) package No. 8
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 38 of 1
Object No. 8
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Package No. 8
Object description: fragment of VZD-1M fuze (provided by Senior Forensic
Investigator, investigations department of the Security Service of Ukraine
Kharkiv Regional directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak as part
of criminal proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
9) package No. 9
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 38 of 1
Object No. 9
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Package No. 9
Object description: metal fragment (provided by Senior Forensic Investigator,
investigations department of the Security Service of Ukraine Kharkiv Regional
directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak as part of criminal
proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
10) package No. 10
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 38 of 1
Object No. 10
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Package No. 10
Object description: gauze pad (provided by Senior Forensic Investigator,
investigations department of the Security Service of Ukraine Kharkiv Regional
directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak as part of criminal
proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
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Main Directorate Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
Forensic expert [signature] D.A. Karakurkchi
11) package No. 11
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 39 of 1
Object No. 11
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Package No. 11
Object description: fragment of white-and-green fabric with pocket (provided
by Senior Forensic Investigator, investigations department of the Security
Service of Ukraine Kharkiv Regional directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice
I.M. Babak as part of criminal proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
12) package No. 12
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 39 of 1
Object No. 12
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Package No. 12
Object description: magnet fragments(provided by Senior Forensic
Investigator, investigations department of the Security Service of Ukraine
Kharkiv Regional directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak as part
of criminal proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
13) package No. 13
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 39 of 1
Object No. 13
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Package No. 13
Object description: fragments of a fuze spring, fuze attachment cup, additional
detonator cup, bolt and magnet (from SPM mine casing) (provided by Senior
Forensic Investigator, investigations department of the Security Service of
Ukraine Kharkiv Regional directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak
as part of criminal proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
14) package 14
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 39 of 1
Object No. 14
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Package No. 14
Object description: bits of torn fabric (provided by Senior Forensic
Investigator, investigations department of the Security Service of Ukraine
Kharkiv Regional directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak as part
of criminal proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
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Forensic expert [signature] D.A. Karakurkchi
15) package No. 15
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 40 of 1
Object No. 15
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Package No. 15
Object description: metal plate (provided by Senior Forensic Investigator,
investigations department of the Security Service of Ukraine Kharkiv Regional
directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak as part of criminal
proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
16) package 16
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 40 of 1
Object No. 16
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Package No. 16
Object description: fragments of an SPM steel plate, bolt, additional detonator
cup and magnet, bits of torn fabric (provided by Senior Forensic Investigator,
investigations department of the Security Service of Ukraine Kharkiv Regional
directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak as part of criminal
proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
17) package No. 17
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 40 of 1
Object No. 17
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Package No. 17
Object description: red-and-black flag (provided by Senior Forensic
Investigator, investigations department of the Security Service of Ukraine
Kharkiv Regional directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak as part
of criminal proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
18) package No. 18
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 40 of 1
Object No. 18
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Package No. 18
Object description: scarf and man’s tracksuit top (provided by Senior Forensic
Investigator, investigations department of the Security Service of Ukraine
Kharkiv Regional directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak as part
of criminal proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
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Main Directorate Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
Forensic expert [signature] D.A. Karakurkchi
19) package No. 19
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 41 of 1
Object No. 19
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Package No. 19
Object description: pair of ladies’ black ankle boots (provided by Senior
Forensic Investigator, investigations department of the Security Service of
Ukraine Kharkiv Regional directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak
as part of criminal proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
20) package No. 20
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 41 of 1
Object No. 20
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Package No. 20
Object description: ladies’ black knit jumper (provided by Senior Forensic
Investigator, investigations department of the Security Service of Ukraine
Kharkiv Regional directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak as part
of criminal proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
21) package No. 21
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 41 of 1
Object No. 21
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Package No. 21
Object description: black-and-brown ladies’ handbag (provided by Senior
Forensic Investigator, investigations department of the Security Service of
Ukraine Kharkiv Regional directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak
as part of criminal proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
22) package No. 22
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
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Object No. 22
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Package No. 22
Object description: white plastic bag with man’s shoes, socks and belt
(provided by Senior Forensic Investigator, investigations department of the
Security Service of Ukraine Kharkiv Regional directorate, Senior Lieutenant of
Justice I.M. Babak as part of criminal proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
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Forensic expert [signature] D.A. Karakurkchi
23) package No. 23
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
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Object No. 23
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Package No. 23
Object description: pair of blue jeans (provided by Senior Forensic Investigator,
investigations department of the Security Service of Ukraine Kharkiv Regional
directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak as part of criminal
proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
24) package No. 24
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
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Object No. 24
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Package No. 24
Object description: pair of blue jeans, white short-sleeve T-shirt and grey
jumper (provided by Senior Forensic Investigator, investigations department of
the Security Service of Ukraine Kharkiv Regional directorate, Senior
Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak as part of criminal proceedings No.
22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
25) package No. 25
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 42 of 1
Object No. 25
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Package No. 25
Object description: gauze pad (provided by Senior Forensic Investigator,
investigations department of the Security Service of Ukraine Kharkiv Regional
directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak as part of criminal
proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
The expert conclusion is appended by an illustrative table, an expenses report and twenty-five packages containing
investigated objects.
CONCLUSIONS
1. The objects retrieved during an inspection of the incident scene and submitted for investigation bear traces of blast
products of the following explosive substances:
- based on trotyl (TNT) and hexogen (RDX) (investigated objects No. 2, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13.1, 13.2, 14, 16.1, 16.2,
16.3, 16.4, 16.5, 19, 22, and 25);
- based on trotyl (TNT) (investigated objects No. 3, 7, and 24).
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The explosive substance detonated may have contained metallic aluminum.
2. Around 21.38 on 11.09.2014, an SPM medium limpet mine with a delayed action VZD-1M fuze was
detonated at the Stena bar (13 vul. Rymarska, Kharkiv). An SPM mine with a VZD-1M fuze is equipped
with an MS brisant explosive charge of normal strength (57% hexogen (RDX), 19% trotyl (TNT), 17%
aluminum, 7% phlegmatizer (ceresin)) of 1 kg in mass, which belongs to an industrially made category of
ammunition. An SPM mine is an anti-object time-fuse incendiary mine intended for destroying movable and
stationary items with metal parts and can be used on land and under water.
3. A delayed action VZD-1M fuze was used to detonate the SPM mine, which was installed the mine casing,
activated with a time delay and working in a standard way.
4. No. specialist professional knowledge, education or military mine, explosive or engineering training is
required to use an SPM mine with a VZD-1M fuze. The procedure and rules of operation can be obtained
independently from freely available open sources. It should be noted that the period between activating a
VZD-1M fuze and the moment of explosion can take from tens of minutes to several days, depending on the
number of the metal element (time delay mechanism) and the ambient temperature. Therefore, in breach of
the rules for preparing and using this type of mines, it is possible to activate a VZD-1M fuze before the mine
is installed on site.
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Appendix 1
ILLUSTRATIVE TABLE
Figure 1 – View of package No. 1 (bag No. 1784474)
b) – back
Figure 2 – View of package No. 2 (bag No. 1784474)
b) - back
a) - front
a) – front
Sign Place materials
in package
Seal
package
Warning! Check the package upon
receipt to make sure it is intact
Open package along dotted line
Sign
Place materials
in package
Seal
package
Warning! Check the package upon
receipt to make sure it is intact
Open package along dotted line
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Appendix 1 continued
Figure 3 – View of package No. 3 (bag No. 0508138)
a) – front b) – back
Figure 4 – View of package No. 4 (bag No. 1784473)
a) – front
b) - back
Sign
Sign
Place materials
in package
Place materials
in package
Seal
package
Seal
package
Warning! Check the package upon
receipt to make sure it is intact
Open package along dotted line
Warning! Check the package upon
receipt to make sure it is intact
Open package along dotted line
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Appendix 1 continued
Figure 5 – View of package No. 5 (bag No. 1784476)
a) – front b) – back
Figure 6 – View of package No. 6 (bag No. 1968523)
a) – front b) - back
a) – front
Sign
Sign
Place materials
in package
Place materials
in package
Seal
package
Seal
package
Warning! Check the package upon
receipt to make sure it is intact
Open package along dotted line
Warning! Check the package upon
receipt to make sure it is intact
Open package along dotted line
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Appendix 1 continued
b) – back
Figure 7 – View of package No. 7 (bag No. 1968085)
a) – front b) – back
Figure 8 – View of package No. 8
a) – front
Figure 9 – View of package No. 9 (bag No. 1784476)
b) - back
Sign Place materials
in package
Seal
package
Warning! Check the package upon
receipt to make sure it is intact
Open package along dotted line
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Appendix 1 continued
a) – front
Figure 10 – View of package No. 10 (bag No. 0509977)
b) – back
Figure 11 – View of package No. 11 (bag No. 0509968)
b) - back
a) – front
Sign
Sign
Place
materials in
package
Place
materials
in package
Seal
package
Seal
package
Warning! Check the package upon
receipt to make sure it is intact
Open package along dotted line
Warning! Check the package upon
receipt to make sure it is intact
Open package along dotted line
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Figure 12 – View of package No. 12 (bag No. 0509969)
a) – front
Figure 13 – View of package No. 13 (bag No. 0509979)
a) – front b) - back
b) - back
Sign
Sign
Place
materials in
package
Place
materials
in package
Seal
package
Seal
package
Warning! Check the package upon
receipt to make sure it is intact
Open package along dotted line
Warning! Check the package upon
receipt to make sure it is intact
Open package along dotted line
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a) – front
Figure 14 – View of package No. 14 (bag No. 1158952)
b) – back
Figure 15 – View of package No. 15 (bag No. 1158955)
b) - back
a) – front
Sign
Sign
Place
materials in
package
Place
materials
in package
Seal
package
Seal
package
Warning! Check the package upon
receipt to make sure it is intact
Open package along dotted line
Warning! Check the package upon
receipt to make sure it is intact
Open package along dotted line
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a) – front b) – back
Figure 16 – View of package No. 16 (bag No. 1158953)
a) – front
Figure 17 – View of package No. 17 (bag No. 0508137)
a) – front
b) – back
Sign
Sign
Place
materials
in
package
Place
materials
in
package
Seal
package
Seal
package
Warning! Check the package upon
receipt to make sure it is intact
Open package along dotted line
Warning! Check the package upon
receipt to make sure it is intact
Open package along dotted line
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Figure 18 – View of package No. 18 (bag No. 1784476)
Figure 19 – View of package No. 19 (bag No. 1784476)
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Figure 20 – View of package No. 20 (bag No. 1784476)
Figure 21 – View of package No. 21 (bag No. 1784476)
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Figure 22 – View of package No. 22 (bag No. 1784476)
Figure 23 – View of package No. 23 (bag No. 1784476)
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Figure 24 – View of package No. 24 (bag No. 1784476)
Figure 25 – View of package No. 25 (bag No. 1784476)
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a) – front b) – back
Figure 26 – View of the fabric fragment retrieved from package No. 1:
investigated object No. 1
a) – front b) - back
Figure 27 – View of the wallet retrieved from package No. 2:
investigated object No. 2
Figure 28 – View of investigated object No. 2 as opened
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Figure 29 – View of cards and money retrieved from investigated object No. 2
Figure 30 – View of PrivatBank cards retrieved from investigated object No. 2 (front)
Figure 31 – View of PrivatBank cards retrieved from investigated object No. 2 (back)
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Figure 32 – View of debris from investigated object No. 2
Figure 33 – View of bank notes retrieved from package No. 3:
group of investigated objects No. 3
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a) – front b) – back
Figure 34 – View of Lenovo laptop retrieved from package No. 4:
investigated object No. 4
Figure 35 – View of Lenovo laptop retrieved from package No. 4 as opened - investigated object No. 4
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Figure 36 – View of emblems retrieved from package No. 5 -
group of investigated objects No. 5
Figure 37 – View of eMachines laptop with charger retrieved from package No. 6
(view of top cover)
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Figure 38 – View of eMachines laptop with charger retrieved from package No. 6
(view of bottom cover)
Figure 39 – View of eMachines laptop with charger retrieved from package No. 6
(as opened)
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Figure 40 – View of HP laptop with charger retrieved from package No. 6
(view of top cover)
Figure 41 – View of HP laptop with charger retrieved from package No. 6
(view of bottom cover)
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Figure 42 – View of HP laptop with charger retrieved from package No. 6
(as opened)
Figure 43 – View of HP laptop without charger retrieved from package No. 6
(view of top cover)
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Figure 44 – View of HP laptop without charger retrieved from package No. 6
(view of bottom cover)
Figure 45 – View of HP laptop without charger retrieved from package No. 6
(as opened)
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a) front b) back
Figure 46 – View of jacket retrieved from package No. 7 -
investigated object No. 7
Figure 47 – View of metal object retrieved from package No. 8 -
investigated object No. 8
Figure 48 – View of investigated object No. 8 taken apart
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a) view of cap b) view of crossed sections to fit
the metal element and cutter
c) view of bottom side with
remnants of firing pin and metal
element
Figure 49 – View of characteristic features of investigated object No. 8 when taken apart
a) view of outer surface b) view of inner surface
Figure 50 – View of metal item retrieved from package No. 9
investigated object No. 9
Figure 51 – View of gauze pad retrieved from package No. 10
investigated object No. 10
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a) front b) back
Figure 52 – View of fabric fragment retrieved from package No. 11
investigated object No. 11
Figure 53 – View of metal fragments retrieved from package No. 12
group of investigated objects No. 12
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Figure 54 – View of metal fragments retrieved from package No. 13
Figure 55 – View of group of investigated objects No. 13.1 (outer surface)
Figure 56 – View of group of investigated objects No. 13.1 (inner surface)
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Figure 57 – View of two metal fragments with characteristic structural features from group of investigated
objects No. 13.1 (close-up)
Figure 58 – View of investigated object No. 13.2
Figure 59 – View of group of investigated objects No. 13.3
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Figure 60 – View of investigated object No. 13.4
Figure 61 – View of group of investigated objects No. 13.5
Figure 62 – View of fabric fragments retrieved from package No. 14 –
investigated object No. 14
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Figure 63 – View of metal fragment retrieved from package No. 15 –
investigated object No. 15
Figure 64 – View of metal fragments retrieved from package No. 16
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Figure 65 – View of group of investigated objects No. 16.1 (outer surface)
Figure 66 – View of group of investigated objects No. 16.1 (inner surface)
Figure 67 – View of investigated objects No. 16.2 – 16.5 (from left)
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Figure 68 – View of torn fabric fragments retrieved from package No. 16 –
group of investigated objects No. 16.6
Figure 69 – View of fabric fragment retrieved from package No. 17 –
investigated object No. 17
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Figure 70 – View of clothes retrieved from package No. 18 –
group of investigated objects No. 18
Figure 71 – View of shoes retrieved from package No. 19 –
group of investigated objects No. 19
Figure 72 – View of clothes retrieved from package No. 20 –
investigated object No. 20
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Figure 73 – View of handbag retrieved from package No. 21 –
investigated object No. 21
Figure 74 – View of items retrieved from package No. 22 –
group of investigated objects No. 22
Figure 75 – View of jeans retrieved from package No. 23 –
investigated object No. 23
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Figure 76 – View of items retrieved from package No. 24 –
group of investigated objects No. 24
Figure 77 – View of damage and brownish-red deposits on jeans from
group of investigated objects No. 24
Figure 78 – View of gauze pad retrieved from package No. 25 –
investigated object No. 25
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Figure 79 – View of reference example of an SPM mine with VZD-1M fuze
(view of inner casing structure with the cover off)
Figure 80 – View of additional detonator cup in SPM mine casing
(close-up)
Figure 81 – View of reference example – steel plate for an SPM mine
(view of the side connecting to magnets)
Figure 82 – View of reference example – steel plate for an SPM mine
(view of outer surface)
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Figure 83 – View of reference example – VZD-1M fuze
a) assembled state
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b) top side with the cover off
Figure 84 – Comparative photo of investigated object No. 8 (left) with VZD-1M fuze (right). Arrows point
to shared characteristics.
Figure 85 – Comparative photo of group of investigated objects No. 13.1 (left) with the external end of a cup
(with dent to fit a wrench) for fitting a fuze from the mine casing (right). Arrows point to shared
characteristics.
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a) external surface
b) side connecting to magnets
Figure 86 – Comparative photo of group of investigated objects No. 16.1 (left) with steel plate for SPM
mine (right). Arrows point to shared characteristics.
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Figure 87 – Comparative photo of group of investigated objects No. 13.2 and 16.3 (left) with fixing bolt
from the cover of SPM mine casing (right). Arrows point to shared characteristics.
Figure 88 – View of bags with investigated objects prior to handover to client
(package No. 1 – No. 7)
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Figure 89 – View of bags with investigated objects prior to handover to client
(package No. 8 – No. 17)
Figure 90 – View of bags with investigated objects prior to handover to client
(package No. 18 – No. 23)
Figure 91 – View of bags with investigated objects prior to handover to client
(package No. 24, No. 25)
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MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF UKRAINE
MAIN DIRECTORATE OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF UKRAINE
IN KHARKIV REGION
FORENSIC RESEARCH CENTER
34 vul.Kovtuna, Kharkiv
Tel. (057)721-23-39
[email protected]
NOTE
on expenses incurred for conducting forensic explosive analysis No. 532/201 of 04.03.2015 as part of
criminal proceedings No. 22014220000000305.
Customer: senior forensic investigator, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak of the investigations
department at the Kharkiv Regional directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine.
No. of expert hours Degree of analysis
complexity
Cost of 1 expert
hour, hryvnia,
without VAT
Expenses incurred
during analysis
1 2 3 4
82 special complexity 92.33 7571.06
Total 7571.06
Charge code 24060300, account No. 31419544700005
Bank code 37999680 MFO 851011
Remote bank access, Komintern district in Kharkiv
Head of fire forensics sector,
forensic fire and explosives analysis department,
Forensic Research Center
Kharkiv Region Main Directorate
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
Police Lieutenant-Colonel [signature] D.A. Karakurkchi
Head of explosive forensics sector,
forensic fire and explosives analysis department,
Forensic Research Center
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Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
Police Lieutenant-Colonel [signature] I.V. Vislov
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Annex 117
Expert Opinion No. 143, drafted by the Ukrainian Scientific Research Institute of
Special Equipment and Forensic Expert Examination, Security Service of Ukraine (3
April 2015)
This document has been translated from its original language into English, an official
language of the Court, pursuant to Rules of the Court, Article 51.
Pursuant to Rules of the Court Article 51(3), Ukraine has translated only
an extract of the original document constituting this Annex. In further
compliance with this Rule, Ukraine has provided two certified copies of the
full original-language document
[signature]
SECURITY SERVICE OF UKRAINE
Ukrainian Scientific Research Institute of Special Equipment
and Forensic Expert Examination
EXPERT OPINION
04/03/2015 City of Mariupol No. 143
Counterpart No. 1
We, Serhiy Vitaliyovych Zholak, chief specialist (expert) of Section 6, Center 4 (Center
for Forensic and Special Expert Examinations) of the Ukrainian Scientific Research Institute of
Special Equipment and Forensic Expert Examination of the Security Service of Ukraine, higher
technical education, special expert training and experience working as an expert since 2002,
qualified forensic expert with the right to conduct explosives expert examinations with
specializations in “Studying explosive devices, traces and the circumstances of explosions”
(Certificate No. 503 issued by the Examination and Qualification Commission of the Security
Service of Ukraine on 11/28/2013) and “Predicting the potential consequences of using explosive
devices” (Certificate No. 504, issued by the Examination and Qualification Commission of the
Security Service of Ukraine on 11/28/2013), and Ivan Hryhorovych Borozenets, chief specialist
(expert) of Section 6, Center 4 (Center for Forensic and Special Expert Examinations) of the
Ukrainian Scientific Research Institute of Special Equipment and Forensic Expert Examination
of the Security Service of Ukraine, higher technical and legal education, special expert training
and experience working as an expert since 2013, qualified forensic expert with the right to
conduct explosives examinations with specializations in “Studying explosive devices, traces and
the circumstances of explosions” (Certificate No. 481 issued by the Examination and
Qualification Commission of the Security Service of Ukraine on 03/13/2013) and “Predicting the
potential consequences of using explosive devices” (Certificate No. 482, issued by the
Examination and Qualification Commission of the Security Service of Ukraine on 03/13/2013),
pursuant to the Order on the Commissioning of an Explosives Expert Examination dated
02/27/2015, issued in the city of Mariupol by Senior Lieutenant O.V. Starostenko, a senior
criminal investigator with the Investigations Department of the Donetsk Regional Directorate of
the Security Service of Ukraine, carried out an expert examination based on the files of criminal
proceeding No. 22015050000000047.
We are familiar with the facts of the case from the order on commissioning an expert
examination.
Together with Letter No. 56/13-1071nt of 03/02/2015 (incoming ref. No. 877nt of
03.02.2015), the following items were received for examination:
- files of the criminal proceedings;
- three metal fragments of indefinite shape, recovered from the road near 58 vul.
Landshaftna, packed in polyethylene bag No. 1 (inspection report for sector No. 1);
- metal fragment of indefinite shape bearing the letters and numbers “F 82 V OI" and a
symbol in the form of a star, in
Investigations Department of the SBU Directorate, to ref. No. 1302nt: [illegible]
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the middle of which is the number “4”, recovered from the courtyard of 64 vul. Kyivska, packed
in bag No. 2 (inspection report for sector No. 1);
- a metal fragment measuring 8x19 bearing letter and number markings “4 87 VS N" and the
partial image of a star, and 5 metal fragments of various shapes recovered from the athletics field
of Comprehensive School No. 5 at 72 vul. Kyivska, packed in bag No. 3 (inspection report for
sector No. 1);
- 2 metal fragments of indefinite shape, recovered near the building of kindergarten No. 160 at
171 vul. Olimpiyska, packed in bag No. 4 (inspection report for sector No. 1);
-2 metal objects (fragments) measuring 45x10 cm with the numbers “18T-86-179-SV" and “V-
49”, and measuring 20x10 with number “4 18 V I N", recovered from the grounds of a house at
326 Olimpiyska (inspection report for sector No. 2);
metal fragment measuring 18x7 cm with the inscription “Sh 47 V N I * 4” embossed in the metal
recovered 4 m from the entrance to a building at 68 vul. Zoryana (inspection report for sector
No. 2);
- 2 metal fragments recovered at 50 vul. Kuzbaska (inspection report for sector No. 2);
- metal piece (fragment) of irregular shape measuring 20x10 cm with No. F 79 V I N, recovered
from the carriageway of the street next to the building located at 109 per. Poletayeva (inspection
report for sector No. 2);
- metal fragment measuring 15x5 cm with the inscription “GpI-56d” embossed in the metal,
recovered behind the building of a home located at 104 Zvenihorodska (inspection report for
sector No. 2);
- metal object 22 cm in width, 19 cm in length, recovered from the road between the buildings
located at 34 and 35 vul. Zoryana, packed in bag No. 1 (inspection report for sector No. 3);
- metal object 9 cm in length and 1 cm in maximum width recovered near the building located at
41 vul. Zoryana, packed in bag No. 2 (inspection report for sector No. 3);
- metal parts of deformed shape with torn edges, one of which is of cylindrical shape, has
remnants of external threads on the ends, and bears the marking “KV" in black paint and the
embossed stamp “1091” on its surface, recovered from the carriageway opposite No. 32 vul.
Kyivska, packed in bag No. 1 (inspection report for sector No. 4);
- tail section of a cylindrical object recovered from the asphalt road opposite No. 44 vul.
Kyivska, packed in bag No. 2 (inspection report for sector No. 4);
- 4 metal pieces, the largest measuring 12*4 cm and smallest 107*5 cm [sic], recovered from the
carriageway opposite No. 34 vul. Kyivska, packed in bag No. 3 (inspection report for sector No.
4).
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- metal object with a sheared top, measuring approximately 10.8 cm with a maximum diameter
of 5 cm and a minimum diameter of 1.8 cm, a hole visible on the inside measuring 22 mm, and
the embossed stamp “MRV-U; 42-M; 46-83 visible on the surface of the lower section,
recovered near No. 33a vul. Kyivska, packed in bag No. 4 (inspection report for sector No. 4);
- three metal pieces measuring from 10.5x2.5 to 18.8x7.5 cm, the largest piece bearing the
embossed stamp “96 VNK Z”, recovered from Apt. 39B, 48/2 vul. Kyivska, packed in bag No. 5
(inspection report for sector No. 4);
- 8 metal objects measuring approximately 1-2 cm, recovered from the athletics field opposite
No. 48/3 vul. Kyivska, packed in bag No. 6 (inspection report for sector No. 4);
- bag sealed with a paper label with an explanatory note and the signatures of the investigator
and participants in the inspection, which contains two deformed metal parts measuring 11.6 and
9.8 cm respectively recovered in the course of inspecting the incident site on 01/25/2015, near
the building located at 39 vul. Kyivska, Mariupol;
- bag sealed with a paper label with an explanatory note and the signatures of the investigator
and participants in the inspection, which contains two deformed metal fragments and one metal
object of irregular shape measuring 16*15 cm, recovered in the course of inspecting the incident
site on 01/25/2015, near the building located at 62 vul. Kyivska, Mariupol;
- bag sealed with a paper label with an explanatory note and the signatures of the investigator
and participants in the inspection, which contains two deformed metal fragments of an article,
recovered in the course of inspecting the incident site on 01/25/2015, near the building located at
72 vul. Kyivska, Mariupol;
- bag sealed with a paper label with an explanatory note and the signatures of the investigator
and participants in the inspection, which contains two deformed metal fragments measuring 2x4
cm and 3.5x4 cm respectively, recovered in the course of inspecting the incident site on
01/25/2015, near the building located at 78 vul. Kyivska, Mariupol;
- bag sealed with a paper label with an explanatory note and the signatures of the investigator
and participants in the inspection, which contains metal fragments recovered in the course of
inspecting the incident site on 01/25/2015, near the building located at 49 vul. Kuzbaska,
Mariupol;
- bag sealed with a paper label with an explanatory note and the signatures of the investigator
and participants in the inspection, which contains two grey metal fragments recovered in the
course of inspecting the incident site on 01/25/2015, near the building located at 19 vul.
Marshrutna, Mariupol;
- bag sealed with a paper label with an explanatory note and the signatures of the investigator
and participants in the inspection, which contains one
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grey metal fragment recovered in the course of inspecting the incident site on 01/25/2015, near
the building located at 14 pr. Yasnyi, Mariupol;
- copies of the report on the inspection involving the specialist dated 25.01.2015;
- topographical map from 1979 (scale 1:50,000).
The expert panel was asked to answer the following questions:
1. Based on the inspection of the incident site and the recovered objects, what caused the
explosion(s)?
2. Based on the inspection of the incident site and the recovered objects, is it possible to
identify the type and sort of munitions, the detonation of which resulted in the explosion(s);
the type and sort of weapon (artillery system or other type of armament) that was used to fire
the munitions, fragments of which and explosive traces of which were found in the course of
inspecting the incident site, and, if so, what type and sort of munitions were detonated and
from what type of sort of weapon were they fired?
3. Do the objects recovered during the inspection of the incident site and submitted for expert
examination bear any markings that would make it possible to identify the type and sort of
munitions or other identifying marks of the munitions that were detonated?
4. Based on the inspection of the incident site and the recovered objects, was there a detonation
of munitions fired from an artillery system or other type of weapon, or a detonation of
stationary, planted munitions or explosive devices (in the latter case, which type and sort of
stationary, planted munitions or explosive devices)?
5. What quantity of munitions (explosive devices) was activated, based on the results of the
inspection of the incident site and explosive traces recorded in the report on the inspection of
the incident site and objects recovered during the inspection of the incident site and the
submitted video recordings?
6. What was the power of the munitions (explosive device, explosive charge), in explosive
equivalent, the activation (initiation) of which led to the explosion?
7. Which of the fragments recovered during the inspection of the incident site are fragments of
munitions (explosive devices), and what is the purpose of each component of the munitions
(explosive devices), fragments of which were recovered during the inspection of the incident
site.
8. Is it possible, based on the inspection of the incident site and the objects discovered during
the inspection of the incident site, to draw any conclusions as to the direction(s) from which
the munitions, the detonation of which was recorded during the inspection of the incident
site, were fired, as well as the distance from which these munitions were fired and, if so,
from which direction(s) and distance respectively were these munitions fired?
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9. Is it possible, based on the inspection of the incident site and the objects found during the
inspection of the incident site, to draw any conclusions as to the angle of incidence of the
munitions, the detonation of which was recorded during the inspection of the incident site,
and, if so, then what was the angle of incidence of the munitions, the detonation of which
was recorded during the incident site inspection, and what firing distance of the munitions is
consistent with their established angle of incidence?
The following information sources were used in conducting the expert examination:
- “Methods of Complex Examination of Explosive Devices, Substances and Traces” (H.V.
Prokhorov-Lukin, V.I. Pashchenko, V.I. Bykov, et al – Kyiv: Elite Print LLC, 2011 – 216 p.: ill.);
- “Mass Produced Explosive Devices and Their Forensic Examination” (Yu.M. Dildin,
V.V. Martynov, Expert Consulting Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian
Federation. Moscow. 1991);
- “Explosives Expert Book: a Study Guide and Methodological Handbook” (Moscow
2001);
- "Tables of Fire from M-21-OF High-Explosive Fragmentation Rocket-Propelled Shells
(Ministry of Defense of the USSR, Moscow 1975).
- “Technical Description. BM-21 Combat Vehicle (Ministry of Defense of the USSR,
Moscow 1971).
- “MRV-U Fuse. Handbook” (Ministry of Defense, Moscow 1973).
The experts have been warned of the potential liability for presenting knowingly
inaccurate findings and for refusing without a valid reason to perform their duties under Articles
384 and 385 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
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EXAMINATION
The items submitted for examination were packed in accordance with the rules for the
storage and transportation of physical evidence.
The examination was conducted visually under laboratory conditions in daylight at an air
temperature of +20 °C.
The following instruments and devices were used:
- caliper No. 51207638
- metal ruler GOST 427-56;
- forensic tape measure SV-1
- magnifying glass with 4x magnification;
- OLYMPUS x-775 camera.
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The subject matter of the examination consists of metal fragments of irregular and
cylindrical shape. All of the fragments show signs of deformation: metal tearing, indentations
and scratches. The inspection revealed that the metal fragments have the following dimensions:
- three metal fragments of subsurface use of irregular shape with torn edges, grey in color,
measuring 550x250x3mm (object No. 1), 190x15x3mm (object No. 2), 130x33x3mm (object
No. 3), (illustration No. 1);
- metal fragment of irregular shape with torn edges, grey in color, measuring 200x79x3mm
(object No. 4) bearing the letter and number markings “f 82 V OI" and a symbol in the form of
a star with a number “4” in the middle, (illustration No. 2);
- metal fragment measuring 80x190x4mm (object No. 5) bearing the letter and number markings
“4 87 VS N” and the partial image of a star, and 5 metal fragments of irregular shape with torn
edges, grey in color (object No. 6), (illustrations Nos. 3, 4, 5);
- 2 metal fragments of irregular shape with torn edges, grey in color, measuring 12x11x4mm and
16x11x4mm (objects No. 7), (illustration No. 6);
- 2 metal fragments of irregular shape with torn edges, grey in color, measuring 450x100x4mm
with the numbers “18T-86-179-SV" and “V-49” (object No. 8) and 19x90x4mm (object No. 9)
with the number “4 18 V I N", (illustrations Nos. 7, 8, 9);
- metal fragment of irregular shape with torn edges, grey in color, measuring 180x70x4mm with
the inscription “Sh 47 V N I * 4” (object No. 10), (illustrations Nos. 10, 11);
- 2 metal fragments of irregular shape with torn edges, grey in color, measuring 180x80x3mm
with the number “Sh 62 VSI" (object No. 11) and 195x115x3mm (object No. 12), (illustrations
No. 12, 13);
- metal piece (fragment) of irregular shape, grey in color, measuring 190x85x3mm with the
number “F 79 V I N" (object No. 13) (illustration No. 14);
- metal fragment of irregular shape, grey in color, measuring 150x80x3mm with the inscription
“GpI-56d” embossed in the metal (object No. 14) (illustrations Nos. 15, 16);
- metal fragment of irregular shape, grey in color, measuring 235x215x3mm (object No. 15)
(illustration No. 17);
- metal fragment of irregular shape, grey in color, measuring 90x10x3mm (object No. 16)
(illustration No. 18). A zigzag-shaped line is embossed on one side of the object;
- metal parts of deformed shape with torn edges; one of the parts is cylindrical in shape and
measures 360x20x4mm; it has remnants of an external thread on its ends and the marking
“KV" in black marker on its surface, and is embossed “1091”(object No. 17) (illustrations Nos.
19, 20);
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- a fragment consisting of 2 grey metal fragments: the tail section of a cylindrical object
measuring 800x280x4mm and embossed “3 PP 1 TD AT Ukraine" (object No. 18) and a metal
fragment of irregular shape, grey in color, measuring 580x180x4 mm and embossed “Zh . V O
I” (object No. 18.1) (illustrations Nos. 21, 22, 23, 24);
- four grey metal pieces, the largest measuring 90x85x4mm and the smallest measuring
659x30x4mm (objects Nos. 19, 19.1, 20, 21) (illustration No. 25);
- grey metal object with a sheared top, measuring approximately 110 mm with a maximum
diameter of 50 mm and a minimum diameter of 18 mm, a hole visible on the inside measuring
22 mm, and the embossed marking “MRV-U; 42-M”; 46-83 visible on the surface of the lower
section (object No. 22) (illustration No. 26);
- three metal pieces of irregular shape, grey in color, measuring from 105x25mm to 188x75mm,
the largest piece bearing the embossed stamp “96 VNK Z” (objects Nos. 23, 24, 25)
(illustrations Nos. 27, 28);
- 8 metal objects of irregular shape, grey in color, measuring approximately 10-20mm (object
No. 26) (illustration No. 28);
- two deformed metal parts, grey in color: an object in the form of a wire with a spring measuring
116mm in length (object No. 27) and a metal fragment of irregular shape measuring
90x80x3mm (object No. 28) (illustration No. 29);
- two metal fragments of irregular shape, grey in color: one measuring 170x75x3mm with the
inscription “M 6 V I I” embossed in the metal (object No. 29), and the other measuring
170x25x3mm (object No. 31), and one metal object of irregular shape, grey in color,
measuring 310x155x4mm (object No. 30) (illustrations Nos. 30, 31);
- seven metal fragments of irregular shape with torn edges, grey in color, measuring
525x190x4mm (object No. 32), 150x260x4mm (object No. 33), 50x305x3mm (object No. 34),
260x40x4mm (object No. 35), 380x60x4mm (object No. 36), 320x40x3mm (object No. 37),
170x160x4mm (object No. 38) (illustration No. 32);
- two metal fragments of irregular shape, grey in color, measuring 355x120x4mm (object No.
39) and measuring 195x165x3mm (object No. 40) (illustration No. 33);
- five metal fragments of irregular shape with torn edges, grey in color, measuring
265x136x4mm (object No. 41), 90x60x4mm (object No. 42), 80x160x3mm (object No. 43),
80x35x4mm (object No. 44), and 177x75x4mm with the inscription “F 70 V O I” embossed in
the metal (object No. 45) (illustrations Nos. 34, 35).
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- two metal fragments of irregular shape, grey in color, measuring 35x40x4mm (object No. 46)
and measuring 20x40x4mm (object No. 47) (illustration No. 36);
- two metal fragments of oblong shape, grey in color, measuring 147mm in length with a
maximum thickness of 15mm (object No. 48) (illustration No. 37). A zigzag-shaped line is
embossed on one side of the object;
- grey metal object with a sheared top, measuring approximately 95mm in length with a
maximum diameter of 54mm and a minimum diameter of 18mm, a hole visible on the inside
measuring 21mm, and the embossed stamp “MRV-U; 42-M; 46-83” visible on the surface of
the lower section (object No. 49) (illustration No. 38);
- two metal fragments of irregular shape, grey in color: one measuring 179x90x4mm with the
inscription “Z 99 V S I” embossed in the metal (object No. 50), and the other measuring
199x77x4mm with the inscription “56 V O N" embossed in the metal (object No. 51)
(illustrations Nos. 39, 40, 41).
All of the metal objects (objects No. 1-51) submitted for examination show signs of
deformation.
The examination of objects No. 1-51 revealed:
- longitudinal grooves in the form of threads (object No. 17);
- markings in the form of letters and numbers:
A) “f 82 V OI” (object No. 4, illustration No. 2);
B) “4 87 VS N” (object No. 5, illustration No. 4);
C) “V-49” “18T-86-179-SV” (object No. 8, illustrations Nos. 8, 9);
D) “Sh 47 V NI” (object No. 10, illustration No. 11);
E) “Sh 62 N SI” (object No. 11, illustration No. 13);
F) “GpI-56d” (object No. 14, illustration No. 16);
G) “10-91” (object No. 17, illustration No. 20);
H) “3 PP 1 TD AT U”, “Zh... V O I” (object No. 18, illustrations Nos. 23, 24);
I) “MRV-U; 42-M; 46-83” (objects Nos. 22, 49, illustrations Nos. 26, 38), where:
- “MRV-U” is the demolition specialist’s mark;
- “42-M” is the factory number;
- “46” is the lot number;
- “83” is the year of manufacture (1983)
J) “96 VNK Z” (object No. 24, illustration No. 28);
K) “M 6 V I I” (object No. 29, illustration No. 31);
L) “F 70 V O I” (object No. 45, illustration No. 35);
M) “Z 99 V S I” (object No. 50, illustration No. 40);
N) “56 V O N” (object No. 51, illustration No. 41);
Because the experts do not have access to the technical specifications for M-21 OF shells,
it does not appear possible to determine the meanings of the markings preserved on the remnants
of the shells (except for those denoted in section “I”).
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Parts of markings were also found on a number of objects but could not be identified due
to the significant deformation of the objects and thermal influence on them during firing and
detonation.
Metal pins measuring ~4 mm in diameter and ~70 mm in length and wound with wire in
the form of a spring 1.7 mm in diameter were attached to object No. 17. On one side is a plate
(deformed) with apertures measuring ~15 mm in diameter, while on the other side traces of
thermal influence can be seen in the form of chaotically spaced indentations of irregular shape
with melted edges and black stratification (which appears to be soot) (illustration No. 42).
In order to answer the questions that were posed, submitted object No. 17 was compared
with the corresponding parameters indicated in the standard technical documentation. The results
of this examination are shown in Table No. 1.
Comparative Table No. 1
Features of basic components Subject of comparison Examined object
Stabilizer unit Object similar to part of
stabilizer unit
(object No. 17)
Material of construction grey metal grey metal
Number of blades 4 4 apertures for blade attachment
Diameter, mm 122 ~116-122
Number of nozzle holes 7 7
Hole for positioning screw yes yes
Based on a comparison with the drawings in the reference literature and the indicated
dimensions, object No. 17 is part of a stabilizer unit for an unguided M-21 OF rocket-propelled
high-explosive fragmentation shell (illustrations Nos. 42, 43 and 44).
In order to answer the questions that were posed, submitted objects Nos. 6, 7, 16, 26 and
48 were compared with the corresponding parameters indicated in the standard technical
documentation. The results of this examination are shown in Table No. 2.
Comparative Table No. 2
Features of basic components Subject of comparison Examined object
pre-set fragmentation
element of unguided M-21-
OF rocket-propelled highexplosive
fragmentation shell
Objects similar to fragmentation
elements
(objects Nos. 6, 7, 16, 26 and 48)
Material of construction grey metal grey metal
Weight, g 2.4 2.25-2.48
Geometric shape diamond diamond
A comparative analysis indicates that in terms of external appearance, material of
construction, and structural properties, submitted objects Nos. 6, 7, 16, 26, and 48 are
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standard fragmentation elements of a 122mm unguided M-21 OF rocket-propelled highexplosive
fragmentation shell (item 9M22U) (illustrations Nos. 45, 46 and 47).
In order to answer the questions that were posed, submitted objects Nos. 22 and 49 were
compared with the corresponding parameters indicated in the standard technical documentation.
The results of this examination are shown in Table No. 3.
Comparative Table No. 3
Features of basic components Subject of comparison Examined object
MRV-U fuse Objects similar to MRV-U fuses
(objects Nos. 22 and 49)
Material of construction grey metal grey metal
Total length, mm 93.6 92-94
Geometric shape cone cone
Maximum diameter, mm 48.5 49-49.3
Markings present yes yes
A comparative analysis and examination of the markings indicates that in terms of their
external appearance, material of construction and structural properties, submitted objects Nos. 22
and 49 are parts of an MRV-U percussion fuse, semi-detonator safe, with a remote trigger
(switch to armed position after firing occurs at a distance of 150-450 meters), which is used as a
standard fuse for a 122-mm unguided M-21 OF rocket-propelled high-explosive fragmentation
shell (item 9M22U).
Objects Nos. 1-5, 8-15, 18-21, 23-25, 27-38, 41-50 and 51 are parts of the bodies of
122mm unguided M-21 OF rocket-propelled high-explosive fragmentation shells (item 9M22U)
(illustrations Nos. 48-50).
The examination of objects Nos. 39-40 revealed distinguishing features in comparison
with the other objects (thickness, color of surface coating, material of construction), on which
basis we may conclude that they are not parts of the bodies of M-21 OF rocket-propelled highexplosive
fragmentation shells, but are probably parts of a different metal structure.
Based on the copies of the inspection reports for sectors Nos. 1-4, which were submitted
for expert examination, and a comparative analysis of the recovered objects, it was established
that the cause of the explosions was artillery shelling with unguided M-21 OF rocket-propelled
high-explosive fragmentation shells.
Based on copies of the reports on the inspection of the incident site and recovered
objects, it is possible to identify the specific type and sort of munitions as 122mm unguided M-
21 OF rocket-propelled high-explosive fragmentation shells (item 9M22U). These shells were
fired from BM 21 Grad multiple rocket launchers.
The question of the amount of firing of munitions goes beyond the experts’ scope of
competence. Based on the copies of inspections reports for sectors Nos. 1-4 submitted for expert
examination, at least 124 shells fired from BM 21 Grad multiple rocket launchers were
detonated.
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According to the standard literature Explosives Expert Book: a Study Guide and
Methodological Handbook (Moscow 2001), nearly all rocket-propelled shells contain the
explosive substance A-IX-2. In this case, according to the technical specifications of the 122mm
unguided M-21 OF rocket-propelled high-explosive fragmentation shell (item 9M22U), the
weight of the explosive substance is 6.4 kg.
The power of a munition is calculated according to the formula Q=Mex x Cex, where:
Mex = mass of the explosive substance with which the munition (explosive device) is loaded (in
kg)
Cex = the coefficient, which depends on the heat or energy of the explosion; for the explosive
substance A-IX-2, it is 1.46.
Q=6.4x1.46=9.344kg in TNT equivalent.
Based on copies of the incident site inspection report, a copy of the report on the
inspection involving the specialist dated 25.01.2015, and the topographical map, it is possible to
draw the following conclusions:
- the shelling was probably conducted from an area to the northeast of the villages of
Sakhanka and Leninske, Novoazovskyi District, Donetsk Region, from a distance of 16,400 to
17,800m;
- the angles of incidence of the munitions was 40° to 46°, which is consistent with a
firing distance of 16,400 to 17,800 m, according to the firing table for M-21 OF high-explosive
fragmentation shells (item 9M22U).
Based on an analysis of the examined items, traces of their deformation, and the incident
site inspection reports, it is possible to draw the conclusion that formation of the blasts (shell
craters, holes) was caused by detonations of 122mm unguided M-21 OF rocket-propelled highexplosive
fragmentation shell (item 9M22U) as a result of artillery shelling.
CONCLUSIONS
1. Based on the inspection of the incident site and recovered objects, it was established
that the explosions were caused by the detonation of unguided M-21 OF rocket-propelled highexplosive
fragmentation shells.
2. Based on the inspection of the incident site and recovered objects, it is possible to
identify the specific type and sort of munitions as 122mm unguided M-21 OF rocket-propelled
high-explosive fragmentation shells (item 9M22U). These shells were fired from BM 21 Grad
multiple rocket launchers.
3. Objects recovered during the inspection of the incident site and submitted for expert
examination (objects Nos. 22 and 49) bear the following markings: “MRV-U; 42-M; 46-83”,
where “MRV-U" is the demolition specialist’s mark, “42-M” is the factory number, “46” is the
lot number, and “83” is the year of manufacture (1983).
It does not appear possible to answer the question as to meaning of the other markings
preserved on the remnants of the shells for the reasons indicated in the examination section.
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4. Based on the characteristics of the recovered objects, the explosions were caused by
detonations of shells fired from BM 21 Grad multiple rocket launchers.
5. Based on copies of the inspection reports for sectors Nos. 1-4 submitted for expert
review, at least 124 shells were fired from BM 21 Grad multiple rocket launchers.
6. The power of one piece of ordnance (unguided M-21 OF rocket-propelled highexplosive
fragmentation shell) is 9.344 kg in TNT equivalent;
7. Object No. 17 is part of the standard body of a stabilizer unit for an unguided M-21 OF
rocket-propelled high-explosive fragmentation shell (item 9M22U), which is designed to
stabilize the flight of a shell.
Objects Nos. 1-5, 8-15, 18-21, 23-25, 27-38, 41-50, and 51 are parts of bodies of 122mm
unguided M-21 OF rocket-propelled high-explosive fragmentation shells (item 9M22U).
Objects Nos. 22 and 49 are parts of an MRV-U percussion fuse, semi-detonator safe, with
a remote trigger, which is used to detonate the warhead of an M-21 OF high-explosive
fragmentation shell (item 9M22U).
Objects Nos. 6, 7, 16, 26 and 48 are standard fragmentation elements of a 122mm
unguided M-21 OF rocket-propelled high-explosive fragmentation shell (item 9M22U), designed
to inflict losses on enemy personnel and unarmored equipment.
It does not appear possible to provide answers as to the purpose of each fragment
submitted for examination due to the significant deformation of the said objects.
8. Based on copies of the incident site inspection report, a copy of the report on the
inspection involving the specialist dated 25.01.2015, and the topographical map, the shelling was
probably conducted from an area to the northeast of the villages of Sakhanka and Leninske,
Novoazovskyi District, Donetsk Region, from a distance of 16,400 to 17,800m;
9. Based on the inspection of the incident site and the objects recovered during the
inspection of the incident site, the angles of incidence of the munitions was 40° to 46°, which is
consistent with a firing distance of 16,400 to 17,800m, according to the firing table for M-21 OF
high-explosive fragmentation shells (item 9M22U).
Attached: table of illustrations, 11 pages
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[stamp: Donetsk Regional Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine, No. 56/21-925nt,
04.03.2015]
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Illustration No. 5. Examination items No. 6 Illustration No. 6. Examination item No. 7
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Illustration No. 8. Markings on examination item No. 8
Illustration No. 9. Markings on examination item No. 8
Illustration No. 10. Examination item No. 10
Illustration No. 12. Examination items Nos. 11, 12
Illustration No. 11. Markings on examination item No. 10
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Illustration No. 8. Markings on examination item No. 8
Illustration No. 9. Markings on examination item No. 8
Illustration No. 10. Examination item No. 10
Illustration No. 12. Examination items Nos. 11, 12
Illustration No. 11. Markings on examination item No. 10
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Illustration No. 13. Markings on examination item No. 11
Illustration No. 14. Examination item No. 13
Illustration No. 15. Examination item No. 14
Illustration No. 16. Markings on examination item No. 14
Illustration No. 17. Examination item No. 15
Illustration No. 18. Examination item No. 16
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Illustration No. 19. Examination item No. 17
Illustration No. 23. Markings on examination item No. 18
Illustration No. 24. Markings on examination item No. 18
Illustration No. 21. Examination items Nos. 18, 18.1
Illustration No. 22. Examination item No. 18.1
Illustration No. 20. Markings on examination item No. 17
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Illustration No. 26. Examination item No. 22
Illustration No. 27. Examination items Nos. 23-25
Illustration No. 28. Markings on examination item No. 24
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Illustration No. 33. Examination items Nos. 39-40
Illustration No. 32. Examination items Nos. 32-38
Illustration No. 31. Markings on examination Illustration No. 30. Examination items Nos. 29-31 item No. 29
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Illustration No. 37. Examination item No. 48
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Illustration No. 42. Examination item No. 17
Illustration No. 43. Stabilizer block for M-21 OF shell (sample)
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Illustration No. 45. Enlarged image of the scoring on the interior
surface of the warhead of an M-21 OF shell, which forms the
fragmentation elements
Illustration No. 47, Objects Nos. 6, 7, 16, 26, 48
Illustration No. 46. Schematic drawing of M-21 OF shell
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Illustration No. 48. General appearance and layout of MRV-U fuse
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Annex 118
Expert Opinion No. 532/2014, drafted by the Forensic Research Center, Ministry of
Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of
Ukraine in Kharkiv Region (3 April 2015)
This document has been translated from its original language into English, an official
language of the Court, pursuant to Rules of the Court, Article 51.
Pursuant to Rules of the Court Article 51(3), Ukraine has translated only
an extract of the original document constituting this Annex. In further
compliance with this Rule, Ukraine has provided two certified copies of the
full original-language document
[seal:] Forensic Research Center No. 12 Kharkiv Region
Main Directorate Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
Forensic expert [signature] D.A. Karakurkchi
MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF UKRAINE
MAIN DIRECTORATE OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF UKRAINE
IN KHARKIV REGION
FORENSIC RESEARCH CENTER
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EXPERT CONCLUSION
04.03.2015 Kharkiv No. 532/2014
The forensic fire and explosives analysis department of the Forensic Research Center (FEAD FRC)
at the Kharkiv Region Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine received, on
11.11.2014, a resolution dated 11.10.2014 and issued by the senior forensic investigator, Senior Lieutenant
of Justice I.M. Babak of the investigations department at the Kharkiv Regional directorate of the Security
Service of Ukraine, as part of criminal proceedings No. 22014220000000305, accompanied by letter No.
70/6-3867nt of 11.10.2014 from the Kharkiv Regional Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine,
requesting a comprehensive forensic explosives analysis and analysis of explosive substances and products
of explosion and gunfire according to expert specialism 5.1 (investigation of explosive substances and
products of explosion and gunfire) and expert specialism 5.2 (investigation of explosive devices and the
traces and circumstances of an explosion).
The task of forensic analysis has been assigned to the head of the fire forensics sector at FEAD FRC,
Police Lieutenant-Colonel Dmytro Arkadiyovych Karakurkchi, who has a higher education degree in
military engineering and is a qualified forensic expert certified to conduct forensic analysis according to
expert specialism No. 5.1 (investigation of explosive devices and products of explosion and gunfire,
certificate No. 11537 issued by the Expert Qualifications Commission of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of
Ukraine on 11.29.2012) and a qualified forensic expert certified to conduct forensic explosives analysis
according to expert specialism No. 5.2 (investigation of explosive devices and the traces and circumstances
of an explosion, certificate No. 13089 issued by the Expert Qualifications Commission of the Ministry of
Internal Affairs of Ukraine on 10.03.2014), employed as an expert since 2011.
I understand that a deliberately false conclusion or unjustified refusal to perform assigned duties is
an offence under Articles 384 and 385 of the Penal Code of Ukraine.
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Directorate Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
[signature] D.A. Karakurkchi
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Main Directorate Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
Forensic expert [signature] D.A. Karakurkchi
Background on the case (known from the investigator’s resolution to request a forensic analysis):
“On 11.09.2014, around 9:38 p.m., the duty post received an alarm signal as a result of an explosion at the
Stena café located at 13 vul. Rymarska, Kharkiv.”
The following was submitted for forensic analysis:
- Copy of the incident scene inspection report of 11.09.2014 compiled by Police Lieutenant M.V.
Manzhulin, an investigator of the Dzerzhinsky district investigations department, Kharkiv city
directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Main Directorate in Kharkiv Region, 2 pages;
- Table illustrating the incident scene inspection report of 11.09.2014, 7 pages;
- Copy of the incident scene inspection report of 11.10.2014 compiled by Police Lieutenant (name
illegible), an investigator of the Dzerzhinsky district investigations department, Kharkiv city directorate
of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Main Directorate in Kharkiv Region, 3 pages;
- Copy of the incident scene inspection report of 11.10.2014 compiled by Police Lieutenant I.I.
Shapovalov, an investigator of the Dzerzhinsky district investigations department, Kharkiv city
directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Main Directorate in Kharkiv Region, 2 pages;
- Copy of the incident scene inspection report of 11.10.2014 compiled by Police Senior Lieutenant S.Ye.
Toporkov, an investigator of the Dzerzhinsky district investigations department, Kharkiv city directorate
of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Main Directorate in Kharkiv Region, 2 pages;
- Copy of the incident scene inspection report of 11.10.2014 compiled by Police Captain M.M.
Lukyanenko, an investigator of the Dzerzhinsky district investigations department, Kharkiv city
directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Main Directorate in Kharkiv Region, 2 pages;
- Copy of the incident scene inspection report of 11.10.2014 compiled by Police Lieutenant M.V.
Manzhulin, an investigator of the Dzerzhinsky district investigations department, Kharkiv city
directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Main Directorate in Kharkiv Region, 3 pages;
- Objects retrieved during the incident scene inspection, in 25 packages.
The following questions were put to forensic analysis:
1. Do the objects found at the scene of the incident and submitted for investigation bear traces of
explosive substances? If yes, which ones?
2. Was the explosion at the Stena café (13 vul. Rymarska, Kharkiv) around 9:38 p.m. on 11.09.2014
caused by an explosive device? If yes, what type of device is it? What make is this device: an IED or
industrial?
3. What method of detonation was used in this instance?
4. If the explosion was caused by ammunition, what type is it (grenades, mines, shells etc.)?
5. Do the materials submitted for analysis contain any data pointing to the identifying characteristics of
the person who made the explosive device (professional skills, knowledge of the manufacturing process and
operation of explosive devices, etc)?
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List of forensic analysis methods entered in the Register of Forensic Analysis Methods at the
Ministry of Justice of Ukraine and used in this analysis:
1. Comprehensive investigation of explosive devices, explosive substances and traces of explosion
(registration code 0.1.12)
2. General methodology of assigning and performing comprehensive forensic analyses conducted by
a board of experts (registration code 0.1.16)
3. Explosive substance investigation (registration code 5.1.15)
4. Investigation of explosive substances and explosion products using chemical methods and thinlayer
chromatography (registration code 5.1.23)
Environmental conditions were recorded in the department’s environmental conditions journal QF.6-
5.3-01.00.1 according to procedure QP.6-5.3-01 (conforming to the norms of GOST 12.1.005-88).
In the resolution requesting a comprehensive forensic explosives analysis and analysis of explosive
substances and products of explosion and gunfire, the senior forensic investigator, Senior Lieutenant of
Justice I.M. Babak of the investigations department at the Kharkiv Regional directorate of the Security
Service of Ukraine gave permission to use destructive methods of investigation and to fully or partially
destroy investigated objects.
INVESTIGATION [1-12]
The study and analysis of documents and illustrative material submitted for investigation [1, 2,
5-7, 10, 11]
The following documents were submitted for investigation:
- Copy of the incident scene inspection report of 11.09.2014 compiled by Police Lieutenant M.V.
Manzhulin, an investigator of the Dzerzhinsky district investigations department, Kharkiv city
directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Main Directorate in Kharkiv Region, 2 pages;
- Table illustrating the incident scene inspection report of 11.09.2014, 7 pages;
- Copy of the incident scene inspection report of 11.10.2014 compiled by Police Lieutenant (name
illegible), an investigator of the Dzerzhinsky district investigations department, Kharkiv city directorate
of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Main Directorate in Kharkiv Region, 3 pages;
- Copy of the incident scene inspection report of 11.10.2014 compiled by Police Lieutenant I.I.
Shapovalov, an investigator of the Dzerzhinsky district investigations department, Kharkiv city
directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Main Directorate in Kharkiv Region, 2 pages;
- Copy of the incident scene inspection report of 11.10.2014 compiled by Police Senior Lieutenant S.Ye.
Toporkov, an investigator of the Dzerzhinsky district investigations department, Kharkiv city directorate
of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Main Directorate in Kharkiv Region, 2 pages;
- Copy of the incident scene inspection report of 11.10.2014 compiled by Police Captain M.M.
Lukyanenko, an investigator of the Dzerzhinsky district investigations department, Kharkiv city
directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Main Directorate in Kharkiv Region, 2 pages;
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- Copy of the incident scene inspection report of 11.10.2014 compiled by Police Lieutenant M.V.
Manzhulin, an investigator of the Dzerzhinsky district investigations department, Kharkiv city
directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Main Directorate in Kharkiv Region, 3 pages;
The following was established from the copy of an incident scene inspection report dated 11.09.2014
by Police Lieutenant M.V. Manzhulin, an investigator of the Dzerzhinsky district investigations department,
Kharkiv city directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Main Directorate in Kharkiv Region: “The object
of inspection is the building of the Stena pub located at 13 vul. Rymarska, Kharkiv. The area opposite the
above pub is covered with shards of glass and plastic and metal fragments. Across the road, opposite the
above pub is a building with the sign “Proconsul.” This paved area is cordoned off with tape. The asphalted
road and pavements from the perimeter of building No. 13 along Rymarska Street to the building opposite
are covered with broken glass. To the right of the entrance to the building with the sign “Proconsul,” on the
roadside facing down, is a grey VAZ car showing broken glass; no mechanical damage to the car is found.
On the asphalt next to the right side of the car are brown fragments (word illegible) VAZ 21-10 reg. No.
AX7669CM. In front of and under the car there are 2 metal structures in the shape of a pipe, a large amount
of glass and parts of a wooden floor. The right window is smashed and caved in. Next to the right back door
handle there is a dent 10 cm in length and extensive damage to bodywork. Further along the road between
the car and the pavement there are multiple shards of broken glass, parts of plastic structures and parts of
metal structures. Next to building 13 in Rymarska Street is a Volkswagen Sharan car reg. region 01 900-09
KO. There is some damage to the bodywork on the right side of the car in the form of chipping, and the right
side view mirror is snapped off. The mirror case has (illegible word) two, about 7 cm long and 3 cm wide.
There is some broken glass on the car roof. Behind the car there is a metal fence separating the pavement
and road. There are shards of glass on the metal fence, as well as rubber seals from PVC windows. On the
pavement there are multiple shards of glass, bits of foam rubber, a soft toy and plastic parts of a PVC
window. Opposite the corner of the building with the number 13 in Rymarska Street, behind the metal fence
near the border on the right side of the asphalted road, there is a black metal plate which says Stena Bar.
There are four windows at ground level. Window No. 1, measuring 120 x 120 cm, has no glazing and has a
part of a PVC window at the bottom. Window No. 2, measuring 1.30 x 120 cm, has no glazing. No. 3, 90 x
100 cm, no glazing. No. 4, 90 x 110 cm, no glazing. There is a grey VAZ 2110 car on the pavement. There
are multiple shards of glass. On the pavement in front of the house there are large shards of glass covered
with mirror film. Between windows 2 and 3 there are shards of glass from the café’s advert. The window
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immediately next to the archway has a hole measuring 90 x 100 cm. There is a large piece of broken glass
on the melted surface. A huge piece of glass measuring 100 x 70 cm. On the road next to the pavement there
is a metal structure [illegible] in the form of a pipe and parts of a metal window. Next to the archway gate
(word illegible) and by the entrance to the Proconsul office building, there are multiple shards of glass and
window parts lying on the asphalt. To the left of the corner of building 13 in Rymarska Street is a courtyard
entrance. On the pavement next to the entrance are brown stains that look like blood. On the left column
next to the entrance, at about 150 cm above ground there are light brown stains that look like blood. On
column No. 2, there are stains that look like blood. This concludes the inspection of the incident scene.”
The following was established from the copy of an incident scene inspection report dated 11.10.2014
by Police Lieutenant A.V. Buymytsky, an investigator of the Dzerzhinsky district investigations department,
Kharkiv city directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Main Directorate in Kharkiv Region: “The scene
of the incident is the Stena pub building located at 13 vul. Rymarska, Kharkiv. The scene of the incident is in
the basement of a three-story building at the above address. The entrance to the building is on the left. The
entrance is from the side of the building. Above the entrance there is a detachable plate with the sign
“Stena.” The door is painted grey. On inspection, the door is found to be deformed in a wave-like pattern.
The door’s external surface has a protrusion as a result of deformation. In the middle and bottom of the
outer door surface, on the right edge of the door bar there is damage in the form of metal impression.
Further inspection of the door has established that the top and bottom grey metal hinges are snapped off. At
the fixing point (words illegible) …The following damage was registered inside the building upon entering
(words illegible) …on the ceiling, at about 2 m high there is damage to thermal insulation. To the right of
the building entrance (the rest of the sentence is illegible). There is a thick deposit of a grey substance that
looks like soot on the outer surface of the bar, on the metal structures built into the bar and on the lateral
surface of the room’s columns facing the bar. There are multiple track-style indentations on the surface of
the bar in the direction away from the hole to the left side of the bar. The tracks have a radial trajectory
from the hole to the bar. When removing fragments of the interior from the blast hole it was established that
the surface under the floor is sand, and there is a distinct smell of ammonia in the vicinity of the hole. The
interior behind the bar is destroyed. To the right of the bar is a 1.7 m tall refrigerator with the door missing.
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Inside the refrigerator there are many brown glass bottles with traces of soot and dust. On the left behind
the refrigerator there is a doorway to the adjacent room which is entered via stairs. The door to the room
was missing at the time of inspection, located 4 m away from the back entrance to the building. An
inspection of the ceiling above the bar established that the insulating material, glass wool, bore traces of a
grey substance.”
The following was established from the copy of an incident scene inspection report dated 11.10.2014
by Police Captain M.M. Lukyanenko, an investigator of the Dzerzhinsky district investigations department,
Kharkiv city directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Main Directorate in Kharkiv Region: “during the
additional inspection conducted in order to find components of a possible explosive device, the premises of
the café at 13 vul. Rymarska, Kharkiv were divided into four imaginary zones, after which the debris,
fragments and items of the interior were moved onto a platform located opposite the entrance and placed
separately onto a surface covered with film and cotton sheets. After this, the removed items were thoroughly
sorted, sifted and inspected, during which the following objects were found and retrieved: from the crater
and the adjacent area (1.5 m radius): 1) fragments of fabric showing traces of charring and soot, with torn
edges; 2) a 95 x 95 mm square metal object with traces of soot; 3) magnet fragments showing traces of soot;
4) metal fragments showing signs of deformation in the form of protrusions and ruptures; 5) pieces of a
green fabric with a zipped pocket (unzipping the pocket reveals a piece of paper inside with a drawing in
ballpoint and color pens and with letters and numbers written in ballpoint on the reverse). The following
was retrieved from the stairs in the middle of the café: 6) Multiple metal fragments with elements of
grooving which have soot on the surface.”
The following was established from the copy of an incident scene inspection report dated 11.10.2014
by Police Lieutenant M.V. Manzhulin, an investigator of the Dzerzhinsky district investigations department,
Kharkiv city directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Main Directorate in Kharkiv Region: “The object
of the additional inspection is the building of the Stena bar located at 13 vul. Rymarska, Kharkiv. Entrance
to the building is through the doorway in which the doors are open at the time of inspection. There is
deformation to the door. There are bits of cardboard on the floor by the entrance. On entry through the
doorway one can see Room No. 1. Entrance to the room is through (word illegible) down the stairs on which
there are items made of green fabric. To the right of the stairs there are tables and chairs lying around in
disarray. To the right of the entrance door there is a badly deformed wall. Hanging on the wall under the
ceiling is a television set, which is badly deformed and damaged. It is not possible to see the TV set’s make.
To the right of the TV set, next to window No. 1 there is a white air conditioner showing serious damage.
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Window No. 1, measuring approximately 120 x 120 cm has no glazing. At the bottom of the window, there is
a part from its white metal frame. Window No. 2, measuring 120x 130 cm, has no glazing. Opposite window
No. 2 there is a heater showing signs of deformation. Window No. 3, measuring approximately 90 x 100 cm
has no glazing. Opposite the window there is a black audio speaker and a maroon drum. Opposite the
window, there are bits of wood and broken glass. On the wall between windows, three and 4 there is a black
Yamaha audio speaker. Window No. 4 measuring 90 x 100 cm has no glazing. On the windowsill opposite
the window there is a black electric device showing signs of mechanical damage. The wall with the window
facing Rymarska Street is badly deformed. The wall to the left of the window is badly deformed. Opposite the
wall, there is a music stand which has sustained mechanical damage. About 5 meters away from the window
there is a doorway with no door. The room’s walls show signs of serious deformation. On the floor, there
are bits of concrete, wood and plastic. About 2 meters away from the doorway is another doorway with a
metal and plastic doorframe, but the internal door is missing. On the floor through the doorway, there are
bits of plastic, while the ceiling and walls behind the doorway are deformed. Through the corridor, one can
see the passage to the restroom, which is covered by a green plastic tile. To the left of the doorway is
another doorway with the door missing. There are bits of wood and plastic on the floor of this passage.
There are signs of deformation to the walls and ceiling. To the left of the doorway is a bar on which one can
see bits of wood and plastic, glasses and fragments, as well as a black electric device. The bar is badly
deformed. Behind the bar, there are bits of wood, plastic and wood frame, with broken glass on top.
Opposite the bar at the rear of the building, there is a doorway with the door missing. On the floor behind
the doorway, there are items and bits of wood and plastic. Straight on from this doorway is another
doorway behind which there are tiled stairs going up. In the room, across from the middle of the bar, there
is a crater about 30 cm deep and 50 cm in diameter. The crater is 20 cm long at its deepest and is covered
with rocks, and one can see bits of rebar. On the floor around the crater, about 20-30 cm away from the
edge, there are black footprints. The soil inside the crater is brown and, in parts, black. Next to the musical
instruments, there is a brown lady’s handbag with mechanical damage. Next to the handbag, there is a
Ukrainian citizen’s passport in the name of Olga Yuryevna Vitushnyak, DOB 08.20.1992. In the epicenter of
the blast, inside the bar, there is a Zip bag containing bandage with fluid residue. This concludes the
inspection of the incident scene.”
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Therefore, based on the circumstances and specifics of the incident scene described in the incident
scene inspection reports, it is possible to conclude that the premises of the Stena bar at 13 vul. Rymarska,
Kharkiv shows damage typical of the brisance, incendiary, thermal and fragmentation effects of explosive
action. The center of the blast is the floor surface next to the bar.
The absence of items in the said building capable of causing a physical explosion (canisters with
compressed gas or air, paint cans, steam boilers, etc) as well as the size of the crater, the nature of damage
and the appearance of soot make it possible to conclude that an explosive device has been detonated,
carrying an explosive charge with a negative oxygen balance and with the power of about 1-1.2 kg in the
trotyl (TNT) equivalent.
Inspection and opening of sealed bags, preliminary appearance of investigated objects [1-3, 5-11]
The objects were delivered for investigation sealed in 25 packages: packages No. 1-25.
Packages No. 1-7 and 10-17 are the standard polymeric bags of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of
Ukraine Expert Service duly sealed along the adhesive line (Figures 1-25 of the illustrative table appended
to the expert conclusion). On the front of each bag, there is writing and signatures in longhand using blue
ink:
- package 1 (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Expert Service bag No. 1784474):
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Directorate in Kharkiv Region city, district Dzerzhinsky
district Description: Inspection of the incident scene at 13 vul. Rymarska, Kharkiv, café Stena Found: cloth
fragment investigator: witnesses: 1 (signature) 2 (signature) specialist: (signature) Ye.A. (Surname
illegible) date sealed: 11.09.14. Crime reporting journal entry No. _________________ _ 20___ (Figure 1 of
the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion).
- package 2 (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Expert Service bag No. 1451806):
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Directorate in _________ city, district ___________
Description: Inspection of the incident scene at the Stena rock pub café at vul. Rymarska, Kharkiv found:
wallet showing effect of high-temperature action investigator: witnesses: 1 (signature) 2 (signature)
specialist: (signature) M.A. Mayer date sealed: 11.09.14. Crime reporting journal entry No.
_________________ ___ 20___ (Figure 2 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion).
- package 3 (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Expert Service bag No. 0508138):
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Directorate in _________ city, district Dzerzhinsky
Description: Inspection of the incident scene at the Stena rock pub café at vul. Rymarska, Kharkiv found:
fragments of bank notes showing effect of high-temperature action investigator: witnesses: 1 (signature) 2
(signature) specialist: (signature) M.A. Mayer date sealed: 11.09.14. Crime reporting journal entry No.
_________________ ___ 20___ (Figure 3 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion).
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- package 4 (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Expert Service bag No. 1784473):
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Directorate in Kharkiv Region city, district Dzerzhinsky
district department Description: Inspection of the incident scene at 13 vul. Rymarska, Kharkiv, café Stena
found: laptop investigator: witnesses: 1 (signature) 2 (signature) specialist: (signature) Ye.A. (signature
illegible) date sealed: 11.09.14. Crime reporting journal entry No. _________________ ___ 20___ (Figure
4 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion).
- package 5 (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Expert Service bag No. 1784476):
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Directorate in _________ city, district Dzerzhinsky
Description: Inspection of the incident scene at the Stena rock pub café at vul. Rymarska, Kharkiv found:
advertising flyers investigator: witnesses: 1 (signature) 2 (signature) specialist: (signature) M.A. Mayer
date sealed: 11.09.14. Crime reporting journal entry No. _________________ ___ 20___ (Figure 5 of the
illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion).
- package 6 (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Expert Service bag No. 1968523):
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Directorate in _________ city, district Dzerzhinsky
Description: Inspection of the incident scene at the Stena rock pub café at vul. Rymarska, Kharkiv found: -
3 laptops – 2 chargers investigator: witnesses: 1 (signature) 2 (signature) specialist: (signature) M.A.
Mayer date sealed: 11.09.14. Crime reporting journal entry No. _________________ ___ 20___ (Figure 6
of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion).
- package 7 (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Expert Service bag No. 1968085):
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Directorate in _________ city, district Dzerzhinsky
Description: Inspection of the incident scene at the Stena rock pub café at vul. Rymarska, Kharkiv found:
advertising flyers investigator: witnesses: 1 (signature) 2 (signature) specialist: (signature) M.A. Mayer
date sealed: 11.09.14. Crime reporting journal entry No. _________________ ___ 20___ (Figure 7 of the
illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion).
- package 10 (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Expert Service bag No. 0509977):
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Directorate in _________ city, district ___________
Description: Inspection of the incident scene after explosion at the Stena pub found: fluid residue from the
inner surface of the bar investigator: witnesses: 1 (signature) 2 (signature) specialist: (signature) date
sealed: 11.10.14. Crime reporting journal entry No. _________________ ___ 20___ (Figure 10 of the
illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion).
- package 11 (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Expert Service bag No. 0509968):
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Directorate in _________ city, district ___________
Description: Inspection of the incident scene after explosion at the Stena pub found: fragment of cloth with
pocket containing a sheet of paper investigator: witnesses: 1 (signature) 2 (signature) specialist:
(signature) date sealed: 11.10.14. Crime reporting journal entry No. _________________ ___ 20___
(Figure 11 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion).
- package 12 (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Expert Service bag No. 0509969):
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Directorate in _________ city, district ___________
Description: Inspection of the incident scene after explosion at the Stena pub found: magnet fragments
investigator: witnesses: 1 (signature) 2 (signature) specialist: (signature) date sealed: 11.10.14. Crime
reporting journal entry No. _________________ ___ 20___ (Figure 12 of the illustrative table appended to
the expert conclusion).
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- package 13 (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Expert Service bag No. 0509979):
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Directorate in _________ city, district ___________
Description: Inspection of the incident scene after explosion at the Stena pub found: metal fragments with
grooving investigator: witnesses: 1 (signature) 2 (signature) specialist: (signature) date sealed:
11.10.14. Crime reporting journal entry No. _________________ ___ 20___ (Figure 13 of the illustrative
table appended to the expert conclusion).
- package 14 (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Expert Service bag No. 1158952):
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Directorate in _________ city, district ___________
Description: Inspection of the incident scene after explosion at the Stena pub found: fabric fragments
investigator: witnesses: 1 (signature) 2 (signature) specialist: (signature) date sealed: 11.10.14. Crime
reporting journal entry No. _________________ ___ 20___ (Figure 14 of the illustrative table appended to
the expert conclusion).
- package 15 (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Expert Service bag No. 1158955):
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Directorate in _________ city, district ___________
Description: Inspection of the incident scene after explosion at the Stena pub found: square metal fragment
investigator: witnesses: 1 (signature) 2 (signature) specialist: (signature) date sealed: 11.10.14. Crime
reporting journal entry No. _________________ ___ 20___ (Figure 15 of the illustrative table appended to
the expert conclusion).
- package 16 (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Expert Service bag No. 1158953):
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Directorate in _________ city, district ___________
Description: Inspection of the incident scene after explosion at the Stena pub found: metal fragments
investigator: witnesses: 1 (signature) 2 (signature) specialist: (signature) date sealed: 11.10.14. Crime
reporting journal entry No. _________________ ___ 20___ (Figure 16 of the illustrative table appended to
the expert conclusion).
- package 17 (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Expert Service bag No. 0508137):
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Directorate in _________ city, district Dzerzhinsky
Description: Inspection of the incident scene at the Stena rock pub café at vul. Rymarska, Kharkiv found:
red and black flag investigator: witnesses: 1 (signature) 2 (signature) specialist: (signature) M.A.
Mayer date sealed: 11.09.14. Crime reporting journal entry No. _________________ ___ 20___ (Figure 17
of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion).
- Package No. 8 is a white quadrangular paper envelope measuring 155 x 113 (Figure 8 of the
illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion). On the front of the envelope there are inscriptions:
- in black print at the top left corner: “Sender address, post code,” followed by five dotted lines; at the
bottom right corner: “Recipient address,” followed by six dotted lines.
- In blue ink handwriting: “11.09.14 Inspection of the incident scene at the Stena rock pub café at 13
vul. Rymarska, Kharkiv: cylindrical metal fragment. Witnesses: 1. (signature) 2. (signature) Specialist:
(signature) M.A. Mayer. Investigator:”
On the back, there are inscriptions in black print and a bar code.
- Package No. 9 is a cylindrical container made of clear colorless glass 30 mm in diameter and 60
mm in height (Figure 9 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion). The top of the container
is sealed with a grey rubber cap.
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There is a white piece of paper – label – affixed to the side of the container with clear polymeric adhesive
tape (scotch tape). The label bears inscriptions handwritten in blue ink: “Incident scene inspection at 13 vul.
R. Rollana, Kharkiv. Witnesses: 1. (signature) 2. (signature) Participant: (signature) A.S. Matyan
Investigations department investigator (signature)”
- Package No. 18 is a partially transparent dark grey polymeric bag tied with a piece of white string at
the neck (Figure 18 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion). The ends of the string are
attached to a rectangular piece of white paper additionally covered with clear polymeric adhesive tape
(scotch tape), the label. The label bears handwritten inscriptions and signatures in blue ink: “Incident scene
inspection at 13 vul. Romena Rollana, Kharkiv. Witnesses: 1. (signature) 2. (signature) Participants: 1.
(signature) 2. (signature) Investigator (signature) Toporkov”
- Package No. 19 is a semi-transparent blue polymeric bag tied with a piece of white string at the
neck (Figure 19 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion). The ends of the string are
attached to a rectangular piece of white paper, the label. The label bears handwritten inscriptions in blue ink:
“personal effects given up voluntarily by A.L. Kiseleva.” The label also bears the blue round seal of the
Dzerzhinsky district investigations department, No. 08804175.
- Package No. 20 is a semi-transparent blue polymeric bag tied with a piece of white string at the neck
(Figure 20 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion). The ends of the string are attached to
a rectangular piece of white paper, the label. The label contains handwritten explanatory notes in blue ink:
“personal effects given up voluntarily by A.L. Kiseleva.” The label also bears the blue round seal of the
Dzerzhinsky district investigations department, No. 08804175.
- Package No. 21 is a semi-transparent blue polymeric bag tied with a piece of white string at the neck
(Figure 21 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion). The ends of the string are attached to
a rectangular piece of white paper, the label. The label contains handwritten explanatory notes in blue ink:
“personal effects given up voluntarily by V.V.Svyatash.” The label also bears the blue round seal of the
Dzerzhinsky district investigations department, No. 08804175.
- Package No. 22 is a semi-transparent blue polymeric bag tied with a piece of white string at the neck
(Figure 22 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion). The ends of the string are attached to
a rectangular piece of white paper, the label. The label contains handwritten explanatory notes in blue ink:
“personal effects given up voluntarily by R.V. Maslov.” The label also bears the blue round seal of the
Dzerzhinsky district investigations department, No. 08804175.
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- Package No. 23 is a semi-transparent blue polymeric bag tied with a piece of white string at the neck
(Figure 23 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion). The ends of the string are attached to
a rectangular piece of white paper, the label. The label contains handwritten explanatory notes in blue ink:
“personal effects given up voluntarily by V.V.Svyatash.” The label also bears the blue round seal of the
Dzerzhinsky district investigations department, No. 08804175.
- Package No. 24 is a semi-transparent blue polymeric bag tied with a piece of white string at the neck
(Figure 24 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion). The ends of the string are attached to
a rectangular piece of white paper, the label. The label contains handwritten explanatory notes in blue ink:
“personal effects given up voluntarily by R.V. Maslov.” The label also bears the blue round seal of the
Dzerzhinsky district investigations department, No. 08804175.
- Package No. 25 is a semi-transparent blue polymeric bag tied with a piece of white string at the neck
(Figure 25 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion). The ends of the string are attached to
a rectangular piece of white paper, the label. The label contains handwritten explanatory notes in blue ink:
“seized during inspection on 11.10.14 at 3-A vul. Balakireva, Kharkiv. Witnesses: 1. (signature) 2.
(signature) Investigator (signature).” The label also bears the blue round seal of the Dzerzhinsky district
investigations department, No. 08804175.
The packages have not been disturbed, providing safe storage for the investigated objects and
preventing unauthorized access.
The following was retrieved from the packages upon opening:
- package No. 1: fragment of clothes fabric with pocket opening - investigated object No. 1 (Figure 26 of
the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 2: a damaged wallet with remnants of wire - investigated object No. 2 (Figure 27 of the
illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 3: bank notes (hryvnia) in a damaged (charred) condition - investigated object No. 3
(Figure 33 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 4: a Lenovo laptop - investigated object No. 4 (Figures 34, 35 of the illustrative table
appended to the expert conclusion);
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- package No. 5: four rectangular emblems and four shield-shaped emblems – group of investigated
objects No. 5 (Figure 36 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 6: three laptops and two chargers – group of investigated objects No. 6 (Figures 37- 45 of
the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 7: a short blue synthetic jacket with zip fastening - investigated object No. 7 (Figure 46 of
the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 8: a cylindrical metal item of complex design - investigated object No. 8 (Figures 47 – 49
of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 9: one metal fragment - investigated object No. 9 (Figure 50 of the illustrative table
appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 10: a gauze pad with dark fluid residue - investigated object No. 10 (Figure 51 of the
illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion);
- from package No. 11: a piece of pale-green fabric with a pocket - investigated object No. 11 (Figure 52
of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 12: seven black metal fragments with the properties of a permanent magnet - investigated
object No. 12 (Figure 53 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 13: pale-grey metal fragments – group of investigated objects No. 13 (Figures 54 - 61 of
the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 14: fragments (torn pieces) of different types of stained and damaged fabric - investigated
object No. 14 (Figure 62 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 15: a quadrangular metal plate - investigated object No. 14 (Figure 63 of the illustrative
table appended to the expert conclusion;
- package No. 16: metal fragments (debris) with damage and fragments (torn pieces) of fabric – group of
investigated objects No. 16 (Figures 64 - 68 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 17: a red-and-black flag - investigated object No. 17 (Figure 69 of the illustrative table
appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 18: a scarf and a man’s tracksuit top – group of investigated objects No. 18 (Figure 70 of
the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 19: a pair of black ladies’ ankle boots – group of investigated objects No. 19 (Figure 71 of
the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion);
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- package No. 20: a black ladies’ knitted top - investigated object No. 20 (Figure 72 of the illustrative
table appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 21: a black and brown ladies’ handbag - investigated object No. 21 (Figure 73 of the
illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 22: a white plastic bag with a pair of men’s shoes, socks and belt - investigated object No.
22 (Figure 74 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 23: a pair of blue jeans - investigated object No. 23 (Figure 75 of the illustrative table
appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 24: a pair of blue jeans, a white short-sleeve T-shirt and a grey jumper – group of
investigated objects No. 24 (Figures 76, 77 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion);
- package No. 25: a gauze pad - investigated object No. 25 (Figure 78 of the illustrative table appended to
the expert conclusion);
The objects submitted for investigation correspond to their description in the resolution requesting
forensic analysis.
Separate investigation of submitted objects [1 – 12]
An inspection of investigated objects No. 1, 4 – 7, 17, 18, 20, and 23 established the following:
- there is no damage to the surface of these objects typical of explosive effects (brisant, incendiary and
thermal action);
- there are no metal, plastic, stone or other items among these investigated objects that may be related
or be part of an explosive device;
- on the surface of the investigated objects there are different types of deposits which may contain
blast products; samples were collected from all the objects for a chemical investigation (of explosive
substances and blast and gunfire products) by sprinkling, scrapings and swabbing (wiping with special gauze
pads dabbed in acetone);
An inspection of investigated objects No. 19, 21, 22, and 24 established the following:
- the outer surface contains mechanical damage (contact, impact, fragmentation) as well as
deposits of a white-grey and dark grey substance.
- there are no metal, plastic, stone or other items among these investigated objects that may be
related or be part of an explosive device;
- on the surface of the investigated objects there are different types of deposits which may
contain blast products; samples were collected from all the objects for a chemical investigation (of explosive
substances and blast and gunfire products) by sprinkling, scrapings and swabbing (wiping with special gauze
pads dabbed in acetone);
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Investigated object No. 2 is a leather wallet with popper fastening. The surface of the wallet has
sustained substantial damage of a thermal nature: partial burning of the material (leather), charring, melting,
plastic deformation under the impact of high temperature; the wallet doesn’t open along the folds as a result
of material sticking (fused) together. On the surface of the wallet there are burnt fragments of brown metal
wires stuck together (not responsive to a permanent magnetic field) with remnants of plastic insulation, a 3.5
TRS type of coaxial electric contact (connector) is fixed to the ends of the wires (for audio signal
transmission, probably for headphones or telephone accessories). Opening the wallet along the folds (using a
paper knife) established that the wallet contains business cards, bankcards and promotional postcards. No
other items or fragments were found that could be related to an explosive device.
Group of investigated objects No. 3 amounts to paper bank notes (Ukrainian hryvnia). Most of the
notes have burnt edges; each note surface has dark grey and black deposits of varying thickness.
Investigated object No. 8 is a light-grey cylindrical object of complex design made of metal (not
responsive to a permanent magnetic field). Dimensions: length: 50.5 mm, maximum diameter: 30.5 mm,
mass: 38 grams. The surface of the investigated object has damage typical of an explosive effect:
displacement, plastic deformation, cracking, fissure, thinning along the edges and roughness (typical of
viscous rupture). The investigated object can be taken apart to three components:
- a part shaped like a 20 mm cylindrical cap, a smaller, 22 mm external diameter (of the casing) and a
17 mm internal diameter – the cap. The bottom section has a circular protrusion 26 mm in diameter and 3.3
mm in height, the outer lateral surface shows parallel longitudinal grooves of industrial origin, the inner
surface shows grooving on the right side 17 mm in diameter. Inside the cap, on the bottom, there is a black
deposit similar in appearance to soot.
- A cylindrical part of complex configuration, 38 mm long with the maximum diameter of 26.5 mm –
bushing. The part has the following characteristic structural features:
Two criss-cross slots located at a right angle to each other, in the top section – to fit a
metal element and cutter;
External grooving in the top section 17 mm in diameter – to fit the cap;
External grooving in the bottom section 14 mm in diameter – to fit a grooved bushing;
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A rectangular 6 x 3 mm through opening – to fit a safety catch;
An opening along the line of symmetry 7.5 mm in diameter (to fit a firing pin and spring);
- A cylindrical part of complex configuration 24 mm in length with the maximum diameter of 30.5
mm – a grooved bushing with the fragment of a casing inside. This part has the following characteristic
structural features:
A protrusion in the upper section of the part in the shape of a congruent hexagon (key slot)
with the side length of 15 mm and the maximum size (distance between two opposite angles) 30.5 mm
External grooving 24.5 mm in diameter (to fit a bushing in mine casing);
A metal washer (seal)
A circular protrusion in the bottom section 23 mm in diameter and 2.2 mm in height;
A longitudinal through opening 13.5 mm in diameter (to fit a firing pin and spring);
The outer and inner surfaces of the parts show black deposits similar in appearance to soot, with the
deposits on the inner surface of the investigated object visibly thicker than those on the outer surface.
Investigated object No. 9 is an 11 x 9 mm irregularly shaped grey metal fragment (not responsive to
a permanent magnetic field) weighing less than 1 gram. The surface and edges of the investigated object
show damage characteristic of an explosive effect: displacement, plastic deformation, cracking, fissure,
thinning along the edges and roughness (typical of viscous rupture). The surface of the investigated object
shows signs of industrial treatment: remnants of parallel longitudinal grooves and a groove section with a
right-angled crossing.
Investigated object No. 10 is a white gauze pad with a grey and white deposit.
Investigated object No. 11 is a piece of a white and grey synthetic fabric with a fragment of a black
shoelace with a plastic catch. The investigated object shows damage in the form of torn fabric, a ragged edge
with fraying and poorly visible melting, which may point to the brisant and thermal effects of detonating an
explosive substance.
Group of investigated objects No. 12 amounts to seven black metal fragments having properties of
a permanent magnet. The fragments have an irregular shape, and the surface and edges of the fragments
show damage characteristic of an explosive effect: displacement, plastic deformation, cracking, fissure,
thinning along the edges and roughness (typical of viscous rupture).
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The surface of the investigated object retains sections of industrial origin, with a smooth surface showing
signs of industrial treatment, and visible black deposits that look like soot.
Group of investigated objects No. 13 amounts to metal fragments with the total mass of 7 grams
(Figures 55-61 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion). All the fragments show damage
such as displacement and plastic deformation, as well as an uneven surface showing features of deformation
like cracking, fissure, thinning along the edges and roughness (typical of viscous rupture), some fragments
have poorly visible sections with changing color. The surface of these investigated objects show grey and
black deposits that look like soot.
After an initial visual inspection, the objects were divided into the following groups according to
their established structural and morphological features:
group of investigated objects 13.1: nine irregularly shaped metal fragments (not responsive to a
permanent magnetic field) having distinct external (protruding) and internal (concave) sides displaying
features of industrial origin:
- on the outer side: parallel transverse grooves (traces of mechanical treatment) about 0.1 mm wide,
with some fragments showing 6-7 mm wide right-angled indentations with remnants of bevels.
- on the inner side: remnants of grooving and, apart from the abovementioned deformations, damage
of a thermal nature: microsections with traces of melting (visible under a microscope).
investigated object No. 13.2: a flattened cylindrical metal fragment (responsive to a permanent
magnetic field) 6 mm in diameter and 9 mm long, the lateral side of which shows characteristic features of
industrial origin: a fragment of external grooving. Inside the grooves there are visible beige and brown
deposits.
group of investigated objects No. 13.3: three metal fragments (not responsive to a permanent
magnetic field) having distinct external (protruding) and internal (concave) sides; the external side shows
characteristic features of industrial origin - parallel transverse grooves (traces of mechanical treatment)
about 0.1 mm wide. Apart from the abovementioned deformations, group No. 13.3 objects show visible
damage of a thermal nature: microsections with traces of melting (visible under a microscope).
investigated object No. 13.4 is a black metal fragment having properties of a permanent magnet.
The fragment has an irregular shape, and its surface and edges show damage characteristic of an explosive
effect: displacement, plastic deformation, cracking, fissure, thinning along the edges and roughness (typical
of viscous rupture). The surface of the investigated object retains sections of industrial origin, with a smooth
surface showing traces of industrial treatment and visible black deposits that look like soot.
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group of investigated objects No. 13.5 is two metal fragments (responsive to a permanent magnetic
field) in the form of fragments of a cylindrically coiled spring about 0.1 mm in diameter.
Group of investigated objects No. 14 amounts to pieces of various type fabric. All the objects in
this group show damage in the form of torn fabric, ragged edges with fraying and poorly visible melting,
which may point to the brisant and thermal effects of detonating an explosive substance. On the surface of
the investigated objects there are thick deposits of dark grey, white, brown and black substances with
varying degrees of dispersion.
Investigated object No. 15 is a metal plate fragment mm thick of a rectangular (nearly square)
shape, measuring 94 x 95 mm with a mass of 180 grams. In the center of the investigated object there is a
through hole 44 mm in diameter, and at the distance of 9 mm from the object’s outer faces there are three
through holes 6 mm in diameter. The object shows displacement and plastic deformation, as well as an
uneven surface showing damage of mechanical origin (impact, contact) as well as roughness (typical of
viscous rupture). The surface shows extensive grey and black soot-like deposits.
Group of investigated objects No. 16 amounts to metal fragments with the total mass of 208 grams
(Figures 64 – 68 of the illustrative table appended to the expert conclusion) bits of torn black fabric with the
mass of 4 grams.
All the metal fragments show displacement and plastic deformation, as well as an uneven surface
showing features of deformation like cracking, fissure, thinning along the edges and roughness (typical of
viscous rupture), some fragments have poorly visible sections of changing color and damage of mechanical
(impact, contact) origin. On the surface of the fragments there are grey and black soot-like deposits as well
as reddish-brown and ginger-colored deposits resembling products of ferrum-based alloy corrosion (rust).
After an initial visual inspection, the objects were divided into the following groups according to
their established structural and morphological features:
group of investigated objects No. 16.1: thirteen metal plate fragments (responsive to a permanent
magnetic field) with the maximum thickness of 2 mm having distinct external (protruding) and internal
(concave) sides displaying features of industrial origin, such as remnants of rivets and corresponding holes
arranged in a certain way, edges retaining a regularly shaped configuration of industrial origin and (on the
outer surface of some fragments) fragments of grey paintwork.
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On the inner side, apart from the abovementioned general deformation, there is damage of thermal
origin: microsections with traces of melting (visible under a microscope).
investigated object No. 16.2 is a 0.5 mm thick irregularly shaped metal plate fragment (not
responsive to a permanent magnetic field) measuring 16.5 x 8.5 mm, with a mass of less than 1 gram. The
object shows displacement and plastic deformation, as well as an uneven surface showing damage of
mechanical origin (impact, contact) and roughness (typical of viscous rupture). On the outer side there are
parallel transverse grooves (traces of mechanical treatment) about 0.1 mm wide. On the surface, there are
grey and black soot-like deposits.
investigated object No. 16.3 is a flattened cylindrical metal fragment (responsive to a permanent
magnetic field) 6 mm in diameter and 12 mm in length, the lateral surface of which has the characteristic
features of industrial origin: external grooving. Inside the grooves there are visible reddish-brown deposits
resembling products of ferrum-based alloy corrosion (rust).
investigated object No. 16.4 is an irregularly shaped metal fragment (not responsive to a permanent
magnetic field) measuring 7.5 x 5.5 mm with a mass of less than 1 gram. The object shows displacement and
plastic deformation, as well as an uneven surface showing damage of mechanical origin (impact, contact)
and roughness (typical of viscous rupture). On the surface, there are grey and black soot-like deposits.
investigated object No. 16.5 is a black metal fragment having properties of a permanent magnet.
The fragment has an irregular shape, with the surface and edges showing damage characteristic of an
explosive effect: displacement deformation, plastic deformation, cracking, fissure, thinning along the edges
and roughness (typical of viscous rupture). The surface of the investigated object retains sections of
industrial origin, with a smooth surface showing traces of industrial treatment and visible black soot-like
deposits.
investigated group of objects No. 16.6 amounts to fragments of torn black fabric showing damage
in the form of tearing, fraying, charring and melting, which is typical of the brisant and thermal explosive
effects. Group of investigated objects No. 16.6 has a mass of 4 grams.
Group of investigated objects No. 24 amounts to a pair of blue jeans, a white short sleeve T-shirt
and a grey jumper. The jeans show damage in the form of torn trouser leg fabric and a ragged edge with
fraying and poorly visible charring, which may be typical of the brisant and thermal effects of a detonated
explosive, as well as deposits of a brownish-red substance in the form of spots and stains.
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On the surface of this group of investigated objects there are poorly visible deposits of finely dispersed dark
grey and white substances.
Group of investigated objects 25 amounts to two white gauze pads with a grey and brown
substance residue.
A chemical investigation of explosive substances and products of explosion and gunfire was carried
out in order to identify possible traces of explosive substances and blast products on the surfaces and in the
composition of investigated objects.
Chemical investigation [3 -7, 10 – 12]
Morphological investigation (microscopy)
A microscopic investigation was conducted with the naked eye in natural daylight, as well as using a
4X magnifying glass and an MSP-1 stereomicroscope (reflected light, 80X magnification).
A morphological investigation was conducted on deposits on the surface of investigated objects in an
unaltered condition (as submitted for investigation): objects of chemical investigation No. 1 – 25c.
The morphological investigation established the following:
1) investigated objects No. 1c, 4c – 7c, 17c, 18c, 20c and 23c are particles, fragments and fibers with
varying degrees of dispersion, color and structure and having morphological properties that do not
resemble the equivalent properties of explosive substances and products of explosive transformation,
also no traces were found of a thermal effect or metallization characteristic of the destructive action
of detonated explosive devices;
2) investigated objects No. 2c, 3c, 11c, 19c, 21c, 22c and 24c are particles, fragments and fibers with
varying degrees of dispersion, color and structure and having morphological properties that do not
resemble the equivalent properties of explosive substances. The composition of these investigated
objects includes black particles of an amorphous structure (some with an oily luster) which resemble
soot – products of the explosive transformation of detonated substances with a large negative oxygen
balance. Traces have been found of melting and charring along the edges and in sections of the
underlay, which may be characteristic of a thermal effect. No traces were found of finely dispersed
metal particles (metallization);
3) investigated objects No. 8c, No. 13.1c – 13.3 c, No. 13.5c, No. 15c, No. 16.1c – 16.3c 16.5c and
16.6c: the bulk of deposits represent a dark grey and black amorphous substance, and the majority of
investigated objects show partially transparent amorphous particles and brown-reddish fragments of
an irregular and quasi- ellipsoid shape. The composition of investigated objects No. 8c, 16.1c, 16.2c
and 16.6c includes separate grey and silver particles of an irregular and quasi-spherical shape and
with a shiny surface, resembling metal particles;
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4) investigated object No. 9c: the bulk of deposits represent a grey and black amorphous substance,
most contain brownish-red fragments of a biological origin;
5) investigated objects No. 10c and No. 25c: the bulk of deposits represent white and grey particles of a
crystal and amorphous structure and varying degrees of transparency; gauze fibers contain poorly
visible deposits of a grey amorphously structured substance and occasional grey-silver spherical
particles resembling metal particles.
6) investigated objects No. 12c, 13.4c and 16.4c: the bulk of deposits represent a grey amorphous
substance, and the bulk of investigated objects contain reddish-brown and brownish (rust) particles
and fragments, separate grey metal particles, amorphous light-grey to brown particles of an irregular
and quasi-ellipsoid shape and occasional grey-silver spherical particles resembling particles of metal.
A comparison between the investigated objects and explosive substance samples from the explosive
substance collection held by FEAD FRC at the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of
Ukraine in Kharkiv Region, as well as with the appearance of their explosive transformation products
according to data in reference publications, established that their morphological characteristics (state of
dispersion, structure, color, shape and particle size) are not identical to the equivalent characteristics of
explosive substances.
The characteristics of the dark-grey and black amorphous substance do resemble the characteristics
of explosive transformation products of brisant explosive substances with a negative oxygen balance – soot.
The separate particles with characteristics of metal particles may be either components of an explosive
substance or fragments of metal products affected by the explosion.
Similarities and differences were established in appearance, structural features and color.
Sample preparation
I. Preparing acetone extracts of investigated objects.
- metal fragments (debris) and dry powder were transferred into separate flasks, adding 1 - 10 ml of
acetone to each (depending on the volume of investigated objects) and held for 6 hours with periodic
shaking.
- the plastic and fabric fragments were sprinkled and scraped, as well as thoroughly wiped with a
gauze pad dabbed in acetone; these components were combined and put in separate flasks, adding 5 ml of
acetone and held for six hours with periodic shaking.
The solutions obtained were filtered through separate paper filters to obtain respective acetone
extracts No. 1.1a – No. 25a, as well as insoluble residue.
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II. Preparing water extracts of investigated objects.
The insoluble residues obtained at the previous stage along with respective gauze pads were
transferred into separate flasks, adding 15 ml of distilled water to each and held for 6 hours with periodic
shaking. After steeping, the substances obtained were filtered through separate paper filters to obtain
respective water extracts No. 1.1w – No. 25w, as well as respective residues, insoluble either in acetone or
water.
III. Retrieving metal particles
The irregularly shaped grey particles with a shiny surface found in the composition of investigated
objects No. 8c, No. 10c, No. 12c, No. 13.4c, 16.1c, 16.2c, 16.4c and 25c, which resemble metal particles
were retrieved from the composition of respective residues using a preparation needle and transferred onto
separate glass plates.
All the investigated objects and their respective acetone extracts were inspected under ultraviolet
light using an OLD-41 emitter, in order to determine the possible presence of fuel and lubricant substances
and objects of biological origin. During the inspection, the acetone extracts of investigated objects were
monitored for the presence or absence of luminescence.
Capillary chemical reactions
Qualitative chemical reactions were conducted in order to determine the characteristic components of
gunfire products in the composition of investigated objects. Investigation followed the same algorithm
separately for each acetone and water extract.
I. Qualitative reactions with acetone extracts.
Each acetone extract was divided into five equal aliquots, three of which were subjected to
qualitative reactions, and the other two aliquots were used for thin-layer vertical chromatography
investigations.
1. Determining organic oxidizer compounds (soluble in acetone)
An aliquot of the acetone extract was steamed in a jet of cool air until a dry residue, to which 1 drop
was added of a 1 % solution of diphenylamine in concentrated sulphuric acid. The appearance of spots and
dark-blue jets points to the presence of oxidizers.
2. Determining nitroaromatic compounds
An aliquot of the acetone extract was steamed in a jet of cool air until a dry residue, to which 1 drop
of acetone was added along with 1 drop of a 1 per cent solution of natrium hydroxide in ethanol. The
appearance of red and brown or blue coloring points to the presence of trinitro- or dinitroaromatic
compounds, respectively.
3. Determining peroxide compounds
3.1. An aliquot of the acetone extract was transferred into a tube and steamed until the volume of 0.5
ml, to which 0.5 ml was added of a 10% sulphuric acid solution. Then 0.5 [ml] of diethyl ether was added to
the resulting mixture along with several drops of a 5% potassium dichromate solution in water, after which
the contents of the tube were gently shaken. After the mixture separated into the water and ether phases, it
was monitored for changes in color. The appearance of blue coloring in the ether layer points to the presence
of peroxide compounds.
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3.2. An aliquot of the acetone extract and steamed until the volume of 0.1 ml, to which 1 ml was
added of a 10% potassium iodine solution in water, oxidized by vinegar acid, carefully shaken. The
appearance of yellow coloring points to the presence of peroxide compounds.
The results of investigation using the qualitative reactions method are presented in Table 1.
Table 1
Results of investigating acetone extracts of investigated objects using the qualitative reactions
method
Extract No Reaction to
Oxidizers Nitroderivatives
of aromatic
compounds
Peroxide
compounds
Presence of
luminescence
1a, 4a, 5a, 6a,
7a, 11a, 17a,
18a, 20a, 23a,
25a
- - -/- -
8a, 9a, 10a, 12a,
13.1a, 14a,
16.1a, 16.2a,
16.3a, 16.4a,
16.5a, 16.6a,
19a, 22a, 24a
+ + -/- -
3a, 13.3a, 13.4a - + -/- -
13.2a + - -/- -
13.5a, 15a + - -/- -
21a + + -/- +
II. Qualitative reactions with water extracts
One drop of investigated water extracts was entered on strips of the universal indicator paper
LACHEMA (PND 50-975-84 pH 0-12), comparing the resulting changes in color to the standard scale.
Each of the investigated water extracts was divided into eight aliquots which were subjected to the
following reactions:
1. Determining non-organic oxidizer compounds (soluble in water)
An aliquot of the water extract was steamed in a jet of cool air until a dry residue, to which 2 drops
were added of a 1% solution of diphenylamine in concentrated sulphuric acid. The appearance of spots and
dark-blue jets points to the presence of oxidizers.
2. Determining nitrite ions and nitrate ions
An aliquot of the water extract was transferred onto a glass plate, steamed in a jet of warm air until
the volume of several drops, to which several granules were added of a solid Griess reagent. The appearance
of a pink color points to the presence of nitrite ions.
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Zinc dust was added to the obtained reaction medium. The development and appearance of a dark
red color points to the presence of nitrate ions.
3. Determining ammonium cations
An aliquot of the water extract was transferred to a tube, to which 3 drops of the Nessler reagent
were added. The appearance of a red and brown residue or a dark yellow color points to the presence of
ammonium cations.
4. Determining potassium cations
An aliquot of the water extract was transferred into a porcelain cup and steamed until a dry residue.
The residue was fried for five minutes to release possible ammonia salts which produce a similar reaction
with potassium. After cooling, the residue was dissolved in a drop of distilled water, to which 1 drop was
added of a saturated natrium hexanitrocobaltate solution oxidized by vinegar acid. The obtained substance
was investigated under the microscope: the appearance of a residue in the form of yellow cubes and
“friends” points to the presence of potassium cations.
5. Determining chlorate anions
An aliquot of the water extract was transferred onto a glass plate, steamed in a jet of warm air until
dry, to which 3 drops were added of a 0.1% aniline sulphate solution in sulphuric acid. The appearance of a
dark blue color points to the presence of chlorate anions.
6. Determining carbonate anions and sulphate anions
An aliquot of the water extract was transferred into a tube, adding 3 drops of a 5% barium chloride
solution in water. The appearance of a white residue points to the presence of carbonate anions and sulphate
anions.
Five drops of a 1 per cent hydrochloric acid solution was added to the obtained residue. Subsequent
complete dissolution of the residue points to the presence of carbonate anions, gradual partial dissolution of
the residue points to the joint presence of carbonate anions and sulphate anions.
7. Determining chloride anions
An aliquot of the water extract was transferred into a tube, adding 3 drops of a 5% silver nitrate
solution in water. The appearance of a white residue points to the presence of chloride anions.
8. Determining metallic aluminum
A drop of a 10% potassium hydroxide solution in water was added to the metal particles extracted
during sample preparation (see stage III). Gas bubbles were observed under the microscope forming around
each of the investigated particles, which allows for the confirmation that these particles as those of an
aluminum-based metal alloy.
The results of investigation using the qualitative reactions method are presented in Table 2
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Table 2
Results of investigating water extracts of investigated objects using the qualitative reactions
method
Extract
No
Reaction to
pH Oxidizers Nitrite
anion
Nitrate
anion
Ammonium
cation
Potassium
cation
Chlorate
anion
Carbonat
e anion
Sulphate
anion
Chlorid
e anion
Alu
minu
m
(resi
due)
1a-12a,
17a,
20a, 23a
<7 + - + - + - + + + -
13.1a-
13.5a,
14a,
15a,
16.1a-
16.6a
<7 + + + + + - + + + +
24a 7 + - + + + - + - - +
5a, 18a,
25a
7 - - - - - - + - - -
III. Investigation of residues insoluble in acetone and water
The respective residue was transferred onto a glass plate and investigated using an MSP-1
stereomicroscope.
Shapeless black and grey-brown particles of an amorphous and polymeric nature were observed under
the microscope. For all the investigated objects, the particles partially disintegrated under the action of weak and
concentrated hydrochloric and sulphuric acid solutions, which does not allow their unqualified identification as
fragments of soot.
Investigation using the thin-layer chromatography method
The method of vertical single-dimension straight-phase thin-layer chromatography (TLC) was used to
determine traces of explosive substances, stabilizers and components of smokeless powder and gunpowder in the
content of investigated objects.
For this, aliquots of the acetone extracts obtained in the process of sample preparation were steamed in a
jet of cool air until the volume of several microdrops and using a capillary dripper were entered onto the starting
line of chromatographic plates at the distance of 15 mm from the bottom edge of the plate.
I. Determining explosive substances, diphenylamine, and nitroglycerine
Chromatography was conducted under these conditions:
Stationary phase - Sorbfil chromatographic plates PTSX-P-A-UF (TU 26-11-17-89) measuring 10 x
10 cm with the working absorbent layer: silicagel STX-1A (layer thickness: 90...120 nm,
grain fraction: 5.....17 nm) with ciliciumdioxide-based binder with the addition of
luminophore at 254 nm.
Mobile phase - acetone-toluene-hexane (1:1:2)
(eluent)
Preparatory cleansing with acetone-toluene-hexane (1:1:2) eluent,
Stages drying for 30 minutes at 100 C, removing the top and
bottom edges of the plate each 5 mm thick and bottom
corners 1 mm wide.
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Eluent front elevation - 70 mm
Spot detection - UV light from an OLD-14 emitter, Muiroir reagent
- UV light from an OLD-14 emitter, 5% diphenylamine solution in
ethanol, 10% potassium hydroxide solution in ethanol
Reference samples Acetone extracts of diphenylamine and nitroglycerine
The results of the chromatography investigation are presented in Tables 3 - 5.
Table 3
TLC results in the acetone-toluene-hexane (1:1:2) solvent system, UV light from the OLD-41 emitter, 5%
diphenylamine solution in ethanol, 10% potassium hydroxide solution in ethanol
Stages of detection
Acetone
extract
investigated
object
Treatment in 5% diphenylamine
solution in ethanol
UV treatment Treatment in 10% potassium
hydroxide solution in ethanol
Zone coloring Rf Zone coloring Rf Zone coloring Rf
TEN Colorless 0.68 Green 0.68 Green 0.68
Tetryl Dark yellow 0.47 Yelloworange
0.47 Red 0.47
Hexogen
(RDX)
Light-grey 0.29 Green-grey 0.29 Blue-grey 0.29
Trotyl (TNT) Yelloworange
0.78 Orange-brown 0.78 Red-brown 0.78
Octagen Light grey 0.14 Green-grey 0.14 Blue-grey 0.14
2a, 8a, 9a,
10a, 12a,
13.1a, 13.2a,
14a, 16.1a,
16.2a, 16.3a,
16.4a, 16.5a,
16.6a, 19a,
22a
Light-grey 0.29 Green-grey 0.29 Blue-grey 0.29
Yelloworange
0.78 Orange-brown 0.78 Red-brown 0.78
1a, 4a, 5a, 6a,
11a, 17a, 18a,
20a, 23a, 25a
- - - - - -
3a, 7a, 24a Yelloworange
0.78 Orange-brown 0.78 Red-brown 0.78
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Table 4
TLC results in the acetone-toluene-hexane (1:1:2) solvent system, UV light from the OLD-41 emitter, Muiroir reagent
The investigation established that the chromatograms of acetone extracts shows zones with the coloring and
chromatographic mobility value Rf characteristic of :
- extracts 2a, 8a, 9a, 10a, 12a, 13.1a, 13.2a, 14a, 16.1a, 16.2a, 16.3a, 16.4a, 16.5a, 19a, 22a and 25a - trotyl/TNT and
hexogen/RDX;
- extracts 3a, 7a, 24a - trotyl/TNT.
II. Determining sulphur
Chromatography was conducted under the following conditions:
Stationary phase - Sorbfil chromatographic plate PTSX-P-A-UF (TU 26-11-17- 89) measuring 10 x 10
cm with the working absorbent layer: silicagel STX-1A (layer thickness: 90...120 nm, grain
fraction: 5.....17 nm) with a ciliciumdioxide-based binder and the addition of luminophore at 254
nm.
Mobile phase - heptane
Preparatory - cleansing with heptanes eluent, drying for 30 minutes at 100 C, removing the top and
Stages bottom edges of the plate 5 mm thick each and bottom corners 1 mm wide.
Eluent front elevation - 70 mm
Spot detection pulverization by 5% water solution of silver nitrate, activation by UV light from an OLD-41
emitter
Reference samples Acetone extract of Sulphur
Table 5
TLC results in the heptane solvent system
Investigated object
(acetone extract No)
Stages of detection
Treatment in 5% water solution of
silver nitrate
UV light
Zone coloring Rf Zone coloring Rf
Reference sample:
acetone extract of
sulphur
Yellow-brown 0.95 Brown 0.95
1a - 25a - - - -
Investigated object
(acetone extract No)
Stages of detection
UV light Treatment with Muiroir reagent
Zone coloring Rf Zone coloring Rf
Reference sample:
diphenylamine
Grey 0.78 Blue 0.78
1a - 25a - - - -
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The investigation has established that there is no Sulphur present in the composition
investigated objects.
Therefore, after summarizing separate investigations conducted, the following has
been established:
- according to the results of morphological investigation: the appearance and morphological
characteristics of the amorphous dark grey and black substance found in the composition of investigated
objects No. 2c, 3c, 8c – 16c, 19c, 21c, 22c, and 24c are not identical to the equivalent characteristics of
explosive Substances, but do resemble products of the blast transformation of brisant explosives with a
negative oxygen balance;
- the results of the qualitative capillary analysis show that the composition of investigated objects
includes trinitro-derivatives of aromatic compounds: oxidizers, nitrite, nitrate and carbonate anions,
ammonium and potassium cations, metallic aluminum, trace amounts of petroleum products (within the
margin of error), soot (probably) and other characteristic ions, according to Tables 1 and 2.
- investigation using the thin-layer chromatography method established that
- the composition of investigated objects No. 2a, 8a, 9a, 10a, 12a, 13.1a, 13.2a, 14a,
16.1a, 16.2a, 16.3a, 16.4a, 16.5a, 19a, and 22a includes traces of explosive substances
trotyl (TNT) and hexogen (RDX).
- the composition of extracts No. 3a, 7a, and 24a includes traces of explosive
substance trotyl (TNT).
An evaluation of the summarized results of chemical investigation makes it possible to draw the
following conclusions:
- investigated objects No. 2, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13.1, 13.2, 14, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 16.5, 19, and 22 contain
traces of the blast products of explosive substances based on trotyl (TNT) and hexogen (RDX);
- investigated objects No. 3, 7, and 24 contain traces of the blast products of explosive substances based
on trotyl (TNT).
Despite the fact that a large number of explosive substances contain metallic aluminum (for example,
finely dispersed aluminum makes up 17% to 27% of the MS explosive substance), the metal particles of an
aluminum-based alloy found in the composition of investigated objects No. 8, No. 10, No. 12, No. 13.4,
16.1, 16.2, No. 16.4, and 16.6 cannot be unequivocally identified with blast products, due to extensive
presence of aluminum in the environment; aluminum may also be contained in components of an explosive
device (casing, detonator cup, etc) or in the interior of the blast scene (furniture, utensils, electrical parts,
etc).
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Comparative investigation [1 - 12]
A comparative investigation was conducted to establish whether investigated objects No. 8, No. 9,
No. 12, No. 13.1 and No. 16.1 – 16.5 could be grouped, by juxtaposing the characteristics of investigated
objects with those of examples of industrially made and improvised explosive devices from the FEAD FRC
collection and with the characteristics and descriptions of explosive devices, their components and items of
dual use available in reference sources.
A study of the documents, appearance, separate investigations and chemical investigation (of
explosive substances and products of explosion and gunfire) established that these investigated objects have
the following characteristics:
1. Investigated object No. 8:
- shape: cylindrical;
- material: aluminum-based metal alloy;
- characteristic constructive elements: cap, bushing, grooved bushing, remnants of a cutter and a metallic
element;
- evidence of industrial make;
- damage (traces) typical of the brisant and thermal effects of detonated explosive substances;
- damage (traces) typical of mechanical effects (impact, contact);
- present traces of an explosive substance: trotyl (TNT) and hexogen (RDX).
Considering the results obtained, a comparison was made between the characteristics of investigated
object No. 8 and those of a reference example from the FEAD FRC collection - a delayed-action VZD-1M
fuze (diagrams 1 and 2) - and its descriptions in reference sources.
As a result of comparison, investigated object No. 8 was established to share identical characteristics
with those of the top part of delayed action fuze VZD-1M (without part of the casing, the firing pin and
spring), which sustained the brisant, incendiary and thermal effects of the explosion, as well as with its
description in reference sources.
Similarity was established due to the appearance, material, geometric shape, structural features, size,
nature of damage and present traces of an explosive substance based on trotyl (TNT) and hexogen (RDX).
Diagram 1. VZD-1M fuze (external appearance and cross-section)
Figure 79. VZD-1M fuze.
a – appearance; b – cross-section; 1- cap;
2 – cutter; 3 – metal element; 4 – catch; 5
– bushing; 6 – grooved bushing; 7 –
casing; 8 – firing pin; 9 – combat spring;
10 – membrane; 11 – fuse MD-5M.
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Diagram 2 – VZD – 1M fuze (cross section)
2. Group of investigated objects No. 13.1:
- shape – irregular, with external (protruding) and internal (concave) sides;
- material – aluminum-based metal alloy;
- characteristic structural elements:
o on the outer side: parallel transverse grooves (signs of industrial treatment) about 0.1 mm
wide, some fragments have 6-7 mm wide rectangular indentations with remnants of bevels;
o on the inner side: remnants of grooving;
- signs of industrial make;
- damage (traces) typical of the brisant and thermal effects of detonated explosive substances;
- present traces of an explosive substance: trotyl (TNT) and hexogen (RDX).
Considering the results obtained, a comparison was made between the characteristics of the group of
investigated objects No. 13.1 and those of a reference example from the FEAD FRC collection – the
external end of the fuze attachment cup from the casing of the SPM medium limpet mine (diagram 3) and its
descriptions in reference sources.
As a result of comparison, group of investigated objects No. 13.1 was established to share identical
characteristics with those of the fuze attachment cup from the casing of the SPM medium limpet mine,
which sustained the brisant, incendiary, and thermal effects of the explosion, as well as with its description
in reference sources.
Similarity was established due to the appearance, geometric shape, structural features, material, size,
nature of damage and present traces of an explosive substance based on trotyl (TNT) and hexogen (RDX).
Safety catch
Fuse MD-5M
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Figure 78. SPM medium limpet mine:
a) general appearance (without steel plate); b) cross-section; 1 – VZD-1M fuze; 2 – casing; 3 – VV charge; 4 – additional
detonator; 5 – cup; 6 and 9 – magnets; 7 – string loop; 8 – steel plate.
Diagram 3 – Medium limpet mine (cross-section)
3. Investigated objects No. 13.2 and 16.3:
- shape: cylindrical;
- material: ferrum-based metal alloy (responsive to permanent magnetic field);
- characteristic structural elements: fragment of external grooving;
- evidence of industrial make;
- damage (traces) typical of the brisant effect of detonated explosive substances;
- present traces of an explosive substance: trotyl (TNT) and hexogen (RDX).
Considering the results obtained, a comparison was made between the characteristics of investigated
objects No. 13.2 and 16.3 and those of a reference example from the FEAD FRC collection - a fixing bolt
from the cap of SPM limpet mine casing - and its descriptions in reference sources.
As a result of comparison, investigated objects No. 13.2 and 16.3 are established to share identical
characteristics with those of a fixing bolt from the cap of SPM limpet mine casing, which sustained the
brisant, incendiary, and thermal effects of the explosion, as well as with its description in reference sources.
Similarity was established due to the appearance, geometric shape, structural features, material, size,
nature of damage and present traces of an explosive substance based on trotyl (TNT) and hexogen (RDX).
4. Group of investigated objects No. 16.1:
- shape – cylindrical;
- material – ferrum-based metal alloy (responsive to permanent magnetic field);
- characteristic structural elements: external (protruding) and internal (concave) sides, remnants of
rivets and corresponding holes
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arranged in a certain way, edges retaining a regularly shaped configuration of industrial origin and bits
of grey paintwork on the outer surface of some fragments;
- signs of industrial make;
- damage (traces) typical of the brisant and thermal effects of detonated explosive substances;
- present traces of an explosive substance: trotyl (TNT) and hexogen (RDX).
Considering the results obtained, a comparison was made between the characteristics of the
group of investigated objects No. 16.1 and those of a reference example from the FEAD FRC collection – a
steel plate for the SPM medium limpet mine and its descriptions in reference sources.
As a result of comparison, group of investigated objects No. 16.1 was established to share
identical characteristics with those of a steel plate for the SPM medium limpet mine, which sustained the
brisant, incendiary and thermal effects of the explosion.
Similarity was established due to the appearance, geometric shape, structural features,
material, size, nature of damage and present traces of an explosive substance based on trotyl (TNT) and
hexogen (RDX).
5. Group of investigated objects No. 13.3, investigated object No. 16.2:
- shape – irregular, with external (protruding) and internal (concave) sides;
- material – aluminum-based metal alloy;
- characteristic structural elements: parallel transverse grooves (signs of mechanical treatment) about
0.1 mm wide
- damage of thermal origin;
- present traces of an explosive substance: trotyl (TNT) and hexogen (RDX).
Considering the results obtained, a comparison was made between the characteristics of the
group of investigated objects No. 13.3, investigated object No. 16.2 and those of a reference example from
the FEAD FRC collection – the additional detonator cup of an SPM mine and its descriptions in reference
sources.
As a result of comparison, group of investigated objects No. 13.3 and investigated object No.
16.2 are established, probably, to be fragments of an additional detonator cup from the casing of an SPM
mine, which were a result of destruction under the brisant, incendiary and thermal effects of the explosion.
6. Group of investigated objects No. 12, investigated objects No. 13.4, 16.5:
- shape – irregular, with external (protruding) and internal (concave) sides;
- material –metal alloy with the properties of a permanent magnet;
- signs of industrial make;
- damage (traces) typical of the brisant and thermal effects of detonated explosive substances;
- damage (traces) typical of mechanical effects (impact, contact);
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- present traces of an explosive substance: trotyl (TNT) and hexogen (RDX).
Considering the results obtained, a comparison was made between the characteristics of the group of
investigated objects No. 12, investigated objects No. 13.4 and 16.5 and those of a reference example from
the FEAD FRC collection – magnets from an SPM mine - and its descriptions in reference sources.
As a result of comparison, group of investigated objects No. 12 and investigated objects No. 13.4 and
16.5 are established, probably, to be magnet fragments from an SPM mine formed as a result of destruction
under the brisant, incendiary and thermal effects of the explosion.
7. Group of investigated objects No. 13.5:
- shape – in the form of fragments of a cylindrically coiled spring around 0.1 mm in diameter;
- material – metal;
- signs of industrial make;
- damage (traces) typical of the brisant and thermal effects of detonated explosive substances;
- damage (traces) typical of mechanical effects (impact, contact);
- present traces of an explosive substance: trotyl (TNT) and hexogen (RDX).
Considering the results obtained, a comparison was made between the characteristics of the group of
investigated objects No. 13.5 and those of a reference example from the FEAD FRC collection – the spring
of a delayed action fuze VZD-1M - and its descriptions in reference sources.
As a result of comparison, group of investigated objects No. 13.5 are established, probably, to be
fragments of a spring from the VZD-1M delayed action fuze formed as a result of destruction under the
brisant, incendiary and thermal effects of the explosion.
According to reference sources: “an explosive device is a single-use improvised or industrially
manufactured device prepared specifically for an explosion intended to injure people or destroy surrounding
objects using the fast chemical transformation energy of condensed substances. Explosive devices can be
industrially manufactured as well as improvised.
“Explosive devices are known to contain main and auxiliary elements. The main elements are an
explosive charge and the means of initiating the explosion. The auxiliary elements are the casing, executive
and safety mechanism, ready destructive elements, masking elements, camouflage and fixings.
“Explosive devices and their elements can be made industrially or they can be improvised. An
industrially made explosive device is a factory-made explosive device which conforms to normative
technical documentation.
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An improvised explosive device is an explosive device at least one element of which has been improvised,
or which has been assembled or equipped outside the industrial process or in an unregulated manner.” [4.5].
Therefore, having summarized the separate investigations conducted, the following has been
established:
1. According to the results of documentary research, an explosive device was detonated on the floor
next to the bar on the premises of the Stena bar. The device was equipped with an explosive charge with the
power of about 1 - 1.2 kg in TNT equivalent.
2. According to the results of investigation of the explosive substances and products of explosion and
gunfire:
- investigated objects No. 2, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13.1, 13.2, 14, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 16.5, 19, and 22 contain
traces of the blast products of explosive substances based on trotyl (TNT) and hexogen (RDX);
- investigated objects No. 3, 7 and 24 contain traces of the blast products of explosive substances based on
trotyl (TNT).
The explosive substance detonated may have contained metallic aluminum.
3. The separate and comparative investigations have established that the objects found at the scene of
the incident are probably parts of an explosive device, namely:
- fragments of a delayed action VZD-1M fuze;
- casing fragments from an SPM medium limpet mine and fragments of an SPM steel plate.
Having evaluated the summarized results of separate investigations, the following conclusions can be
drawn:
1. Around 21:38 on 11.09.2014, an SPM medium limpet mine with a delayed action VZD-1M fuze was
detonated at the Stena bar (13 vul. Rymarska, Kharkiv). An SPM mine with a VZD-1M fuze is equipped
with an MS brisant explosive charge of normal strength (57% hexogen (RDX), 19% trotyl (TNT), 17%
aluminum, 7% phlegmatizer (ceresin)) of 1 kg in mass, which belongs to an industrially made category
of ammunition. An SPM mine is an anti-object time-fuse incendiary mine intended for destroying
movable and stationary items with metal parts, and can be used on land and under water.
2. A delayed action VZD-1M fuze was used to detonate the SPM mine, which was installed the mine
casing, activated with a time delay and working in a standard way.
3. No specialist professional knowledge, education or military mine, explosive or engineering training is
required to use an SPM mine with a VZD-1M fuze.
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The procedure and rules of operation can be obtained independently from freely available open sources. It
should be noted that the period between activating a VZD-1M fuze and the moment of explosion can take
from tens of minutes to several days, depending on the number of the metal element (time delay mechanism)
and the ambient temperature. Therefore, in breach of the rules for preparing and using this type of mines, it
is possible to activate a VZD-1M fuze before the mine is installed on site.
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Ukraine dated October 31, 2013 “On approving the Instruction on the procedure and documentation of
forensic analyses.”
2. Order No. 653 by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine dated 07.09.2014 “On approving the
instruction on handling explosive materials in the agencies and departments of internal affairs of
Ukraine.”
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The following was used during inspection and investigation: MSP-1 stereomicroscope No. XS 3740,
certificate of conformity No. 03/8773; metal gauge GOST 427-75, Vernier caliper ShTs-1 (No. 393935),
certificate of conformity No. 03/8745; expert magnifying glass; CAS electronic scales of + 1.0g precision (No.
98050605), OLD 41 emitter, samples No. 1-50 of explosive substances from the FEAD FRC collection, a set of
chemical reagents, Sorbfil plates for thin-layer chromatography (TU 26-11-17-89). The capture and printing of
images was done using digital camera Canon PowerShot A 630, the Intel (R) Celeron (R) PC, CPU 2.8 GHz, 960
GB RPM and laser printer CANON LBP-2900.
The investigated objects have been returned to their original packaging. The necks of packages No. 1 –
No. 3, No. 5 – No. 7, No. 10 – No. 25 are tied with white string. The loose ends of the string are attached to a
quadrangular piece of white paper folded in half, the label. The openings of packages No. 4, No. 8, and No. 9 are
sealed with labels covered with fragments of a clear plastic adhesive tape (scotch tape).
The labels are made in the manner of a form with black print and contain expert signatures in longhand
using blue ink as well as a blue round seal of the Forensic Research Center No. 12, Kharkiv Region Main
Directorate, Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine:
The content of the labels is as follows:
1) package No. 1
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 36 of 1
Object No. 1
Conclusion No. 532/2014 of 04.03.215
Package No. 1
Object description: fragment of fabric (provided by Senior Forensic
Investigator, investigations department of the Security Service of Ukraine
Kharkiv Regional directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak as part
of criminal proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
2) package No. 2
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 36 of 1
Object No. 2
Conclusion No. 532/2014 of 04.03.215
Package No. 2
Object description: damaged wallet (provided by Senior Forensic Investigator,
investigations department of the Security Service of Ukraine Kharkiv Regional
directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak as part of criminal
proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
Expert conclusion No. 532/2014 of 04.03.2015 Page 37 of 82
[seal:] Forensic Research Center No. 12 Kharkiv Region
Main Directorate Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
Forensic expert [signature] D.A. Karakurkchi
3) package No. 3
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 37 of 1
Object No. 3
Conclusion No. 532/2014 of 04.03.215
Package No. 3
Object description: bank notes (hryvnias) (provided by Senior Forensic
Investigator, investigations department of the Security Service of Ukraine
Kharkiv Regional directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak as part
of criminal proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
4) package No. 4
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 37 of 1
Object No. 4
Conclusion No. 532/2014 of 04.03.215
Package No. 4
Object description: Lenovo laptop (provided by Senior Forensic Investigator,
investigations department of the Security Service of Ukraine Kharkiv Regional
directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak as part of criminal
proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
5) package No. 5
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 37 of 1
Object No. 5
Conclusion No. 532/2014 of 04.03.215
Package No. 5
Object description: four quadrangular emblems and four shield-shaped
emblems (provided by Senior Forensic Investigator, investigations department
of the Security Service of Ukraine Kharkiv Regional directorate, Senior
Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak as part of criminal proceedings No.
22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
6) package No. 6
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 37 of 1
Object No. 6
Conclusion No. 532/2014 of 04.03.215
Package No. 6
Object description: three laptops and two chargers (provided by Senior
Forensic Investigator, investigations department of the Security Service of
Ukraine Kharkiv Regional directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak
as part of criminal proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
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[seal:] Forensic Research Center No. 12 Kharkiv Region
Main Directorate Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
Forensic expert [signature] D.A. Karakurkchi
7) package No. 7
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 38 of 1
Object No. 7
Conclusion No. 532/2014 of 04.03.215
Package No. 7
Object description: short blue jacket of manmade material with zip fastening
(provided by Senior Forensic Investigator, investigations department of the
Security Service of Ukraine Kharkiv Regional directorate, Senior Lieutenant of
Justice I.M. Babak as part of criminal proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
8) package No. 8
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 38 of 1
Object No. 8
Conclusion No. 532/2014 of 04.03.215
Package No. 8
Object description: fragment of VZD-1M fuze (provided by Senior Forensic
Investigator, investigations department of the Security Service of Ukraine
Kharkiv Regional directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak as part
of criminal proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
9) package No. 9
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 38 of 1
Object No. 9
Conclusion No. 532/2014 of 04.03.215
Package No. 9
Object description: metal fragment (provided by Senior Forensic Investigator,
investigations department of the Security Service of Ukraine Kharkiv Regional
directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak as part of criminal
proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
10) package No. 10
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 38 of 1
Object No. 10
Conclusion No. 532/2014 of 04.03.215
Package No. 10
Object description: gauze pad (provided by Senior Forensic Investigator,
investigations department of the Security Service of Ukraine Kharkiv Regional
directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak as part of criminal
proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
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[seal:] Forensic Research Center No. 12 Kharkiv Region
Main Directorate Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
Forensic expert [signature] D.A. Karakurkchi
11) package No. 11
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 39 of 1
Object No. 11
Conclusion No. 532/2014 of 04.03.215
Package No. 11
Object description: fragment of white-and-green fabric with pocket (provided
by Senior Forensic Investigator, investigations department of the Security
Service of Ukraine Kharkiv Regional directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice
I.M. Babak as part of criminal proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
12) package No. 12
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 39 of 1
Object No. 12
Conclusion No. 532/2014 of 04.03.215
Package No. 12
Object description: magnet fragments(provided by Senior Forensic
Investigator, investigations department of the Security Service of Ukraine
Kharkiv Regional directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak as part
of criminal proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
13) package No. 13
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 39 of 1
Object No. 13
Conclusion No. 532/2014 of 04.03.215
Package No. 13
Object description: fragments of a fuze spring, fuze attachment cup, additional
detonator cup, bolt and magnet (from SPM mine casing) (provided by Senior
Forensic Investigator, investigations department of the Security Service of
Ukraine Kharkiv Regional directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak
as part of criminal proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
14) package 14
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 39 of 1
Object No. 14
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Package No. 14
Object description: bits of torn fabric (provided by Senior Forensic
Investigator, investigations department of the Security Service of Ukraine
Kharkiv Regional directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak as part
of criminal proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
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Main Directorate Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
Forensic expert [signature] D.A. Karakurkchi
15) package No. 15
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 40 of 1
Object No. 15
Conclusion No. 532/2014 of 04.03.215
Package No. 15
Object description: metal plate (provided by Senior Forensic Investigator,
investigations department of the Security Service of Ukraine Kharkiv Regional
directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak as part of criminal
proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
16) package 16
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 40 of 1
Object No. 16
Conclusion No. 532/2014 of 04.03.215
Package No. 16
Object description: fragments of an SPM steel plate, bolt, additional detonator
cup and magnet, bits of torn fabric (provided by Senior Forensic Investigator,
investigations department of the Security Service of Ukraine Kharkiv Regional
directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak as part of criminal
proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
17) package No. 17
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 40 of 1
Object No. 17
Conclusion No. 532/2014 of 04.03.215
Package No. 17
Object description: red-and-black flag (provided by Senior Forensic
Investigator, investigations department of the Security Service of Ukraine
Kharkiv Regional directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak as part
of criminal proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
18) package No. 18
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 40 of 1
Object No. 18
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Package No. 18
Object description: scarf and man’s tracksuit top (provided by Senior Forensic
Investigator, investigations department of the Security Service of Ukraine
Kharkiv Regional directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak as part
of criminal proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
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Main Directorate Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
Forensic expert [signature] D.A. Karakurkchi
19) package No. 19
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 41 of 1
Object No. 19
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Package No. 19
Object description: pair of ladies’ black ankle boots (provided by Senior
Forensic Investigator, investigations department of the Security Service of
Ukraine Kharkiv Regional directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak
as part of criminal proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
20) package No. 20
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 41 of 1
Object No. 20
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Package No. 20
Object description: ladies’ black knit jumper (provided by Senior Forensic
Investigator, investigations department of the Security Service of Ukraine
Kharkiv Regional directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak as part
of criminal proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
21) package No. 21
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 41 of 1
Object No. 21
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Package No. 21
Object description: black-and-brown ladies’ handbag (provided by Senior
Forensic Investigator, investigations department of the Security Service of
Ukraine Kharkiv Regional directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak
as part of criminal proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
22) package No. 22
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 41 of 1
Object No. 22
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Package No. 22
Object description: white plastic bag with man’s shoes, socks and belt
(provided by Senior Forensic Investigator, investigations department of the
Security Service of Ukraine Kharkiv Regional directorate, Senior Lieutenant of
Justice I.M. Babak as part of criminal proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
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Main Directorate Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
Forensic expert [signature] D.A. Karakurkchi
23) package No. 23
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 42 of 1
Object No. 23
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Package No. 23
Object description: pair of blue jeans (provided by Senior Forensic Investigator,
investigations department of the Security Service of Ukraine Kharkiv Regional
directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak as part of criminal
proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
24) package No. 24
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 42 of 1
Object No. 24
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Package No. 24
Object description: pair of blue jeans, white short-sleeve T-shirt and grey
jumper (provided by Senior Forensic Investigator, investigations department of
the Security Service of Ukraine Kharkiv Regional directorate, Senior
Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak as part of criminal proceedings No.
22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
25) package No. 25
Forensic Research Center, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region
QF.57-5.8-01.00. 1 Label for object Version 1
Page 42 of 1
Object No. 25
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Package No. 25
Object description: gauze pad (provided by Senior Forensic Investigator,
investigations department of the Security Service of Ukraine Kharkiv Regional
directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak as part of criminal
proceedings No. 22014220000000305)
Name of expert: D.A. Karakurkchi
Signature (signature) Date: 04.03.2015
(imprint of FEAD FRC seal)
Danger category:
extremely dangerous
- dangerous
- somewhat dangerous
- safe
DANGER: EXPLOSIVE
The expert conclusion is appended by an illustrative table, an expenses report and twenty-five packages containing
investigated objects.
CONCLUSIONS
1. The objects retrieved during an inspection of the incident scene and submitted for investigation bear traces of blast
products of the following explosive substances:
- based on trotyl (TNT) and hexogen (RDX) (investigated objects No. 2, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13.1, 13.2, 14, 16.1, 16.2,
16.3, 16.4, 16.5, 19, 22, and 25);
- based on trotyl (TNT) (investigated objects No. 3, 7, and 24).
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Forensic expert [signature] D.A. Karakurkchi
The explosive substance detonated may have contained metallic aluminum.
2. Around 21.38 on 11.09.2014, an SPM medium limpet mine with a delayed action VZD-1M fuze was
detonated at the Stena bar (13 vul. Rymarska, Kharkiv). An SPM mine with a VZD-1M fuze is equipped
with an MS brisant explosive charge of normal strength (57% hexogen (RDX), 19% trotyl (TNT), 17%
aluminum, 7% phlegmatizer (ceresin)) of 1 kg in mass, which belongs to an industrially made category of
ammunition. An SPM mine is an anti-object time-fuse incendiary mine intended for destroying movable and
stationary items with metal parts and can be used on land and under water.
3. A delayed action VZD-1M fuze was used to detonate the SPM mine, which was installed the mine casing,
activated with a time delay and working in a standard way.
4. No. specialist professional knowledge, education or military mine, explosive or engineering training is
required to use an SPM mine with a VZD-1M fuze. The procedure and rules of operation can be obtained
independently from freely available open sources. It should be noted that the period between activating a
VZD-1M fuze and the moment of explosion can take from tens of minutes to several days, depending on the
number of the metal element (time delay mechanism) and the ambient temperature. Therefore, in breach of
the rules for preparing and using this type of mines, it is possible to activate a VZD-1M fuze before the mine
is installed on site.
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Appendix 1
ILLUSTRATIVE TABLE
Figure 1 – View of package No. 1 (bag No. 1784474)
b) – back
Figure 2 – View of package No. 2 (bag No. 1784474)
b) - back
a) - front
a) – front
Sign Place materials
in package
Seal
package
Warning! Check the package upon
receipt to make sure it is intact
Open package along dotted line
Sign
Place materials
in package
Seal
package
Warning! Check the package upon
receipt to make sure it is intact
Open package along dotted line
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Appendix 1 continued
Figure 3 – View of package No. 3 (bag No. 0508138)
a) – front b) – back
Figure 4 – View of package No. 4 (bag No. 1784473)
a) – front
b) - back
Sign
Sign
Place materials
in package
Place materials
in package
Seal
package
Seal
package
Warning! Check the package upon
receipt to make sure it is intact
Open package along dotted line
Warning! Check the package upon
receipt to make sure it is intact
Open package along dotted line
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Appendix 1 continued
Figure 5 – View of package No. 5 (bag No. 1784476)
a) – front b) – back
Figure 6 – View of package No. 6 (bag No. 1968523)
a) – front b) - back
a) – front
Sign
Sign
Place materials
in package
Place materials
in package
Seal
package
Seal
package
Warning! Check the package upon
receipt to make sure it is intact
Open package along dotted line
Warning! Check the package upon
receipt to make sure it is intact
Open package along dotted line
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Appendix 1 continued
b) – back
Figure 7 – View of package No. 7 (bag No. 1968085)
a) – front b) – back
Figure 8 – View of package No. 8
a) – front
Figure 9 – View of package No. 9 (bag No. 1784476)
b) - back
Sign Place materials
in package
Seal
package
Warning! Check the package upon
receipt to make sure it is intact
Open package along dotted line
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Appendix 1 continued
a) – front
Figure 10 – View of package No. 10 (bag No. 0509977)
b) – back
Figure 11 – View of package No. 11 (bag No. 0509968)
b) - back
a) – front
Sign
Sign
Place
materials in
package
Place
materials
in package
Seal
package
Seal
package
Warning! Check the package upon
receipt to make sure it is intact
Open package along dotted line
Warning! Check the package upon
receipt to make sure it is intact
Open package along dotted line
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Appendix 1 continued
Figure 12 – View of package No. 12 (bag No. 0509969)
a) – front
Figure 13 – View of package No. 13 (bag No. 0509979)
a) – front b) - back
b) - back
Sign
Sign
Place
materials in
package
Place
materials
in package
Seal
package
Seal
package
Warning! Check the package upon
receipt to make sure it is intact
Open package along dotted line
Warning! Check the package upon
receipt to make sure it is intact
Open package along dotted line
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a) – front
Figure 14 – View of package No. 14 (bag No. 1158952)
b) – back
Figure 15 – View of package No. 15 (bag No. 1158955)
b) - back
a) – front
Sign
Sign
Place
materials in
package
Place
materials
in package
Seal
package
Seal
package
Warning! Check the package upon
receipt to make sure it is intact
Open package along dotted line
Warning! Check the package upon
receipt to make sure it is intact
Open package along dotted line
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a) – front b) – back
Figure 16 – View of package No. 16 (bag No. 1158953)
a) – front
Figure 17 – View of package No. 17 (bag No. 0508137)
a) – front
b) – back
Sign
Sign
Place
materials
in
package
Place
materials
in
package
Seal
package
Seal
package
Warning! Check the package upon
receipt to make sure it is intact
Open package along dotted line
Warning! Check the package upon
receipt to make sure it is intact
Open package along dotted line
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Figure 18 – View of package No. 18 (bag No. 1784476)
Figure 19 – View of package No. 19 (bag No. 1784476)
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Figure 20 – View of package No. 20 (bag No. 1784476)
Figure 21 – View of package No. 21 (bag No. 1784476)
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Figure 22 – View of package No. 22 (bag No. 1784476)
Figure 23 – View of package No. 23 (bag No. 1784476)
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Figure 24 – View of package No. 24 (bag No. 1784476)
Figure 25 – View of package No. 25 (bag No. 1784476)
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a) – front b) – back
Figure 26 – View of the fabric fragment retrieved from package No. 1:
investigated object No. 1
a) – front b) - back
Figure 27 – View of the wallet retrieved from package No. 2:
investigated object No. 2
Figure 28 – View of investigated object No. 2 as opened
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Figure 29 – View of cards and money retrieved from investigated object No. 2
Figure 30 – View of PrivatBank cards retrieved from investigated object No. 2 (front)
Figure 31 – View of PrivatBank cards retrieved from investigated object No. 2 (back)
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Figure 32 – View of debris from investigated object No. 2
Figure 33 – View of bank notes retrieved from package No. 3:
group of investigated objects No. 3
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a) – front b) – back
Figure 34 – View of Lenovo laptop retrieved from package No. 4:
investigated object No. 4
Figure 35 – View of Lenovo laptop retrieved from package No. 4 as opened - investigated object No. 4
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Figure 36 – View of emblems retrieved from package No. 5 -
group of investigated objects No. 5
Figure 37 – View of eMachines laptop with charger retrieved from package No. 6
(view of top cover)
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Figure 38 – View of eMachines laptop with charger retrieved from package No. 6
(view of bottom cover)
Figure 39 – View of eMachines laptop with charger retrieved from package No. 6
(as opened)
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Figure 40 – View of HP laptop with charger retrieved from package No. 6
(view of top cover)
Figure 41 – View of HP laptop with charger retrieved from package No. 6
(view of bottom cover)
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Figure 42 – View of HP laptop with charger retrieved from package No. 6
(as opened)
Figure 43 – View of HP laptop without charger retrieved from package No. 6
(view of top cover)
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Figure 44 – View of HP laptop without charger retrieved from package No. 6
(view of bottom cover)
Figure 45 – View of HP laptop without charger retrieved from package No. 6
(as opened)
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a) front b) back
Figure 46 – View of jacket retrieved from package No. 7 -
investigated object No. 7
Figure 47 – View of metal object retrieved from package No. 8 -
investigated object No. 8
Figure 48 – View of investigated object No. 8 taken apart
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a) view of cap b) view of crossed sections to fit
the metal element and cutter
c) view of bottom side with
remnants of firing pin and metal
element
Figure 49 – View of characteristic features of investigated object No. 8 when taken apart
a) view of outer surface b) view of inner surface
Figure 50 – View of metal item retrieved from package No. 9
investigated object No. 9
Figure 51 – View of gauze pad retrieved from package No. 10
investigated object No. 10
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a) front b) back
Figure 52 – View of fabric fragment retrieved from package No. 11
investigated object No. 11
Figure 53 – View of metal fragments retrieved from package No. 12
group of investigated objects No. 12
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Figure 54 – View of metal fragments retrieved from package No. 13
Figure 55 – View of group of investigated objects No. 13.1 (outer surface)
Figure 56 – View of group of investigated objects No. 13.1 (inner surface)
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Figure 57 – View of two metal fragments with characteristic structural features from group of investigated
objects No. 13.1 (close-up)
Figure 58 – View of investigated object No. 13.2
Figure 59 – View of group of investigated objects No. 13.3
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Figure 60 – View of investigated object No. 13.4
Figure 61 – View of group of investigated objects No. 13.5
Figure 62 – View of fabric fragments retrieved from package No. 14 –
investigated object No. 14
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Figure 63 – View of metal fragment retrieved from package No. 15 –
investigated object No. 15
Figure 64 – View of metal fragments retrieved from package No. 16
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Figure 65 – View of group of investigated objects No. 16.1 (outer surface)
Figure 66 – View of group of investigated objects No. 16.1 (inner surface)
Figure 67 – View of investigated objects No. 16.2 – 16.5 (from left)
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Figure 68 – View of torn fabric fragments retrieved from package No. 16 –
group of investigated objects No. 16.6
Figure 69 – View of fabric fragment retrieved from package No. 17 –
investigated object No. 17
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Figure 70 – View of clothes retrieved from package No. 18 –
group of investigated objects No. 18
Figure 71 – View of shoes retrieved from package No. 19 –
group of investigated objects No. 19
Figure 72 – View of clothes retrieved from package No. 20 –
investigated object No. 20
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Figure 73 – View of handbag retrieved from package No. 21 –
investigated object No. 21
Figure 74 – View of items retrieved from package No. 22 –
group of investigated objects No. 22
Figure 75 – View of jeans retrieved from package No. 23 –
investigated object No. 23
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Figure 76 – View of items retrieved from package No. 24 –
group of investigated objects No. 24
Figure 77 – View of damage and brownish-red deposits on jeans from
group of investigated objects No. 24
Figure 78 – View of gauze pad retrieved from package No. 25 –
investigated object No. 25
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Figure 79 – View of reference example of an SPM mine with VZD-1M fuze
(view of inner casing structure with the cover off)
Figure 80 – View of additional detonator cup in SPM mine casing
(close-up)
Figure 81 – View of reference example – steel plate for an SPM mine
(view of the side connecting to magnets)
Figure 82 – View of reference example – steel plate for an SPM mine
(view of outer surface)
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Figure 83 – View of reference example – VZD-1M fuze
a) assembled state
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b) top side with the cover off
Figure 84 – Comparative photo of investigated object No. 8 (left) with VZD-1M fuze (right). Arrows point
to shared characteristics.
Figure 85 – Comparative photo of group of investigated objects No. 13.1 (left) with the external end of a cup
(with dent to fit a wrench) for fitting a fuze from the mine casing (right). Arrows point to shared
characteristics.
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a) external surface
b) side connecting to magnets
Figure 86 – Comparative photo of group of investigated objects No. 16.1 (left) with steel plate for SPM
mine (right). Arrows point to shared characteristics.
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Figure 87 – Comparative photo of group of investigated objects No. 13.2 and 16.3 (left) with fixing bolt
from the cover of SPM mine casing (right). Arrows point to shared characteristics.
Figure 88 – View of bags with investigated objects prior to handover to client
(package No. 1 – No. 7)
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Figure 89 – View of bags with investigated objects prior to handover to client
(package No. 8 – No. 17)
Figure 90 – View of bags with investigated objects prior to handover to client
(package No. 18 – No. 23)
Figure 91 – View of bags with investigated objects prior to handover to client
(package No. 24, No. 25)
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MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF UKRAINE
MAIN DIRECTORATE OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF UKRAINE
IN KHARKIV REGION
FORENSIC RESEARCH CENTER
34 vul.Kovtuna, Kharkiv
Tel. (057)721-23-39
[email protected]
NOTE
on expenses incurred for conducting forensic explosive analysis No. 532/201 of 04.03.2015 as part of
criminal proceedings No. 22014220000000305.
Customer: senior forensic investigator, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I.M. Babak of the investigations
department at the Kharkiv Regional directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine.
No. of expert hours Degree of analysis
complexity
Cost of 1 expert
hour, hryvnia,
without VAT
Expenses incurred
during analysis
1 2 3 4
82 special complexity 92.33 7571.06
Total 7571.06
Charge code 24060300, account No. 31419544700005
Bank code 37999680 MFO 851011
Remote bank access, Komintern district in Kharkiv
Head of fire forensics sector,
forensic fire and explosives analysis department,
Forensic Research Center
Kharkiv Region Main Directorate
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
Police Lieutenant-Colonel [signature] D.A. Karakurkchi
Head of explosive forensics sector,
forensic fire and explosives analysis department,
Forensic Research Center
Kharkiv Region Main Directorate
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
Police Lieutenant-Colonel [signature] I.V. Vislov
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Annex 119
Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Letter No. 300/1/C/1917 (11 April 2015)
This document has been translated from its original language into English, an official
language of the Court, pursuant to Rules of the Court, Article 51.
Pursuant to Rules of the Court Article 51(3), Ukraine has translated only
an extract of the original document constituting this Annex. In further
compliance with this Rule, Ukraine has provided two certified copies of the
full original-language document
MINISTRY OF DEFENSE OF UKRAINE
GENERAL STAFF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF
UKRAINE
6 Povitroflotsky Prospect, Kyiv, 03168. Phone: (044) 226-26-56. Fax: (044) 226-26-56
Email: [email protected]
Code in the Uniform Register of Businesses and Organizations of Ukraine: 22991050
____________ No. ______________
Re: No. _______________________
Foreign Ministry of Ukraine
In pursuance of Instruction No. 02-01/2948 of October 15, 2014 issued by the Ukrainian
Presidential Chief of Staff, presented herewith are informational reference materials
pertaining to the body of evidence for the presence of foreign military groups in Ukrainian
territory, to be used in raising the awareness of Ukrainian society and international
partners more actively and in the future lawsuits to be filed by Ukraine with the relevant
international courts.
Attachment: above-mentioned information on 2 pages, unclassified, for the specified
recipient only
Acting First Deputy Chief
of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Major General [Signature] V.M. NAZAROV
D.S. Pasko, 454-40-78
000679* Order 50-2015
FOREIGN MINISTRY OF UKRAINE
DEPARTMENT OF THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT
Incoming Ref. No. 32618
April 16, 2015
Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of
the Armed Forces of Ukraine
No. 300/1/C/1917 of April 11, 2015
19:44:20 Pages: 1/2
Attachment
INFORMATIONAL REFERENCE MATERIALS
pertaining to the body of evidence for the direct invasion by foreign military groups into
Ukrainian territory
personnel, weapons, and military vehicles of the Armed Forces of the Russian
Federation
No. Date Border crossing
point crossed
Point of destination
(crossing)
Number of
convoys
Number of vehicles
(personnel)
1. April 9 DMYTRIVKA In the direction of
STEPANIVKA 1 20 KamAZ trucks with
munitions and ammo
2. April 9 USPENKA ALCHEVSK 1
122-mm GRAD multiple
rocket launcher, 17 trucks
towing D-30 cannon mounted
on trailers, and a tanker truck
3. April 7
from the occupied
territory of Ukraine,
LUHANSK-IZVARY
NE
To the Russian
Federation 1 18 trucks (empty);
4. April 07
from the occupied
territory of Ukraine,
DMYTRIVKA
To the Russian
Federation 40 trucks.
5. April 5
From the Russian
Federation,
IZVARINO
in the direction of
LUHANSK
40 military vehicles, including
10 tanks
6. April 4-6 DMYTRIVKA STEPANIVKA and
10, BTR armored personnel
carriers, 30 BMD infantry
fighting vehicles, and 25
trucks carrying personnel
7. April 4-6 STEPANIVKA 1
40 trucks (all of them empty)
crossed into the territory of
the Russian Federation
8. April 5 IZVARYNE LUHANSK 1
up to 18 units (including up to
3 tanks and up to 15 armored
fighting vehicles; type to be
updated).
9. April 4 From the Russian
Federation
AMVROSIYIVKA railway
station Train
a train carrying ammunition
(17 freight cars) and military
vehicles (4 KShM command
vehicles and 2 radio stations
mounted on KamAZ trucks, 2
power generators mounted
on URAL trucks).
10. April 4 IZVARYNE KRASNODON-SVERDL
OVSK 1 20 tanks and 3 tanker trucks;
11. April 4 IZVARYNE KRASNODON-LUHANS
K 1
7 BMP infantry fighting
vehicles, 3 tanks, 2 trucks
carrying personnel and
munitions.
12. April 4 IZVARYNE KRASNODON-LUHANS
K 1
Military vehicles, including
tanks, over 15 armored
fighting vehicles, trucks and
tanker trucks (the number of
vehicles to be updated).
No. Date Border crossing
point crossed
Point of destination
(crossing)
Number of
convoys
Number of vehicles
(personnel)
13. April 3 From the Russian
Federation DEBALTSEVE Train flatcars under canopies
14. April 3 DOVZHANSKE SVERDLOVSK 9 tanks, 3 122-mm GRAD
multiple rocket launchers
Acting Chief
of the Main Command Center
of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Major General [Signature] O.S. SYRSKYI
Annex 120
Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Letter No. 300/1/C/2056 (18 April 2015)
This document has been translated from its original language into English, an official
language of the Court, pursuant to Rules of the Court, Article 51.
Pursuant to Rules of the Court Article 51(3), Ukraine has translated only
an extract of the original document constituting this Annex. In further
compliance with this Rule, Ukraine has provided two certified copies of the
full original-language document
MINISTRY OF DEFENSE OF UKRAINE
GENERAL STAFF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF
UKRAINE
6 Povitroflotsky Prospect, Kyiv, 03168. Phone: (044) 226-26-56. Fax: (044) 226-26-56
Email: [email protected]
Code in the Uniform Register of Businesses and Organizations of Ukraine: 22991050
_____________ No. _____________
Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine
No. 300/1/C/2056 of April 18, 2015
2:47:27 pm Pages: 1/2
Foreign Ministry of Ukraine
In pursuance of Instruction No. 02-01/2948 of October 15, 2014 issued by the Ukrainian
Presidential Chief of Staff, presented herewith are informational reference materials
pertaining to the body of evidence for the presence of foreign military groups in Ukrainian
territory, to be used in raising the awareness of Ukrainian society and international
partners more actively and in the future lawsuits to be filed by Ukraine with the relevant
international courts.
Attachment: above-mentioned information on 2 pages, unclassified, for the specified
recipient only
Acting First Deputy Chief
of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Major General [Signature] V.M. NAZAROV
O.M. Chekurda, 454-40-78
000630* Order 50-215
FOREIGN MINISTRY OF UKRAINE
DEPARTMENT OF THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT
Incoming Ref. No. 34517
April 22, 2015
Attachment
INFORMATIONAL REFERENCE MATERIALS
pertaining to the body of evidence for the direct invasion by foreign military groups into
Ukrainian territory
personnel, weapons, and military vehicles of the Armed Forces of the Russian
Federation
No. Date Border crossing
point crossed
Point of destination
(crossing)
Number
of
convoys
Number of vehicles (personnel)
From the
Russian
Federation
Humanitarian convoy of 123
vehicles
1 April 16 “Izvaryne” Luhansk 61 vehicles
“Uspenka” Donetsk 62 vehicles
2 April 15
From the
RUSSIAN
FEDERATION
through
CHERVONOP
ARTYZANSK
SVERDLOVSK
Up to 8 tanks, up to 2 GRAD
BM-21 multiple rocket launchers,
up to 3 URAL heavy artillery
tractors; the arrival of a military unit
of the Russian Armed Forces
consisting of up to 230 people was
also recorded (the fact that they
belong to the Russian Armed
Forces is confirmed by their
uniforms and arm patches as well
as insignia of the Russian Armed
Forces).
3 April 12 Russian
Federation SUKHODILSK Train Ammunition (equivalent of 40
trucks)
4
April
12-13
of this
year
Dmytrivka
Marynivka (Donetsk
Oblast) 10 tanks.
Stepanivka (Donetsk
Oblast)
40 KamAZ trucks (with munitions
and ammo);
5
April
10-11
of this
year
From the Russian
Federation
Trains carrying military vehicles
proceeded in the direction of
DONETSK and AMVROSIYIVKA;
a mixed convoy (8 tanks, 6 BTR
armored personnel carriers, up to
200 personnel) – destination to be
updated.
6 STEPANIVKA Russian Federation 40 trucks (empty)
7 April 10Chervonopartyz
ansk Sverdlovsk 20 tanks (14 T-72, 6 T-64 tanks);
8 April 10 DMYTRIVKA In the direction of
STEPANIVKA 1
15 T-72 tanks, 10 BMD infantry
fighting vehicles, and 43 trucks
carrying personnel, munitions and
ammo
9 April 9 DMYTRIVKA In the direction of
STEPANIVKA 1 20 KamAZ trucks with munitions
and ammo
10 April 9 IZVARYNE LUHANSK 1 5 armored fighting vehicles, 28
trucks with ammo and munitions;
11 April 9 USPENKA ALCHEVSK 1
122-mm GRAD multiple rocket
launcher, 17 trucks towing D-30
cannon mounted on trailers, and
a tanker truck
Acting Chief
of the Main Command Center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Major General [Signature] O.S. SYRSKYI
Annex 121
Expert Opinion No. 193/1, Ukrainian Scientific Research Institute of Special
Equipment and Forensic Expert Examination of the Security Service of Ukraine (29
April 2015)
This document has been translated from its original language into English, an official
language of the Court, pursuant to Rules of the Court, Article 51.
Pursuant to Rules of the Court Article 51(3), Ukraine has translated only
an extract of the original document constituting this Annex. In further
compliance with this Rule, Ukraine has provided two certified copies of the
full original-language document
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SECURITY SERVICE OF UKRAINE
Ukrainian Scientific Research Institute of Special Equipment
and Forensic Expert Examination
EXPERT OPINION
04/29/2015 City of Mariupol No. 193
Counterpart No. 1
I, Oleksiy Petrovych Bordunos, section chief of the Center for Forensic and Special
Expert Examinations of the Ukrainian Scientific Research Institute for Special Equipment and
Forensic Expert Examination of the Security Service of Ukraine, higher education, special expert
training and experience working as an expert since 2002, qualified forensic expert with the right
to conduct explosives expert examinations with specializations in “Studying explosive devices
and remnants thereof” (Certificate No. 13/6/16/104 issued by the Examination and Qualification
Commission of the Security Service of Ukraine on 12/05/2002), pursuant to the Order on the
Commissioning of an Explosives Expert Examination dated 03/12/2015, issued in the town of
Kramatorsk by Lieutenant S.S. Kovalyov, an investigator with the Investigations Department of
the Donetsk Regional Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine, carried out an expert
examination based on the files of the criminal proceeding entered into the Unified Register of
Pre-Trial Investigations as No. 22015050000000092 dated 02/10/2015.
I am familiar with the facts of the case from the order on commissioning an expert
examination.
Together with Letter No. 56/13-1793nt of 04/1/2015 (incoming ref. No. 1393nt of
04/07/2015), the following items were received for examination:
- copy of the inspection report dated 02/12/2015, 21 pages;
- examination materials in safe packs Nos. 0636365, 2586605, 0636366, 2586606,
2586607, 2586608, 2586609, 2586610, 0636368, 2266428, 0636367, 2266431, 2586567,
2586598, 2586604, 2586595, 2586599, 2266426, 2586579, 0636364, 2266425;
- photographic materials on an optical disk.
The expert was asked to answer the following questions:
1. Based on the inspection and the recovered objects, is it possible to identify the
type and sort of munitions, the detonation of which resulted in the explosion, and the type and
sort of weapon (artillery system or other type of armament) that was used to fire the munitions,
fragments of which and explosive traces of which were found in the course of the inspection. If
so, what type and sort of munitions were detonated and from what type of sort of weapon were
they fired?
2. Do the objects recovered during the inspection and submitted for expert
examination bear any markings that would make it possible to identify the type and sort
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of munitions or other identifying marks of the munitions that were detonated?
3. Based on the inspection and the recovered objects, was there a detonation of
munitions fired from an artillery system or other type of weapon, or a detonation of stationary,
planted munitions or explosive devices (in the latter case, which type and sort of stationary,
planted munitions or explosive devices)?
4. Which of the fragments recovered during the inspection are fragments of
munitions (explosive devices), and what is the purpose of each component of the munitions
(explosive devices), fragments of which were recovered during the inspection?
5. Is it possible, based on the inspection and the objects discovered during the
inspection of the incident site, to draw any conclusions as to the direction(s) from which the
munitions, the detonation of which was established during the inspection, were fired, as well as
the distance from which these munitions were fired?
6. Is it possible, based on the inspection and the objects found during the inspection,
to draw any conclusions as to the angle of incidence of the munitions, the detonation of which
was established during the inspection. If so, then what was the angle of incidence of the
munitions, the detonation of which was established during the inspection, and what firing
distance of the munitions is consistent with their established angle of incidence?
The following information sources were used in conducting the expert examination:
- “Methods of Complex Examination of Explosive Devices, Substances and Traces” (H.V.
Prokhorov-Lukin, V.I. Pashchenko, V.I. Bykov, et al – Kyiv: Elite Print LLC, 2011 – 216 p.: ill.);
- “Mass Produced Explosive Devices and Their Forensic Examination” (Yu.M. Dildin,
V.V. Martynov, Expert Consulting Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian
Federation. Moscow. 1991);
- “Technical Description of the 9M55K Rocket-Propelled Shell”;
- “Operating Instructions for the 9M55K Rocket-Propelled Shell”;
- “Markings of Artillery Ammunition” (P.N. Deryabin, M.N. Krasnov, Penza 1999);
- “Principles of Artillery Firing and Rocket Launches” (National University of the
Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, 2011).
The expert has been warned of the potential liability for presenting knowingly inaccurate
findings and for refusing without a valid reason to perform their duties under Articles 384 and
385 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
[signature] O. Bordunos
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EXAMINATION
The items submitted for examination were packed in accordance with the rules for the
storage and transportation of physical evidence.
The examination was conducted visually under laboratory conditions in daylight at an air
temperature of +20 °C.
The following instruments and devices were used:
- caliper No. 51207638
- metal ruler GOST 427-56;
- forensic tape measure SV-1
- magnifying glass with 4x magnification;
- OLYMPUS x-775 camera.
- KERN 440-33 electronic scales No. WC0627326 – certificate No. 35-02/149678 dated
11/24/2014.
Upon being opened, the safe packs were found to contain the following:
1. No. 2266428 (illustration no. 2)
- six objects made of non-magnetic metal, irregular in shape, grey in color, similar in
appearance to fragments from the base body of a 9B171 control system unit from a 9m55k
rocket-propelled shell for a Smerch multiple rocket launcher; one object bears the markings 1615
91 (object No. 1);
- a rectangular object of magnetic metal, black in color, with maximum dimensions of
45x33; the object is similar in appearance to the wing of a 9N235 warhead fragmentation
element (object No. 2);
- an object of magnetic metal, grey in color, in the form of a nut measuring 80 mm in
diameter; the object bears three key grooves;
- an object of irregular shape made of grey magnetic metal with maximum dimensions of
112x52 mm.
2. No. 0636367 (illustration No. 4):
- set of shielded wires with a maximum length of 200 mm;
- fragment of electronic circuit board measuring 20x40 mm;
- metal washer with attached connector, with a diameter of 52 mm.
3. No. 2266426 (illustration No. 5):
- thirty objects made of non-magnetic metal, irregular in shape, grey in color, some of
which have threads, similar in appearance to fragments of the base body of a 9B171 control
system unit from a 9m55k rocket-propelled shell for a Smerch multiple rocket launcher (object
No. 1);
4. No. 2586610 (illustration No. 6):
- two cylindrical objects of magnetic metal, grey in color, with a diameter of 7 mm, a
height of 16 mm and a weight of 4.2 g (object No. 3);
- fragment of a magnetic metal ring with a diameter of 27 mm (object No. 5);
- ten objects of irregular shape made of non-magnetic metal, grey in color (object No. 6);
5. No. 2266425 (illustration No. 8):
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- eleven objects of irregular shape made of magnetic metal, grey in color (object No. 6);
- three objects made of molding material, brown in color.
6. No. 2586595 (illustration No. 10):
- four objects of irregular shape, black in color, 19 mm thick, with maximum dimensions
of 90x46 mm, similar in appearance to graphite liners;
- two objects, black in color, made from molding material with maximum dimensions of
80x34 mm.
7. No. 0636364 (illustration No. 11):
- twenty-three objects made of non-magnetic metal, of irregular shape, grey in color
(object No. 6);
- rectangular object made of magnetic metal, black in color, with maximum dimensions of
61x33, similar in appearance to the wing of a 9N235 warhead fragmentation element (object No.
2);
- four cylindrical objects of magnetic metal, grey in color, with a diameter of 7 mm, a
height of 16 mm and a weight of 4.2 g (object No. 3).
8. No. 2586608 (illustration No. 12):
- six objects made of non-magnetic metal, of irregular shape, grey in color (object No. 6);
- a rectangular object of magnetic metal, black in color, with maximum dimensions of
35x32; the object is similar in appearance to the wing of a 9N235 warhead fragmentation
element (object No. 2);
- a cylindrical object of magnetic metal, grey in color, with a diameter of 7 mm, a height of
16 mm and a weight of 4.2 g (object No. 3).
9. No. 2586579 (illustration No. 13):
- twenty-six objects of irregular shape made of non-magnetic metal, grey in color (object
No. 6);
10. No. 0636365 (illustration No. 14):
- twenty-nine objects of irregular shape made of non-magnetic metal, grey in color (object
No. 6);
- a rectangular object of magnetic metal, black in color, with maximum dimensions of
45x32; the object is similar in appearance to the wing of a 9N235 warhead fragmentation
element (object No. 2);
- three cylindrical objects of magnetic metal, grey in color, with a diameter of 7 mm, a
height of 16 mm and a weight of 4.2 g (object No. 3).
11. No. 2586609 (illustration No. 15):
- five objects of irregular shape made of non-magnetic metal, grey in color (object No. 6);
12. No. 2586604 (illustration No. 16):
- seven cylindrical objects of magnetic metal, grey in color, with a diameter of 7 mm, a
height of 16 mm and a weight of 4.2 g (object No. 3);
- cylindrical object of magnetic metal, grey in color, with a diameter of 5 mm, a height of 5
mm and a weight of 0.8 g (object No. 4);
- object of irregular shape made of non-magnetic metal, grey in color, with maximum
dimensions of 15x9 mm (object No. 6);
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13. No. 2586606 (illustration No. 17):
- a cylindrical object of magnetic metal, grey in color, with a diameter of 7 mm, a height of
16 mm and a weight of 4.2 g (object No. 3);
- cylindrical object of magnetic metal, grey in color, with a diameter of 8 mm, a height of 3
mm and a weight of 0.8 g (object No. 4);
- two rectangular objects of magnetic metal, black in color, with maximum dimensions of
59x32; the objects are similar in appearance to the wing of a 9N235 warhead fragmentation
element (object No. 2);
14. No. 2586567 (illustration No. 18):
- seven objects of irregular shape made of non-magnetic metal, grey in color (object No.
6);
- two rectangular objects of magnetic metal, black in color, with maximum dimensions of
55x33; the objects are similar in appearance to the wing of a 9N235 warhead fragmentation
element (object No. 2);
15. No. 2586605 (illustration No. 19):
- seven objects of irregular shape made of non-magnetic metal, grey in color (object No.
6);
16. No. 0636368 (illustration No. 20):
- ten objects of irregular shape made of non-magnetic metal, grey in color (object No. 6);
- a rectangular object of magnetic metal, black in color, with maximum dimensions of
64x33; the objects are [sic] similar in appearance to the wing of a 9N235 warhead fragmentation
element (object No. 2);
17. No. 2586599 (illustration No. 21):
- twenty-two objects of irregular shape made of non-magnetic metal, grey in color; some of
the objects have fragments of threads (object No. 6).
18. No. 2586607 (illustration No. 22):
- a cylindrical object of magnetic metal, grey in color, with a diameter of 7 mm, a height of
16 mm and a weight of 4.2 g (object No. 3);
- six objects of irregular shape made of non-magnetic metal, grey in color (object No. 6);
- a rectangular object of magnetic metal, black in color, with maximum dimensions of
53x33; the object is similar in appearance to the wing of a 9N235 warhead fragmentation
element (object No. 2).
19. No. 2266431 (illustration No. 23):
- three cylindrical objects of magnetic metal, grey in color, with a diameter of 7 mm, a
height of 16 mm and a weight of 4.2 g (object No. 3);
- thirty objects of irregular shape made of non-magnetic metal, grey in color (object No.
6);
- two rings made of magnetic metal with a diameter of 27 mm (object No. 5);
- two rectangular objects of magnetic metal, black in color, with maximum dimensions of
55x32; the objects are similar in appearance to the wing of a 9N235 warhead fragmentation
element (object No. 2).
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All of the objects submitted for examination show signs of deformation.
In order to reconstruct the explosive devices, the physical evidence was sorted into
groups by general and individual features:
1. Fragments of the body of a fuse (object No. 5).
2. Remnants of the body of a subwarhead (object No. 6)
3. Pre-formed fragments (objects Nos. 3, 4)
4. Wing of a warhead element (object No. 2).
Objects Nos. 2–6 show traces of the shattering effect of an explosion (serrations,
indentations, scratches, soot). No markings were found on the images of the objects.
In order to answer the questions that were posed, the objects submitted for examination
were compared with the corresponding parameters indicated in the standard technical
documentation. The results of this examination are shown in the tables.
Comparative Table No. 1
Features of basic components Subject of comparison Examined object
Pre-formed fragment
(rollers) of a 9N235 warhead
fragmentation element
Objects Nos. 3 and 4
Material of construction grey metal grey metal
Height, mm 15 (5) ~16 (5)
Diameter, mm 7 (5) ~7
Weight, g 4.2 (0.8) `4.2 (0.8)
Comparative Table No. 2
Wing of a 9N235 warhead
fragmentation element
Objects No. 2
Material of construction black metal black metal
Height, mm 32 32-33
Wing shape convex convex
Thickness, mm 1 1
The examination objects were also visually compared with the image of a 9N235
warhead fragmentation element. The matching features are indicated in illustrations Nos. 9-11.
The comparative examinations showed that the following are fragments of 9N235
warhead fragmentation elements of 9M55K multiple rocket launchers for Smerch multiple rocket
launchers:
- fuse body fragments (object No. 5) – fuse 9E272 is designed to produce a detonation
impulse upon reaching the target or at the end of self-destruction period;
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- fragments of a warhead element body (object No. 6) – designed for the placement of 360 preformed
fragments (rollers); explosive charge (312 g) and fuse;
- pre-formed fragments (objects No. 3 and 4) – designed to inflict losses on enemy
personnel and unarmored equipment;
- fragments of warhead wings (object No. 2) – designed to ensure guided flights to the
target;
The 9N235 warhead has the following characteristics:
- weight 1,810 g;
- explosive charge 312 r;
- pre-formed fragments (rollers) – 300 units measuring 0.8 g and 60 items weighing 4.2 g.
In order to conduct further research, the expert, in the presence of the investigator,
inspected the physical evidence stored at the Kramatorsk office of the Donetsk Regional
Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine (illustrations Nos. 25, 27 and 28) and inspected
the landing sites of the munitions in the town of Kramatorsk.
Upon inspection, the rocket parts were found to have the following markings
(illustrations Nos. 32 and 33):
1. 9x87.000
29-91-M
- 29 is propulsion unit’s manufacturing lot number;
- 91 is the year of manufacture of the charge;
- M is the code of the factory that manufactured the charge.
2. 9D 167
9Kh317M
-91-IV
02
RG OV
The markings were made with black dye. These markings match the markings of rocketpropelled
shells.
In addition, the rocket parts have annular bands that show the shell’s binding grip area.
The shell’s binding grip area is marked with the word "Bandazh" (“Binding”) in white dye.
The manufacturer places markings on the rocket parts that indicate the lot number, year
of manufacture, and manufacturer’s code.
Because the expert did not have access to the technical specifications for these shells, it is
not possible to identify the markings indicated in section 2.
The rocket parts (9D167) are designed to deliver the 9N139 cluster fragmentation
warhead to its target.
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The expert then examined the object similar in appearance to a nozzle cluster, which
includes a cone, graphite lining, bell, and aerodynamic stabilizer, which consists of a base in
whose tapered notches six blades are installed on pins (illustration No. 27). The nozzle cluster of
a 9M55K rocket-propelled shell is designed to maintain the rotating path of the shell on the flight
trajectory.
An inspection of the frames (illustration No. 28) revealed that they are welded and
consist of a docking ring, rod, disk, and four plates with holes, and are frames from the cluster
warhead sections of a 9M55K rocket-propelled shell and are designed for the placement and
dispersion of eight guides for warhead elements.
An inspection of the guide revealed that it is made of metal (probably aluminum) in the
form of a thin-walled tube with 20-mm holes (illustration No. 25) and is a guide for a cluster
warhead section of a 9M55K rocket-propelled shell, designed for the placement of nine 9N235
pre-formed fragmentation elements and to ensure that they are ejected within 4 s after leaving the
frame.
Based on a study of the submitted materials and an inspection of the landing sites of the
munitions parts, the expert compiled a drawing (illustration No. 30) and, with the help of the
https://maps.yandex.ua website, calculated the distance from where the remnants of the rocket
sections of shells landed to the sites of the explosions of the fragmentation warhead elements,
and established the approximate direction from which the shells were fired by a Smerch multiple
rocket launcher: the northeastern outskirts of the town of Horlivka, Donetsk Region.
Considering that a 9M55K rocket-propelled shell has a maximum flight distance of 70
km and a minimum of 20 km (according to the information contained in the technical
documentation for the 9M55K rocket-propelled shell), it is possible to estimate the firing
distance at 20–70 km from the epicenters of the explosions (illustration No. 31).
Based on the inspection and the recovered objects, the explosions occurred as a result of
the detonation of 9N235 warhead fragmentation elements, which were delivered to their target
by 9M55K rocket-propelled shells (at least 16 of them), which were fired from two or more
Smerch multiple rocket launchers.
Based on the results of the inspection and the objects recovered during the inspection, it
is not possible to draw any conclusions as to the angle of incidence of the munitions, the
detonation of which was recorded during the inspection.
The operating principle of the 9M55K rocket-propelled shell consists in the
following: the 9D167 rocket section is activated by an electric signal from the warhead
apparatus. Under the pressure of gas, which is formed by the burning of the rocket section
charge, the stopper is destroyed and gasses leak out of the nozzle. Once the jet thrust is achieved,
the guide stopper is activated and the rocket-propelled shell begins to move along the guide.
When the two carrier pins of the rocket section interact with the spiral grooves of the combat
vehicle guide, the shell begins to spin. Once the shell leaves the combat vehicle guide, six wings
are deployed.
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After the shell leaves the tube, the acceleration in the control system unit and the flight
countdown in the electronic timing device start to become integrated. During flight, the control
system unit measures the longitudinal acceleration and makes adjustments. The control system
unit measures the angular deviations and, if necessary, activates the thruster. At a pre-set point of
the rocket-propelled shell’s flight trajectory, upon a command from the electronic timing device,
the frame with the guides is separated from the shell. The centrifugal force and incoming air flow
fling the guides from the frame. After a pre-set interval, the warhead elements are thrust from the
guides, their wings open up, and they fly toward their target. When the warhead comes into
contact with an obstacle, it detonates or, if no detonation occurs upon impact, it self-destructs
after a certain interval.
CONCLUSIONS
1. Based on the inspection and the recovered objects, the explosions occurred as a result
of the detonation of 9N235 warhead fragmentation elements, which were delivered to their target
by 9M55K rocket-propelled shells (designed to inflict losses on enemy personnel and unarmored
equipment), which were fired from two or more Smerch multiple rocket launchers.
2. Two of the objects bear markings that are typical for the markings (color, layout, print
height) placed on the bodies of rocket sections of 9M55K rocket-propelled shells.
3. Based on the inspection and recovered objects, there was an explosion of munitions
fired from a Smerch multiple-rocket artillery system.
4. The fragments of munitions (explosive devices) include:
x 9N235 warhead fragmentation element:
- fragments of the fuse body (object No. 5) – fuse 9E272, designed to release a detonation
signal upon reaching the target or at the end of the self-destruct period;
- warhead body fragments (object No. 6) – the body is designed to hold 360 pre-formed
fragmentation elements (rollers) and an explosive charge 312 g);
- pre-formed fragmentation elements (objects Nos. 3 and 4), designed to inflict losses on
enemy personnel and unarmored equipment;
- fragments of warhead element wings (object No. 2) – wings are designed to ensure
targeted flight to the target;
x rocket sections (9D167), designed to deliver 9N139 cluster fragmentation warheads to the
target;
x fragments of a control system unit (9B171) – a control system unit designed to measure
angular deviations of the shell from its pre-set course; working out the thrust forces in the
process of angular stabilization according to the information regarding its angular deviations;
measuring the acceleration along the longitudinal axis of the shell;
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and computing and entering into the 9B172 electronic timer any adjustments to the time of
opening of the cluster warhead section;
x fragments of the electronic timer (9B172) – the electronic timer is designed to give a
command to activate the safety and arming system for the opening of the cluster warhead section
according to its pre-set trajectory;
x fragments of the nozzle cluster of a 9M55K rocket-propelled shell – the nozzle cluster is
designed to ensure the rotating movement of the shell on its flight trajectory and the ensure the
release of gases from the nozzle unit;
x frame of the nozzle cluster of a 9M55K rocket-propelled shell –the cluster is designed for
the placement and dispersion of either guides from the warhead elements;
x guide for a cluster warhead of a 9M55K rocket-propelled shell – the guide is designed for
the placement of nine 9N235 warhead fragmentation elements and their ejection 4 s after leaving
the frame.
5. Based the inspection and the objects recovered during the inspection, it is possible to
draw the conclusion that the likely direction from which the munitions were fired is the
northeastern outskirts of Horlivka, Donetsk Region. The distance from which the munitions
whose detonation was recorded during the inspection were fired is 20–70 km from the epicenter
of the explosions.
6. Based on the inspection and the objects found during the inspection, it is not possible
to draw any conclusions as to the angle of incidence of the munitions whose detonation was
recorded during the inspection.
Attached: Table of illustrations, 7 pages
Expert: [signature] O. Bordunos
[stamp:] Donetsk Regional Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine, No. 56/21-1160nt,
29.04.2015
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Illustration No. 1. View of 9B171 control system unit of a sectional model of
the 9M55K rocket-propelled shell for a Smerch multiple-rocket launcher
Illustration No. 2. Contents of safe pack No. 2266428 (remnants of base body
of 9B171 control system unit)
Illustration No. 3. View of sectional model of 9B172 electronic timer for a
9M55K rocket-propelled shell
Illustration No. 4. Contents of safe pack No. 0636367 (remnants of shielded
wires from a 9B171 control system unit and a plate from the 9B172 electronic
timer)
Illustration No. 5. Contents of safe pack No. 2266426 (remnants of the base
body of a 9B171 control system unit and 9B172 electronic timer)
Illustration No. 6. Contents of safe pack No. 2586610 (remnants of warhead
fragmentation element 9N235)
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Illustration No. 7. View of the nozzle cluster of a sectional model of a 9M55K
rocket-propelled shell for a Smerch multiple-rocket launcher
Illustration No. 8. Contents of safe pack No. 2266425
Illustration No 9. View of 9N235 warhead fragmentation element
Illustration No. 10. Contents of safe pack No. 2266431 (fragments of 9N235
warhead fragmentation element)
Illustration No. 11. Contents of safe pack No. 0636364 (fragments of 9N235
warhead fragmentation element)
Illustration No. 12. Contents of safe pack No. 2586608 (fragments of 9N235
warhead fragmentation element)
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Illustration No. 19. Contents of safe pack No. 2586605 (fragments of 9N235
warhead fragmentation element)
Illustration No. 20. Contents of safe pack No. 0636368 (fragments of 9N235 warhead
fragmentation element)
Illustration No. 21. Contents of safe pack No. 2586599 (remnants of body of
9B171 control system unit and electronic timer 9B172)
Illustration No. 22. Contents of safe pack No. 2586607 (fragments of 9N235 warhead
fragmentation element)
Illustration No. 23. Contents of safe pack No. 2586595 (fragments of
graphite liner of nozzle cluster)
Illustration No. 24. Contents of safe pack No. 2586598
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Illustration No. 13. Contents of safe pack No. 2586579 (fragments of 9N235
warhead fragmentation element)
Illustration No. 14. Contents of safe pack No. 0636365 (fragments of 9N235
warhead fragmentation element
Illustration No. 15. Contents of safe pack No. 2586609 (fragments of 9N235
warhead fragmentation element
Illustration No. 16. Contents of safe pack No. 2586604 (fragments of 9N235
warhead fragmentation element
Illustration No. 17. Contents of safe pack No. 2586606 (fragments of 9N235
warhead fragmentation element
Illustration No. 18. Contents of safe pack No. 2586567 (fragments of 9N235
warhead fragmentation element
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Illustration No. 25. Guide for cluster warhead of 9M55K rocket-propelled shell
for a Smerch multiple-rocket launcher
Illustration No. 26. View of guide in frame of sectional model of 9M55K
rocket-propelled shell for a Smerch multiple-rocket launcher
Illustration No. 27. Aerodynamic stabilizer
Illustration No. 18. Frames for cluster warhead of 9M55K rocket-propelled
shell for a Smerch multiple-rocket launcher
Illustration No. 29. View or frame of 9M55K rocket-propelled shell for a
Smerch multiple-rocket launcher
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Illustration No. 30. Drawing of landing sites of rocket remnants and explosions of 9N235 warhead fragmentation element [yellow] – landing site
of rocket section; [pink] site of explosions of fragmentation warhead elements; Æ - probable flight direction of shell]
Experts [signature] O. Bordunos
LEGEND
Regional, town and
district authorities
Law-enforcement
agencies
State Traffic
Inspectorate
Bus stations
Railroad station
Ukrainian post
Parking lots
?Markets
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Illustration No. 31. Probable direction of firing
Illustration No. 32. Markings of 9M55K rocket-propelled
shell
Illustration No. 33. Markings of 9M55K rocket-propelled
shell for a Smerch multiple-rocket launcher
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Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Letter No. 300/1/C/2329 (2 May 2015)
This document has been translated from its original language into English, an official
language of the Court, pursuant to Rules of the Court, Article 51.
Pursuant to Rules of the Court Article 51(3), Ukraine has translated only
an extract of the original document constituting this Annex. In further
compliance with this Rule, Ukraine has provided two certified copies of the
full original-language document
MINISTRY OF DEFENSE OF UKRAINE
GENERAL STAFF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF UKRAINE
6 Povitroflotsky Prospect, Kyiv, 03168. Phone: (044) 226-26-56. Fax: (044) 226-26-56
Email: [email protected]
Code in the Uniform Register of Businesses and Organizations of Ukraine: 22991050
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Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
No. 300/1/C/2329 of May 2, 2015
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Foreign Ministry of Ukraine
In pursuance of Instruction No. 02-01/2948 of October 15, 2014 issued by the Ukrainian
Presidential Chief of Staff, presented herewith are informational reference materials
pertaining to the body of evidence for the presence of foreign military groups in Ukrainian
territory, to be used in raising the awareness of Ukrainian society and international
partners more actively and in the future lawsuits to be filed by Ukraine with the relevant
international courts.
Attachment: above-mentioned information on 6 pages, unclassified, for the specified
recipient only.
Acting First
Deputy Chief of the General Staff
of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Lieutenant General [Signature] I.I. KOLESNYK
[Typed by] D.S. Pasko, 454-40-78
000674* Order 50-2015
FOREIGN MINISTRY OF UKRAINE
DEPARTMENT OF THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT
Incoming Ref. No. 39627
May 8, 2015
[ . . . ]
II. Regarding the chronology of the crossing of the state border of Ukraine by
personnel, weapons, and military vehicles of the Armed Forces of the Russian
Federation
No. Date Border crossing
point crossed
Point of
destination
(crossing)
Number
of
convoys
Number of vehicles
(personnel)
1. 30.04 IZVARINE LUHANSK
10 tarpaulin trucks and 4
GRAD BM-21 multiple
rocket launchers, 3 trailer
trucks, 4 tarpaulin vans,
and 4 unidentified vehicles
(type to be updated), up to
15 BMP-1 (or BMD-1)
armored personnel
carriers, and 1 tank (type to
be updated)
2.
28.04
IZVARINE 17 units of BMP armored
personnel carriers;
3. IZVARINE LUHANSK
10 units of MTLB
light-armored multipurpose
tracked towing vehicles
4. 27.04 Izvaryne LUHANSK 1 17 tanks
5. 24.04 From the territory
of Ukraine Russian Federation
Up to 24 trucks
(presumably empty) and
one multiple rocket
launcher
6. 24.04
Though USPENKA
border crossing
point
In the direction of
KHARTSYZK 2
Up to 25 tanks and 7 trucks
with personnel and canon
in tow
7. 23.04 Izvaryne KRASNODON-LUHAN
SK 1 Trucks with munitions and
ammo – 11 units
8. 23.04
Izvaryne LUHANSK
2
Humanitarian convoy of 60
vehicles
Uspenka DONETSK Humanitarian convoy of 62
vehicles
9. 22.04 From the Russian
Federation SUKHODOLSK Train Freight cars with ammo
Chief of the Main Command Center
of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Lieutenant General [Signature] S.M. POPKO
Annex 123
Expert Opinion No. 16/8, drafted by Ukrainian Scientific Research Institute for
Special Equipment and Forensic Expert Examinations, Security Service of Ukraine (7
May 2015)
This document has been translated from its original language into English, an official
language of the Court, pursuant to Rules of the Court, Article 51.
Pursuant to Rules of the Court Article 51(3), Ukraine has translated only
an extract of the original document constituting this Annex. In further
compliance with this Rule, Ukraine has provided two certified copies of the
full original-language document
SECURITY SERVICE OF UKRAINE
Ukrainian Scientific Research Institute for Special Equipment
and Forensic Expert Examinations
EXPERT OPINION
05/07/2015 City of Kyiv No. 16/8
I, Candidate of Technical Sciences Oleksandr Yuriyovych Koshel, an expert with the 4th Center
(Center for Forensic and Special Expert Examinations) of the Ukrainian Scientific Research Institute for
Special Equipment and Forensic Expert Examinations of the Security Service of Ukraine, possessing an
advanced degree, special criminalistics training and the qualification of a forensic expert with a
specialization in “Metals and Alloys Research” (certificate No. 512 issued by the Expert Qualification
Commission of the Security Service of Ukraine on 04/23/2014, valid until 04/23/2019), having worked
as an expert since 2014, pursuant to an order calling for an expert examination of metals and alloys dated
January 15, 2015, issued by Colonel of Justice Ye.L. Kosyak, Deputy Head of the Investigations
Department of the Donetsk Regional Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine, in criminal
proceeding No. 22015050000000021, conducted an expert examination of materials, substances and
items.
The physical evidence was delivered to the institute by special courier in separate packaging.
The expert examination was tasked with answering the following questions:
1. From what metal (alloy) are the objects listed in the narrative part of the order made?
2. Do the objects listed in the narrative part of the order belong to the same class (group) based
on the material from which they are made?
3. From what grade of metal (alloy) are the objects listed in the narrative part of the order and
submitted for expert examination made?
4. Is the metal (alloy) from which the objects listed in the narrative part of the order and
submitted for expert examination are made used for the manufacture of munitions for artillery
systems, particularly for multiple rocket launchers?
The expert has been warned of potential liability for presenting knowingly false findings under
Article 384 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine:
[signature] /O.Yu. Koshel/
The research necessary for answering questions 3 and 4 requires information as to the grades and
alloys that are used to manufacture the armaments. Therefore, the investigator sent Request No. 5/17 of
02/10/2015 for the provision of information from the standard documents (standards, technical
specifications, etc.) with details of the grades and alloys used to manufacture the relevant types of
armaments.
Together with cover letter No. 56/13-406nt of 01/20/2015, the Donetsk Regional Directorate of
the Security Service of Ukraine provided for expert examination (in accordance with the cover letter) 2
[stamp]:
Security Service of Ukraine
For Expert Examinations #1]
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sacks, 5 envelopes, 2 plastic bags, 4 glass bottles, and 2 zip-lock plastic bags.
I. RESEARCH
1.1. Survey and description of the physical evidence
The submitted physical evidence was packed in sacks, envelopes, plastic bags and glass bottles
with rubber cork, which contained deformed metal objects with signs of contact interaction with other
objects.
Pieces of physical evidence collected from the epicenters of the explosions were marked with
Latin letters. Other pieces of physical evidence were marked with numbers.
A white sack (section 1, Table of Illustrations 1, ill. 1), the upper part of which was tied and
bound with a thread, the ends of which were glued between two parts of a piece of paper (label) folded
in half, without any signs of opening. The label bore the explanatory note “Pack No. 1. Research
materials 22015050000000021; - 5 metal objects. Packed by:” with a note on the reverse side: “O.
Kocherhin, for the criminal proceedings” and a signature. Contents:
- piece of paper (label) folded in half and glued, with the explanatory text “Pack No. 3. Witnesses.
1. 2. Senior Lieutenant of Justice V. Starostenko, Senior Investigator with the Investigations
Department of the Donetsk Regional Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine” and three
signatures, with a note on the reverse side: “explanatory note, cylindrical metal object found
during the examination on 01/14/2015” (section 1 of the table of illustrations, ill. 1)
- metal fragment measuring around 85 cm in length and up to 8 cm in width (section 1, ill. 2, A);
- metal fragment measuring around 10 cm in length and around 5 cm in width (section 1, ill. 3, B);
- metal object measuring around 25 cm in length and 20 cm in width with the marking “559-76-6
KZh 10” and, below that, “1237” (section 1, ill. 4, C). Upon the removal of soil, a metal fragment
was found in the internal cavity, measuring around 22 cm in length and around 5 cm in width
(section 1, ill. 4, D);
- a metal fragment measuring around 40 cm in length and up to 15 cm in width (section 1, ill. 5,
E).
- a metal fragment measuring around 72 cm in length and around 13 cm in diameter (section 1, ill.
6, F).
A white sack (No. 2, ill. 7 and 8), the upper part of which was tied and bound with a thread, the ends
of which were glued between two parts of a piece of paper (label) folded in half. The label bore the
explanatory note “Pack No. 1. Research materials 22015050000000021; - 4 metal objects. Packed by:”
with a note on the reverse side: “O. Kocherhin, for the criminal proceedings” and a signature, without
any signs of opening. The fabric of the lower part of the sack was damaged (section 1, ill. 7).
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- a plastic bag with a piece of paper with the note “No. 190 01/13/15” and one metal object
(section 2, ill. 6, No. 24);
- a plastic bag with a piece of paper with the note “No. 197 01/14/15” and one metal object
(section 2, ill. 6, No. 23).
A white makeshift paper bag with the note “corpse of O.M. Shudykin No. 198 of 01/14/15, 3
pieces of grey met. Forensic Medical Expert M.A. Laktyonov”, bound along the upper edge by three
metal staples, with no signs of opening. The bag contained three metal objects (section 2, ill. 7, No. 25,
25, 27).
A white makeshift paper bag with the note “Fragments from corpse No. 191 dated 01/14/2015.
Forensic Medical Expert S.A. Komyshan”, bound along the perimeter by metal staples, without signs of
opening (section 2, ill. 8). The bag contained four hermetically sealed glass bottles (section 2, ill. 8) with
notes on a paper glued to the bottle and the following contents (section 2, ill. 9):
- a bottle labeled “Toxicology – lung from the corpse of L.I. Starchak 1944, certificate No. 191
of 01/14/15, Forensic Medical Expert S.A. Komyshan.” The bottle contained a metal object (No. 28);
- a bottle labeled “Toxicology – heart from the corpse of L.I. Starchak 1944, certificate No. 191
of 01/14/15, Forensic Medical Expert S.A. Komyshan.” The bottle contained a metal object (No. 29);
- a bottle labeled “Toxicology – head from the corpse of L.I. Starchak 1944, certificate No. 191
of 01/14/15, Forensic Medical Expert S.A. Komyshan.” The bottle contained a metal object (No. 30);
- a bottle labeled “Toxicology – left shin from the corpse of L.I. Starchak 1944, certificate No.
191 of 01/14/15, Forensic Medical Expert S.A. Komyshan.” The bottle contained a metal object (No.
31).
A white makeshift paper bag labeled “corpse of I.O. Kornilov, b. 1984. Four pieces of grey metal.
No. 193 dated 01/14/15. Forensic Medical Expert M.A. Laktyonov”, bound along the upper edge by four
metal stables, without signs of opening (section 2, ill. 10). The bag contained three metal objects (section
2, ill. 10, No. 32, 33, 34, and 35).
A black plastic bag (section 2, ill. 11), the upper part of which was tied with a thread, the ends of
which were glued between two parts of a pieces of paper (label) folded in half. The label bore an
explanatory text: “pack No. 1-O Witnesses: 1.2. Present 1. I.A. Verveyko. Captain of Justice V.
Romanenko, Sr. Special Investigator with the Investigations Department of the Donetsk Regional
Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine” with two signatures, with a note on the reverse side:
“Explanatory note, metal fragment, body of N.N. Malakhova” with a signature, without signs of opening.
The bag contained a hermetically sealed glass bottle, the top of which was sealed with an adhesive strip
labeled “Malakhova/fragm.” The bottle contained a metal object (section 2, ill. 12, No. 36)
A black plastic bag (section 2, ill. 13), the upper part of which was tied with a thread, the ends of
which were glued between two parts of a pieces of paper (label) folded in half. The label bore an
explanatory text: “pack No. 1-O witnesses: 1.2.
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Contents:
- a metal fragment measuring around 63 cm in length and around 27 cm in width
(section 1, ill. [illegible]];
- a cylindrical metal object measuring around [illegible] in length and around 12
cm in diameter (ill. 10). The object had the following components: [illegible]
with a thickness of around 3.5 mm (ill. 10.1) and the marking “881” and
[illegible] with a thickness in two places of around 7 and 3.5 mm (section 1, ill.
11 (3 and Russia) [illegible] on the shell were two structural elements: axles and
springs (section 1, ill [illegible]). Attached to the shell was a metal plate with a
thickness of around 3.5 [illegible] and the marking “60 VII” (section 1, ill. 10,
11, I);
- a metal fragment with a length of around 18 cm and a width of up to 8 [illegible]
and the marking “T91 VSN” (section 1, ill. 12, J);
- a metal fragment measuring around 22 cm in length and up to 6 cm in width
(section 1, ill. [illegible], K).
A white paper envelope labeled “Pack No. 1 – [illegible] metal fragments (removed from
the bus)”; on the reverse side the flap of the envelope was [illegible] paper with the printed note
“Research materials for expert opinion No. 74-5, metal fragments. Packed by O. Kocherhin” and
a signature, without signs of opening. The pack contained five metal fragments in [illegible]
plastic bags numbered “1, 1.01”, “2, 2.51”, 3, 1.15”, 4, 2.81” and “5, [illegible] (section 2 of the
table of illustrations, ill. 1, Objects Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5).
A yellow paper pack with the note “Pack No. 3 No. 6 [illegible] post No. 5 of the State
Traffic Inspectorate of the Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine”, without
signs of opening. The pack contained six metal fragments in separate plastic bags labeled “2.25”
[illegible], “2.45”, 2.48”, “3.07”, “20.17”, which were placed in a pack labeled “[illegible] bus”
(section 2, ill. 2 and 3, No. 6, 7, 8. 9, 10, and 11).
Four hermetically packed glass bottlers (section 2, ill. 4) with labels and content:
- a bottle labeled “190” on the cork. Labeled “two fragments from [illegible] V.A.
Polyakov. Expert opinion No. 190 of 01/14/15. Forensic Medical Expert E.F. Gorlo ([illegible]
poorly legible). The bottle contained two metal objects (section 2, ill. 5, No. 12, 13, [illegible];
- a bottle labeled “192” on the cork” Labeled “Toxicology [signature] from the corpse of
A.A. Morgasyuk. Certificate 192 of 01/14/15 Forensic Medical Expert Syneln[?]. The bottle
contained four metal objects (section 2, ill. 5, Nos. 17, 18, 19, 20 [illegible];
- a bottle labeled “194” on the cork. Labeled “Expert opinion No. 194 of 01/14/15 foreign
metal objects from the corpse of Maria Mykaylivna Hrynyk, b. 1965 [illegible] Kubasov”. The
bottle contained two metal objects (section 2, ill. 5, Nos. 21, [illegible];
- a bottle labeled “195” on the cork. Labeled “three fragments from [illegible] T.V.
Morhasyuk, expert opinion No. 195 dated , fragments from the corpse of [illegible] Polyak[?]
[illegible]. Expert opinion No. 190 of 01/14/15. Forensic Medical Expert E.G. Horlo (letter “E”
poorly legible]. The bottle contained two metal objects (section 2, ill. 5, Nos. 21, [illegible]. The
bottle contained three small metal objects (section 2, ill. 5, No. 14 [illegible]
Two transparent plastic bags, bound by a metal staple (section 2, ill. 4) with the
following contents:
[stamp]: [signature] /O.Yu. Koshel/
Security Service of Ukraine
For Expert Examinations #1]
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O.I. Kovalenko. Present 1. Captain of Justice V. Romanenko, Sr. Special Investigator with the
Investigations Department of the Donetsk Regional Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine” with
two signatures, with a note on the reverse side: “Explanatory note, metal fragment from the corpse of
A.I. Karpov (ki 15-21)”, without signs of opening. The bag contained a hermetically sealed glass bottle,
with a not on a piece of paper glued to the bottle: “Volnovakha Office of Forensic Medical Examinations,
foreign body from the corpse of A.I. Karpov, Forensic Medical Expert V.V. Serdyuk. Expert opinion
No. 13(6) of 01.15.15”, with the impression of a seal bearing the words: “Volnovakha Office No. 2”
(section 2, ill. 14). The bottle contained a metal object (section 2, ill. 14, No. 37).
An envelope with an “xDigital” optical disk labelled “BP”, which contained the video recording
“1_02_H_150113140000.avi”.
An envelope with an “Axent DVD+R optical disk (serial number MOGXPR-801), which
contains a video recording labeled “Video recorder captured shelling of Volnovakha checkpoint.flv”.
In order to systematize the examination of features of the objects, the physical evidence was
combined into two groups based on location at the incident site: group I – objects that were collected
from the epicenters of the blasts, and group II – objects that were found outside the epicenters of the
blasts.
The phrase “9M22 shell” hereinafter means “unguided M-21 OF rocket-propelled high-explosive
fragmentation shell (item 9M22U)”.
1.2. Morphological examination and physical properties
1.2.1. Group I.
All of the objects are fairly deformed. The deformations are typical for the remnants of metallic
items formed as a result of an explosion. Traces of thermal influence can be seen on the objects.
Objects A-G are metal fragments—the remnants of items manufactured from sheet metal. They
bear the elements of threading on their surfaces, which is obtained by treating metal with pressure and
mechanical metal-working, as well as remnants of numerical and alphabetical markings.
In terms of size and weight, objects F and G may be classed as remnants of large metal items
(section 1, ill. 6 and 9).
Object H is a unit comprised of several parts with a metal plate (I) attached and bears the remnants
of numerical and alphabetical markings. Object J is similar to object I (section 1, ill. 10-12).
Table 1
Weight of objects
Object A B C D E F G H I J K
Weight, kg 1.03 0.09 1.39 0.24 0.67 8.84 4.81 4.56 0.09 0.09 0.48
Objects A-H and K have magnetic properties. Rust is present on objects A, B, C, D, and E.
[signature] /O.Yu. Koshel/
[stamp]:
Security Service of Ukraine
For Expert Examinations #1]
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Objects I and J are non-magnetic and have a density that is typical of non-ferrous alloys and a
color that is typical of aluminum alloy coatings.
The materials from which objects A-H and K are made may be classed as iron-carbon alloys.
The materials from which objects I and J are made may be classed as non-ferrous metal alloys.
Objects C, E, F, G, and K and the parts of unit H are coated with metal that is silver-grey to grey
in color. The technique used to manufacture the body components of the rocket section of a 9M22 shell
involves laying a protective zinc coating [7].
Objects A and D have an identical type of coating, which appears [illegible]-greyish in color.
The technique used to manufacture the warhead of a 9M22 shell involves painting the body with an “oilbased
wild grey” paint [7, p. [illegible]] (exhibit).
Object B is consistent with part of the body of a warhead from a 9M22 shell with an attached
“cover” part with remnants of structural elements [illegible] connecting thread, its placement, and the
thickness of the fragment ([7, p. 227], [illegible] section 1, ill. 3).
1.2.2. Group II.
Objects Nos. 1-37 all have traces of a powerful external mechanical influence of a dynamic and
pulsed explosive nature (blast wave) [illegible] characterized by mechanical damage (of varying degrees)
as a result of contact with an obstacle and traces of thermal influence (section 3 of the table of
illustrations, ill. 1-4).
The objects have magnetic properties and are covered in rust.
Objects Nos. 1, 3, 14-16, 21, 22, 24-26, 28, 29. and 31-33 do not have clear geometric shapes,
and several of the objects are flat. These objects have a weight [illegible] 1.15 g (Table 3) and are classed
as pieces of metal (alloy).
Metal objects Nos. 11, 23, 35 and 37, weighing from 2 to 20 g (Table 2) [illegible] have traces
of pulsed and dynamic explosive load and may [illegible] classified as fragments of metal items.
Table [illegible]
Weight of objects
Object No. 1 3 11 14 15 16 21 22 23 24 25 26 [illegible]
Weight (g) 0.51 0.69 20.4 0.03 0.02 0.06 0.22 0.06 4.72 1.15 0.29 0.32 [illegible]
Object No. 29 31 32 33 35 36 37
Weight (g) 0.51 0.75 0.16 0.12 6.87 0.57 2.33
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Objects Nos. 2, 4-10, 12, 13, 17-20, 27, 30 and 34 (17 items in total) are metal fragments with
rusty edges and show mechanical damage as a result of dynamic contact interaction with an obstacle
(section 4 of the table of illustrations, ill. 1 and 2).
These objects are characterized by the presence of remnants of diamond shapes (section 4, ill. 1
and 2). On the surface along the rusty edge there are riffles* that cross at angles of around 60° and 120°.
These riffles are a shape-forming element (ill. 1).
Illustration 1.
The aforementioned objects are characterized by close thickness. For the least deformed
fragments, the average metal thickness is 2.4 mm (Table 3).
Table 3
Fragment thickness
Object number 4 5 6 7 10
Average thickness
(mm)
Thickness (mm) 2.3 2.6 2.5 2.2 2.3 2.4
Table 4
Weight of diamond-shaped fragments
Object
number
2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 17 18 19 20 27 30 34
Weight
(g)
2.04 2.33 2.16 2.26 2.31 2.45 2.5 3.08 2.16 2.08 2.15 1.94 2.06 2.06 2.51 2.01 1.66
The average weight of the diamond-shaped objects is 2.22 g (Table 4).
The form, dimensions, and weight of objects of this group and the indications of the
manufacturing techniques used to produce the metal parts from which the objects were derived are
consistent with the parameters of destructive agents formed as a result of the explosive rupture of the
“inner bushing” and “outer bushing” of a 9M22 shell warhead [7, p.237, 238, and information from
Splav Research and Production Association] (exhibit).
Note. *Riffles in this context are depressions formed on the surface as a result of pressure-treating
metal
[signature] /O.Yu. Koshel/
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The diamond-shaped objects show irregular distribution of corrosion. The technical
documentation provides for phosphatizing the parts of a 9M22 shell from which the pre-formed
fragments are obtained [7, p. 237, 238].
Phosphate coating quality control is done by visual inspection and by testing for corrosion
resistance (the drop method) [17]. The presence of coating on the flat surfaces of the diamond-shaped
objects is determined visually. In order to clarify whether there are remnants of protective phosphate
coating for Objects Nos. 6, 4 and 20, their surfaces were analyzed with a scanning electron microscope.
The obtained data indicated that the metal objects were coated with substances that had elevated
phosphate content in certain sections (section 5, ill. 1). However, reliable data were not obtained as to
the presence of an overall protective coating.
In terms of their parameters—geometric characteristics, weight and methods of treatment—
Objects Nos. 2, 4-10, 12, 13, 17-20, 27, 30 and 34 all belong to the same category and match the
parameters of destructive elements obtained as a result of the explosive separation (explosion) of the
“inner bushing” and “outer bushing” of a 9M22 shell warhead.
1.3. Identification of chemical composition. Metallographic analysis.
The elemental composition of the substance submitted for examination was calculated to be in
the range of atomic numbers from 12Mg to 92U using the non-destructive method of X-ray fluorescence
(XRF) on an EXPERT-02L energy-dispersive analyzer of elemental composition. Pamyr-M x-ray tube
operating mode: voltage 45.9 kV, exposure time 300s. The characteristic x-ray radiation was recorded
by a Moxtek PF-550 Si-pin detector with a rated capacity of 180 eV on the MnKɑ-line. The flat surface
of the metal objects was polished in order to perform the XRF. Their chemical composition was
determined using the EXPERT 02L software applications.
The carbon content on an optical emission spectrometer was determined for objects that had
sufficient mass and dimensional parameters for this method. For objects with a “small” mass (Table 2)
the carbon content was calculated by metallographic means.
1.3.1. Group I.
The chemical composition of the iron-carbon objects of unit H was not examined, since according
to the findings of Section 1.2 and expert examination No. 18/4-2197 of the Institute for Special
Equipment and Forensic Expert Examinations dated 03/26/2015 based on the files of criminal
proceeding No. 22015050000000021, objects H(I) and J are components of the stabilizer unit of a
9M22U shell. The unit’s basic parts (object H) are composed of “steel 10” and “40X” grade steels.
Objects I and J are remnants of parts of “stabilizer blades”, and their material is aluminum alloy AMg5
[6].
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The results of the examination of objects A-K to determine the composition of their chemical
elements (by x-ray fluorescence and emission spectrometry) are provided in Table 5.
Based on the fact that the aforementioned expert examination (No. 18/4-2197 of the SBU
Institute for Special Equipment and Forensic Expert Examinations dated 03/26/2015) determined that
objects A and B previously formed one whole and that objects C and E previously formed one whole,
the carbon content for objects A and C was determined (in Table 5, the same carbon content is indicated
for A and B, and for C and E).
Table 5
Chemical composition
Object
No.
Weight part of chemical element, %
C Si P S Cr Mn Ni Cu
A 0.15 0.34 0.018 0.022 0.09 0.78 0.61 0.09
B 0.15 0.32 0.020 0.025 0.09 0.79 0.63 0.09
C 0.15 0.33 0.022 0.021 0.09 0.80 0.62 0.11
D 0.16 0.31 0.025 0.016 0.09 0.79 0.63 0.10
E 0.15 0.28 0.018 0.024 0.08 0.80 0.64 0.10
F * 0.36 0.027 0.017 0.13 0.85 0.57 0.08
G * 0.43 0.018 0.024 0.17 0.84 0.50 0.07
K 0.17 0.36 0.020 0.016 0.12 0.83 0.65 0.07
Grade composition[10-12]
Steel
10GN
0.11-0.15 0.30-0.50 <0.025 <0.030 <0.20 0.60-0.90 0.60-0.90 <0.20
* - carbon content was not determined
Based on the content of their main and impurity chemical elements, the fragments submitted
for examination (A-K, except unit H) are of the same type in terms of the type of material from which
they were manufactured: structural carbon steel (Table 5). The steel that was used to manufacture
the items from which these objects were obtained matches the composition of 10GN(A)-grade steel
(structural high-grade alloyed steel) [10-12].
10GN-grade steel is used to produce the “main tube” and “tail tube” of a 9M22U shell [6]. The
submitted documentation indicates that the same grade of steel is used to produce the “shell body” of a
9M22 warhead shell as the “main tube” and “tail tube” (per Iron and Steel Technical Standard 627-62
of the Central Scientific Research Institute for the Iron and Steel Industry) [7 and 6, p.236, 258, 262]
(exhibit). Thus, the “shell body”, “main tube” and “tail tube” of a 9M22 shell may be manufactured
from the same grade of steel, i.e., 10GN(A)-grade steel.
The results of the examination of objects I and J to determine the composition of their chemical
elements by x-ray fluorescence are provided in Table 6.
[signature] /O.Yu. Koshel/
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For Expert Examinations #1]
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Table 6
Chemical composition
Object
No.
Weight part of chemical element, %
Si Fe Cu Mn Mg Cr Zn Ti*
I 0.26 0.33 0.06 0.55 5.42 0.09 0.05 <0.002
J 0.40 0.34 0.05 0.58 5.6 0.09 0.06 <0.001
Grade composition [13]
AMg5 <0.5 <0.5 <0.1 0.30–0.8 0.48–5.8 – <0.2 0.02–0.1
*titanium may be replaced with boron or other modifiers
Based on the content of their main and impurity chemical elements, fragments I and J are of
the same type of aluminum alloys. In terms of the chemical composition, the alloy from which
fragments I and J were manufactured matches AMg5-grade alloy. AMg5 alloy is used to produce the
“unit stabilizer blades” [6].
1.3.2. Group II.
The carbon content of the group of diamond-shaped objects was determined by emission
spectrometry for 8 randomly selected objects and by metallographic means for 4 (Table 6).
In terms of structure, the objects in Tables 6 and 7 from which the polished sections were
prepared may be classed as hypoeutectoid steels. Therefore, carbon content was specifically calculated
for these objects using the method of quantitative metallography [1]. The metallographic images are
provided in section 6 of the table of illustrations. Based on the reference data, the carbon content is
estimated to be within the range of 0.1-0.2% [15].
The results of the examination of the diamond-shaped objects to determine the composition of
their chemical elements (by x-ray fluorescence and emission spectrometry methods) are provided in
Table 6.
Table 6
Chemical composition of the diamond-shaped objects
Object
No.
Weight part of chemical element, %
C Si P S Cr Mn Cu Ni
2 0.1-0.2* 0.19 0.019 0.046 0.02 0.57 0.01 –
4 – 0.18 0.018 0.035 0.02 0.58 – –
5 0.17 0.21 0.018 0.022 0.02 0.56 – –
6 0.1–0.2* 0.21 0.017 0.029 0.02 0.61 0.01 –
7 0.14 0.25 0.019 0.026 0.01 0.53 – –
8 – 0.20 0.028 0.017 0.01 0.57 0.03 –
9 – 0.21 0.030 0.014 0.02 0.57 0.03 –
10 – 0.19 0.032 0.030 0.02 0.51 0.01 0.02
12 0.16 0.21 0.026 0.045 0.02 0.58 0.02 –
13 0.13 0.23 0.020 0.046 0.01 0.55 – –
17 0.15 0.27 0.024 0.028 0.01 0.56 0.01 0.02
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Object
No.
Weight part of chemical element, %
C Si P S Cr Mn Cu Ni
18 0.16 0.18 0.022 0.038 0.02 0.58 – –
19 0.1-0.2 0.19 0.014 0.023 0.02 0.55 – –
20 – 0.24 0.021 0.037 0.02 059 0.01 –
27 0.13 0.20 0.022 0.027 0.02 0.57 0.01 0.02
30 0.15 0.19 0.016 0.022 0.02 0.56 0.01 –
34 0.1-0.2* 0.21 0.019 0.027 0.02 0.55 0.00 –
Grade composition[11]
St2sp 0.09-0.15 0.15-0.30
<0.04
<0.05
<0.3
0.25-0.50
0.3
St3sp 0.14-0.22 0.15-0.30 0.40-0.65 0.3
* - carbon content calculated by metallographic means
Based on analysis of the obtained data (Table 6), the diamond-shaped objects do not contain
alloying elements and, in terms of their chemical composition, may be classed as structural carbon
steels. In terms of the weight part of the main and impurity chemical elements, the steel from which
they were made matches St2(sp)- and St3(sp)-grade steel [8].
The technical documentation for the manufacture of the “inner bushing” and “outer bushing”
components of a 9M22 shell warhead standardizes the use of St3(sp)-steel [6 and 7, p. 237, 238] (exhibit).
In terms of their composition, objects Nos. 2, 4-10, 12, 13, 17-20, 27, 30 and 34 match St3(sp)-
grade steel, which is used to obtain the pre-formed destructive agents of a 9M22 shell.
The results of the identification of the chemical composition (by x-ray fluorescence, spectrometry
and metallography methods) of other fragments from the group of objects that were found outside the
epicenters of the explosions are provided in Table 7
Table 7
Chemical composition
Object
No.
Weight part of chemical element, %
C Si P S Cr Mn Cu Ni
1
0.1-0.2*
0.05 0.024 0.012 0.04 0.42 0.02 –
24 0.02 0.024 0.021 0.02 0.40 0.05 –
25 0.04 0.048 0.018 0.04 0.34 0.04 –
26 0.03 0.040 0.023 0.03 0.38 0.03 –
31 0.04 0.028 0.031 0.02 0.38 0.04 –
33 0.05 0.083 0.030 0.03 0.38 0.06 –
36 0.04 0.023 0.020 0.03 0.35 0.02 –
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Object
No.
Weight part of chemical element, %
C Si P S Cr Mn Cu Ni
3
0.1-0.2*
0.11 0.026 0.049 0.04 0.42 0.02 –
14 0.55 0.038 0.039 0.18 0.59 0.20 0.04
15 0.35 0.146 0.110 0.04 0.52 0.05 0.01
`6 0.81 0.043 0.012 0.02 0.56 0.01 –
22 0.34 0.023 0.027 0.18 0.59 0.19 0.04
32 0.29 0.055 0.042 0.16 0.56 0.16 0.04
21 0.20 0.022 0.020 0.02 0.53 0.02 –
28 0.20 0.038 0.046 0.02 0.56 0.07 –
29 0.19 0.029 0.058 0.02 0.56 0.02 –
11 0.12 0.25 0.037 0.025 0.14 0.56 0.17 0.07
23 0.13 0.23 0.027 0.027 0.16 0.61 0.16 0.04
35 0.11 0.28 0.038 0.030 0.16 0.60 0.18 0.04
37 0.13 0.28 0.032 0.032 0.16 0.61 0.16 0.03
Grade composition [14, 15, 17]
BSt2kp 0.09-0.15
≤ 0.07
≤ 0.04 ≤ 0.05 ≤ 0.3
0.25-0.50
BSt3kp 0.14-0.22 0.30-0.60 ≤ 0.3 ≤ 0.3
BSt3(sp) 0.14-0.22 0.12-0.30 0.4-0.65
St2(sp) 0.09-0.15 0.15-0.30
≤ 0.04 ≤ 0.05 ≤ 0.3
0.25-0.50
≤ 0.3 ≤ 0.3
St3(sp) 0.14-0.22 0.15-0.30 0.40-0.65
BSt3(sp) 0.14-0.22 0.12-0.30 ≤ 0.04 ≤ 0.05 ≤ 0.3 0.40-0.65 ≤ 0.3 ≤ 0.3
08kp 0.05-0.11 ≤ 0.03
≤ 0.035 ≤ 0.04
≤ 0.10 0.25-0.50
10kp 0.07-0.14 ≤ 0.03 ≤ 0.25 ≤ 0.25
≤ 0.15 0.35-0.65
Steel 10 0.07-0.14 0.17-0.37
* - carbon content calculated by metallographic means
Objects Nos. 1, 24, 25, 26, 31, 33, and 36, in terms of the content of their main and impurity
chemical elements (Table 7), are of the same type of structural carbon steel, and their composition is
consistent with steel grades St2kp, St3kp, 08kp, and 10kp [14, 16]. Steel grades 08kp and 10kp are used
to manufacture the MRV-U burster tube of a 9M22 shell [7] (exhibit).
Object No. 3, in terms of the composition of its chemical elements, is consistent with steel grades
St3 and BSt3 (Table 7). The technical documentation provides for the use of BSt3-grade steel to
manufacture the “large ring” and “small ring” components of a 9M22 shell [6, 7] (exhibit).
Based on chemical composition data and metallographic analysis, objects Nos. 14, 15 and 16
may be classed as low-carbon structural steels.
Objects Nos. 22 and 32, in terms of their main and impurity chemical elements (Table 7) are of
the same type of structural carbon steel, and their composition is consistent with steel grade St3. The
objects have the same average weighted ferritic-pearlitic structure (see section 6 of the table of
illustrations).
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Objects Nos. 11, 23, 35 and 37, in terms of their main and impurity chemical elements (Table 7)
are of the same type of structural carbon steel, and their composition is consistent with steel grade “steel
10.” The technical documentation provides for the use of “steel 10” steel for the manufacture of a
“cover/nozzle” component [6].
Objects Nos. 21, 28 and 29, in terms of their main and impurity chemical elements (Table 7) are
of the same type of structural carbon steel, and their composition is consistent with St3(sp)-grade steel.
Based on the results of a metallographic analysis, their structure is of the same type as the destructive
pre-formed agents (diamond-shaped objects). To summarize the obtained data, we find that these objects
(Nos. 21, 28 and 29) are fragments of the “bushing” of a 9M22 shell.
Literature:
1. Shcherbakovsky, M.G. Criminalistic Examination of Metals, Alloys and Items Made from Them. A
Practical Research Guide for Experts: Kyiv: Osnova, 1996 – 116 p.;
2. Epshteyn, G.N. The Construction of Metals Deformed by Explosion: Moscow: Metallurgia, 1980.
– 255 p.
3. Explosives Expert Book: A Study Guide and Methodological Handbook: Moscow: Publishing
House of the Criminalistics Institute of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, 2001
– 356 p.: ill.
4. Gulyayev, A.P. Metal Science: A Textbook. Moscow, Metallurgia, 1977 – 647 p.
5. Materials Science: A Handbook / Ye.H. Aftandilyants, O.V. Zazymko, K.H. Kopatko / Kherson:
OLDI-PLUS, 2012 – 612 p.
6. Letter No. 679k/upr of 03/25/2015 from Ukroboronprom SC State Scientific Research Institute for
Chemical Products (exhibit)
7. Letter No. 992 of 04/01/2015 from Military Unit A1201 of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
8. Grade Guide to Steels and Alloys / under the general editorship of A.S. Zubchenko, 2nd Edition,
Revised and Updated / Moscow: Mashinostroyeniye, 2003 – 784 p.
9. Recommended methods for testing opium/crude morphine. Vienna, Austria: United Nations,
Dovision of Narcotics Drugs [sic] . 1987
10. Technical specification TU 14-1-2376-78. 10GN-grade hot-rolled steel in rings. Technical
specifications.
11. Technical specification TU 14-1-1251-75. Pipe billet from 10GN-grade steel.
12. Technical specification TU 1-1365-75. Pipe billet from 10GN-grade steel.
13. Technical specification GOST 4784-74. Deformed aluminum and aluminum alloys. Grades.
14. Technical specification GOST 380-71. Standard-quality carbon steel. Grades and general technical
requirements.
15. Technical specification GOST 380-71. Standard-quality carbon steel. Grades and general technical
requirements.
16. Technical specification GOST 8233-56. Steels. Structural standards.
17. Technical specification GOST 1050-74. High-quality structural carbon steel. Technical
specifications.
18. Grilekhes, S.Ya. Protection of Metals with Oxide and Phosphate Coatings. Issue 9 from the
“Electroplater’s Library” series: Moscow: Mashgiz, 1961 – 77 p.
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Equipment details:
The measuring devices and testing equipment used in the laboratory examinations conform to
the certification and calibration testing requirements of Law of Ukraine No. 113/98-VR of 02/11/98 “On
Metrology and Metrological Activity” (as amended). The following were used in the examinations:
NIKON SMZ1500 stereomicroscope, MBS-10 optical microscope, Sartorius AC 210S electronic scales
No. 24707518 (calibration testing certificate No. 35-02/1220008 dated 01/14/2013), Ladoga-U SVP-60-
5 GOST 5639-82 scales, ShTs-125-01.1-2 GOST 166-89 caliper, EXPERT 02L x-ray fluorescence
analyzer of chemical element content No. 27/2004 (calibration testing certificate No. 12-02/1715 dated
11/14/2014), DFS-36-1800 optical emission spectrometer (calibration testing certificate No. 37/0220
dated 01/14/2014), TESCAN LYRA 3 scanning electron microscope, and OLYMPUS GX51
metallographic microscope.
Note.
All of the metal objects were damaged to varying degrees during the examinations.
After the examinations, the objects were packed into numbered plastic zip-lock bags. The large
objects were packed into two sacks.
The research materials were packed into one envelope (the flap of which was sealed with
fragments of paper), a plastic bag, and two sacks, the necks of which were bound with white threads, the
ends of which were sealed with fragments of paper, all of which bore imprints of the seal “For physical
evidence, research objects and samples, No. 7, Security Service of Ukraine” and expert signatures.
Synthesizing section
For the objects from the epicenters of the explosions (group I).
Based on their technological and structural features, Objects A and D may be, and Objects B, C,
E, F, G, H (I), J, and K are, remnants of components and units of an M-21OF (9M22U) shell.
Objects A-K (except H(I) and J) are of the same type in terms of their chemical composition. The
material used to manufacture the parts from which they were obtained is 10GN(A)-grade steel, which is
used to manufacture the warhead “shell body,” “main tube,” and “tail tube” of an M-21OF (9M22U)
shell.
Objects I and J are of the same type in terms of their chemical composition and are made from
AMg5 aluminum alloy, which is consistent with the material used to make “stabilizer unit blades.”
Thus, the above combination of features and characteristics gives us grounds to conclude that
among the Group I objects:
- objects A, B, and D are remnants of the “shell body” of an M-21OF (9M22U) shell warhead;
- objects C, E, F, G, and K are remnants of the “main tube” and “tail tube” of an M-21OF
(9M22U) shell;
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- objects (H, I, and J) are remnants of the “stabilizer unit” of an M-21OF (9M22U) shell.
For the objects that were collected outside the epicenters of the explosions (fragments that
were located outside the epicenters of the explosions – group II).
Findings regarding the diamond-shaped objects (objects Nos. 2, 4-10, 12, 13, 17-20, 27, 30, and
34).
In terms of their geometric characteristics, weight and manufacturing techniques, these objects
are consistent with the parameters of destructive elements obtained as a result of the explosive separation
of the “inner bushing” and “outer bushing” of the warhead of an M-21OF (9M22U) shell.
These objects share a common composition consistent with St3(sp)-grade steel, which is used to
manufacture the “inner bushing” and “outer bushing” of the warhead of an M-21OF (9M22U) shell.
In summary, based on the above data, we conclude that Objects Nos. 2, 4-10, 12, 13, 17-20, 27,
30 and 34 are destructive agents of an M-21OF (9M22U) shell.
Findings regarding the other fragments from the group of objects that were located outside the
epicenters of the explosions.
These objects do not have defining (signaling) morphological features.
Objects Nos. 1, 24, 25, 26, 31, 33, and 36, in terms of the composition of their chemical elements,
are all of the same type, and their composition is consistent with steel grades St2kp, St3kp, 08kp, and
10kp. These objects may be fragments of the MRV-U burster tube of an M-21OF (9M22U) shell.
Object No. 3, in terms of the composition of its chemical elements, is consistent with steel grades
St3 and BSt3. It may be a fragment from the “large ring” or “small ring” of an M-21OF (9M22U) shell.
Objects Nos. 14, 15 and 16 may be classed as low-carbon structural steels.
Objects Nos. 22 and 32, in terms of the composition of their chemical elements, are both of the
same type, and their composition is consistent with steel grade St3.
Objects Nos. 11, 23, 35, and 37, in terms of the composition of their chemical elements, are of
the same type of structural carbon steel, and their composition is consistent with steel grade “steel 10.”
These objects may be fragments of the “cover/nozzle” component of an M-21OF (9M22U) shell.
Objects Nos. 21, 28 and 29, in terms of their content, are of the same type, and their composition
is consistent with St3(sp)-grade steel. Their structure is of the same type as the diamond-shaped objects.
To summarize the obtained data, we find that these objects are fragments of the “bushing” of an M-
21OF (9M22U) shell.
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CONCLUSIONS
1-4. The objects submitted for examination (except objects I and J) are made of low-carbon
structural steels. Objects I and J are made of aluminum alloy. The objects are of the same type in terms
of the material used to manufacture the parts from which these objects were derived.
For 48 of the objects submitted for examination, the examination results made it possible to
identify the grades of steel and relevant components of an unguided M-21OF (9M22U) rocket-propelled
high-explosive fragmentation shell.
For 11 of the objects that were collected from the epicenters of the explosions, it was
established that:
- 8 objects (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and K) were made from 10GN steel, which is used to manufacture
the shell body components of an M-21OF (9M22U) shell. Objects A, B, and D are remnants of the
warhead shell “body” of an M-21OF (9M22U) shell, while objects C, E, F, G, and K are remnants of the
“main tube” and “tail tube.”
- three objects (H (I) and J) came from the stabilizer unit of an M-21OF (9M22U) shell, the
components of which are manufactured using 40X steel, 10 steel, and AMg5 steel (I and J).
For 37 fragments that were located outside the epicenters of the explosions, it was found that:
- 7 objects (1, 24, 25, 26, 31, 33, and 36) are remnants of components whose material is consistent
with St2kp, St3kp, 08kp and 10kp-grade steels;
- 22 objects are remnants of components made from St3 steel (Nos. 2, 4-10, 12, 13, 17-21, 27-
30, and 34);
- the composition of one object (No. 3) is consistent with steel grades St3 and BSt3;
- four objects are remnants of components that are manufactured from “steel 10” steel (Nos. 11,
23, 35, and 37).
In terms of the material from which they were manufactured, these 34 objects are consistent with
the grade composition of steels used to manufacture the components of an M-21OF (9M22U) shell.
For three objects (Nos. 14, 15, and 16), we conclude that they are low-carbon structural steels
and are made of a material that can be used to manufacture parts for an M-21OF (9M22U) shell.
Based on the results of the examination of these 37 objects, we also conclude that they came from
components of an unguided M-21OF (9M22U) rocket-propelled high-explosive fragmentation shell:
- 20 objects are pre-formed destructive agents of an M-21OF (9M22U) shell (Nos. 2, 4-10, 12,
13, 17-20, 27. 30, 34, 21, 28, and 29);
- 7 objects may be fragments of the MRV-U burster tube of an M-21OF (9M22U) shell (Nos. 1,
24, 25, 26, 31, 33, and 36);
- four objects may be fragments of the cover/nozzle component of an M-21OF (9M22U) shell
(Nos. 11, 23, 35, and 37);
- one object (No. 3) may be a fragment of the “large ring” or “small ring” of an M-21OF (9M22U)
shell.
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Of the 26 fragments that struck people (Nos. 12-37), 12 fragments (Nos. 12, 13, 17-21, 27-30
and 34) were identified as pre-formed destructive agents of shell (obtained as a result of the explosive
rupture of the “inner bushing” and “outer bushing” components of the warhead of an unguided M-21OF
(9M22U) rocket-propelled high-explosive fragmentation shell.
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corpse of O.M. Shudykin , b.
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corpse of O.M. Shudykin , b.
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Toxicology
head
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Toxicology
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Starchak
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corpse of I.O. Kornilov, b.
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Four pieces of grey metal.
No. 193 dated 01/14/15.
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corpse of I.O. Kornilov, b.
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Four pieces of grey metal.
No. 193 dated 01/14/15.
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Treatment parameters: Analysis of all elements performed (Normalized)
Spectrum In item
Spectrum 1
Yes
Spectrum 2 Yes
Spectrum 3 Yes
Spectrum 4 Yes
Max
Min
All results as weight %
Illustration 1. Object No. 1
Treatment parameters: Analysis of all elements performed (Normalized)
Spectrum In item
Spectrum 1
Yes
Spectrum 2 Yes
Spectrum 3 Yes
Spectrum 4 Yes
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Min
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Spectrum In item
Spectrum 1
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Spectrum 2 Yes
Max
Min
All results as weight %
Full scale 321 imp. Cursor: 0.000 keV Full scale 321 imp. Cursor: 5.008 (25 imp.) keV
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Annex 124
Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Letter No. 300/1/C/2430 (9 May 2015)
This document has been translated from its original language into English, an official
language of the Court, pursuant to Rules of the Court, Article 51.
Pursuant to Rules of the Court Article 51(3), Ukraine has translated only
an extract of the original document constituting this Annex. In further
compliance with this Rule, Ukraine has provided two certified copies of the
full original-language document
MINISTRY OF DEFENSE OF UKRAINE
GENERAL STAFF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF
UKRAINE
6 Povitroflotsky Prospect, Kyiv, 03168. Phone: (044) 226-26-56. Fax: (044) 226-26-56
Email: [email protected]
Code in the Uniform Register of Businesses and Organizations of Ukraine: 22991050
_____________ No. _____________
Foreign Ministry of Ukraine
In pursuance of Instruction No. 02-01/2948 of October 15, 2014 issued by the Ukrainian
Presidential Chief of Staff, presented herewith are informational reference materials
pertaining to the body of evidence for the presence of foreign military groups in Ukrainian
territory, to be used in raising the awareness of Ukrainian society and international
partners more actively and in the future lawsuits to be filed by Ukraine with the relevant
international courts.
Attachment: above-mentioned information on 1 page, unclassified, for the specified
recipient only
Acting First Deputy Chief
of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Major General [Signature] V.M. NAZAROV
V.A. Khomenko, 454-40-78
000340* Order 50-2015
FOREIGN MINISTRY OF UKRAINE
DEPARTMENT OF THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT
Incoming Ref. No. 41501
May 15, 2015
Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine
No. 300/1/C/2430 of May 9, 2015
4:26:02 pm Pages: 1/1
Attachment
INFORMATIONAL REFERENCE MATERIALS
pertaining to the body of evidence for the direct invasion by foreign military groups into
Ukrainian territory
operating in Eastern Ukraine
No documented facts of the involvement of Russian citizens in illegal paramilitary groups
operating in Eastern Ukraine were recorded last week.
II. Regarding the chronology of the crossing of the state border of Ukraine by
personnel, weapons, and military vehicles of the Armed Forces of the Russian
Federation
No. Date Border crossing
point crossed
Point of destination
(crossing)
Number of
convoys Number of vehicles (personnel)
1. May 05 LUHANSK IZVARYNE 57 tarpaulin trucks
2. May 05 IZVARYNE LUHANSK
7 MTLB light-armored multipurpose
tracked towing vehicles and 8
tarpaulin trucks
3. May 5 Chervonopartyzan
sk SVERDLOVSK 1 14 tanks, BMP infantry fighting
vehicles, 7 trucks, 100 militants
4. May 5 IZVARYNE LUHANSK 1 Buk guided ground-to-air missile
system, four trucks
5. May 5 LUHANSK IZVARYNE 1 24 trucks
6. May 3 KRASNODON LUHANSK
30 BTR armored personnel
carriers, 12 BMP infantry fighting
vehicles, 10 KamAZ trucks from the
PMP warehouse, and 30 ATT
heavy artillery tractors with
ammunition
7. May 3 IZVARYNE LUHANSK 7 semi-trailer trucks
8. May 2 Chervonopartyzan
sk SVERDLOVSK 1
Up to 5 tanks, up to 2 BTR armored
personnel carriers, up to 7 KamAZ
heavy artillery tractors with
personnel (up to 300 militants; their
affiliation to be updated)
9. May 1 USPENKA border
crossing point
Through the towns of
ZUHRES and
KHARTSYZK in the
direction of Donetsk
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23 tanks, 4 MTLB light-armored
multipurpose tracked towing
vehicles, 4 Ural trucks
10. April 30 IZVARYNE LUHANSK
10 tarpaulin trucks and 4 GRAD
BM-21 multiple rocket launchers, 3
semi-trailer trucks, 4 tarpaulin
vans, and 4 unidentified vehicles
(type to be updated), up to 15
BMP-1 (or BMD-1) infantry fighting
vehicles, and 1 tank (type to be
updated)
Chief of the Main Command Center
of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Lieutenant General [Signature] S.M. POPKO
Annex 125
Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Letter No. 300/1/C/2539 (15 May 2015)
This document has been translated from its original language into English, an official
language of the Court, pursuant to Rules of the Court, Article 51.
Pursuant to Rules of the Court Article 51(3), Ukraine has translated only
an extract of the original document constituting this Annex. In further
compliance with this Rule, Ukraine has provided two certified copies of the
full original-language document
GENERAL STAFF
OF THE ARMED FORCES OF UKRAINE
6 Povitroflotsky Prospect, Kyiv-168, Ukraine
Phone: (044) 234-01-92. Fax: (044) 226-26-56
____________ No. ______________
Re: No. _______________________
Foreign Ministry of Ukraine
In pursuance of Instruction No. 02-01/2948 of October 15, 2014 issued by the Ukrainian
Presidential Chief of Staff, presented herewith are informational reference materials
pertaining to the body of evidence for the presence of foreign military groups in Ukrainian
territory, to be used in raising the awareness of Ukrainian society and international
partners more actively and in the future lawsuits to be filed by Ukraine with the relevant
international courts.
Attachment: above-mentioned information on 1 page, unclassified, for the specified
recipient only.
Acting First Deputy Chief
of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Major General [Signature] V.M. NAZAROV
R.O. Tarasenko, 454-40-78
000412*
Order 258-2008
FOREIGN MINISTRY OF UKRAINE
DEPARTMENT OF THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT
Incoming Ref. No. 43780
May 22, 2015
Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine
No. 300/1/C/2539 of May 15, 2015
9:08:38 am Pages: 1/1
Attachment
INFORMATIONAL REFERENCE MATERIALS
pertaining to the body of evidence for the direct invasion by foreign military groups into
Ukrainian territory
operating in Eastern Ukraine
No documented facts of the involvement of Russian citizens in illegal paramilitary groups
operating in Eastern Ukraine were recorded last week.
II. Regarding the chronology of the crossing of the state border of Ukraine by
personnel, weapons, and military vehicles of the Armed Forces of the Russian
Federation
No. Date Border crossing
point crossed
Point of
destination
(crossing)
Number of
convoys
Number of vehicles
(personnel)
May 11 DOLZHANSKYI LUHANSK 1 9 tanks
May 8
LUHANSK IZVARYNE a truck and a tanker truck;
IZVARYNE LUHANSK
17 trucks (including 7
semi-trailers) and a tanker
truck.
IZVARYNE DONETSK
18 trucks with trailers (arrived
at warehouses at 7
Chernihivska Street; cargo
information to be updated).
Chief of the Main Command Center
of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Lieutenant General [Signature] S.M. POPKO
Annex 126
Expert Opinion No. 38/6, Ukrainian Research Center for Special-Purpose
Equipment and Forensic Examinations of the Security Service of Ukraine (18 May
2015)
This document has been translated from its original language into English, an official
language of the Court, pursuant to Rules of the Court, Article 51.
Pursuant to Rules of the Court Article 51(3), Ukraine has translated only
an extract of the original document constituting this Annex. In further
compliance with this Rule, Ukraine has provided two certified copies of the
full original-language document
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SECURITY SERVICE OF UKRAINE
Ukrainian Scientific Research Institute for Special Equipment
and Forensic Expert Examinations
EXPERT OPINION
05/18/2015 City of Kyiv No. 38/6
Copy No. 1
I, Vitaly Petrovych Stasyuk, an expert consultant with Section 6 of the 4th Center (Center
for Forensic and Special Expert Examinations) of the Ukrainian Scientific Research Institute for
Special Equipment and Forensic Expert Examinations of the Security Service of Ukraine, with
an advanced technical degree, special expert training and experience working as an expert since
2012, holding the qualification of a forensic expert with the right to conduct explosives research
with specializations in “Researching Explosive Devices and the Traces and Circumstances of
Explosions” (registration certificate No. 477 issued by the Expert Qualification Commission of
the Security Service of Ukraine on 03/13/2012) and “Forecasting the Possible Effects of the Use
of Explosive Devices and the Traces and Circumstances of Explosions” (registration certificate
No. 478 issued by the Expert Qualification Commission of the Security Service of Ukraine on
03/13/2012), pursuant to an order calling for an expert explosives examination, issued by
Colonel of Justice Ye.L. Kosyak, Deputy Head of the Investigations Department of the Donetsk
Regional Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine, conducted an expert explosives
examination based on the files of criminal proceeding No. 22015050000000021.
I am aware of the facts of the case from the investigator’s order calling for an expert
examination.
Together with cover letter No. 56/21-621 nt of 03/04/2015, the Donetsk Regional
Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine provided for expert examination 5 transparent
packages with fasteners, bound with black thread and sealed with paper glue, containing an
explanatory note and the signatures of the investigator and those present.
The expert has been warned of potential liability for presenting knowingly false findings
and refusing without a valid excuse to perform his duties under Articles 384 and 385 of the
Criminal Code of Ukraine:
The expert was asked to answer the following questions:
- what kind of damage was found on the Zlatoustivka-Donetsk TATA A07A bus with
number plate AN 0985, which was submitted for examination?
- what was the mechanism of formation of the damage found on the Zlatoustivka-
Donetsk TATA A07A bus with number plate AN 0985, which was submitted for examination?
- what were the relative positions of the bus and the source that generated the destructive
agents responsible for causing the damage found on the bus, and the distance between the bus
and the source that generated the destructive agents?
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- what caused the formation of the destructive agents found during the examination of the
bus, the impact of which caused the damage found during the examination of the bus?
- was the mechanical damage to the bus submitted for expert examination caused by one
or multiple factors responsible for the formation of the destructive agents?
- did the mechanical damage to the bus submitted for expert examination occur
instantaneously or in several stages; in the latter case, how many such stages were there in the
formation of the destructive agents, the impact of which caused the mechanical damage to the
bus submitted for expert examination?
- what was the mechanism of origin of the destructive agents found during the
examination of the bus, what type or sort of munitions (explosive devices) were they components
of, were the formed from the blast of one type or multiple types of munitions (explosive
devices), were they formed instantaneously or over a certain period of time, and if the latter, over
what period exactly?
- could the damage to the bus found during the examination and the fragments removed
from the passenger section of the bus have been formed by the explosion of a stationary
landmine or from gunfire directed at the bus?
The following information sources were used in conducting the research:
- Methods of Complex Analysis of Explosive Devices, Explosive Substances and Traces of
Explosions (H.V. Prokhorov-Lukin, V.I. Pashchenko, V.I. Bykov, et al – Kyiv: Elite Print LLC,
2011, p. 216: il.);
- Mass-Produced Explosive Devices and the Criminalistic Analysis Thereof (Yu.M.
Dildin, V.V. Martynov, Expert Criminalistics Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the
Russian Federation. Moscow. 1991);
- Explosives Expert Book: a Study Guide and Methodological Handbook (Moscow 2001);
- Explosives Expert Book: a Study Guide and Methodological Handbook (Moscow 1991);
- Information from the Internet, particularly the website of Splav Research & Production
Association OJSC;
- “Tables of Fire from M-21-OF High-Explosive Fragmentation Rocket-Propelled Shells
(Ministry of Defense of the USSR, Moscow 1975);
- “BM-21 Combat Vehicle: Technical Description and Operating Instructions,” Ministry
of Defense of the USSR, Moscow 1972;
- Accidents and Catastrophes. Prevention and Clean-up. A Textbook in 3 Volumes. V.A.
Kotlyarevsky, A.V. Vinogradov, S.V. Eremin, et al.—Moscow: ASV Publishing House, 1996;
- Explosion Hazards and Evaluation: in 2 volumes. Translated from English/W. Baker, P.
Cox, P. Westine, et. al.; Edited by Ya.B. Zaldovich and B.Ye. Gelfand—Moscow: Milner, 1986;
- Pokrovsky, G.I. Explosions. 4th Edition. Moscow—Nedra, 1980;
- Salamakhin, T.M. Physical Principles of the Mechanical Impact of an Explosion and
Methods of Calculating Explosive Loads. Military Engineering Academy Publishing House,
Moscow, 1974;
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- Salamakhin, T.M. Destruction of Structural Elements by Explosions (a Textbook).
Military Engineering Academy Publishing House, Moscow, 1961;
- Epov, B.A. Principles of Explosives. Moscow: Voyenizdat, 1974;
- Order No. 700 of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine dated 12/27/2010, Kyiv
The following were used in conducting the research:
- caliper ShTs-1 GOST 166-89;
- metal ruler GOST 427-75;
- magnifying glass with 4x magnification;
- OLYMPUS x-775 camera;
- map marking stencil;
- protractor;
- engineering calculator;
- SATORIUS electronic scales.
The air temperature in the room was +20°C.
RESEARCH
The objects submitted for examination were packed in accordance with the criminalistic
procedure rules for the storage and transportation of physical evidence. The packing precludes
access to the contents and is undamaged (illustrations Nos. 1-3, 6-7 and 10).
Upon being opened, the packs were found to contain metal fragments of various shapes
(illustrations Nos. 4, 5, 8, 9 and 11);
- object No. 1, illustration No. 4, metal fragment of irregular shape measuring 13 x 1.2 x
8 mm and weighing 0.55 g.
- object No. 2, illustration No. 5, metal fragment of irregular shape measuring 15 x 1.6 x
11 mm and weighing 2.03 g.
- object No. 3, illustration No. 8, metal fragment of irregular shape measuring 14 x 1.1 x
6 mm and weighing 0.67 g.
- object No. 4, illustration No. 9, metal fragment in the shape of a rhombus measuring 15
x 1.6 x 20 mm and weighing 2.33 g.
- object No. 5, illustration No. 11, metal fragment of irregular shape measuring 13 x 1.6 x
14 mm and weighing 2.15 g.
All of the metal fragments (objects 1-5) submitted for examination are composed of gray
magnetic metal and show signs of deformation. Traces of thermal influence can be seen on the
objects in the form of chaotically-spaced cavities of irregular shape with fire-damaged edges and
black stratification (which appears to be soot).
According to information obtained from the Internet, specifically
http://www.splav.org/ru/arms/grad/m22u.asp, an M-21OF 122 mm unguided high-explosive
fragmentation shell (9M22U) forms 1,640 pre-formed fragments (weighing 2.4 g) and 2,280
fragments from the shell body (with an average weight of 2.9 g). In total, we obtain 3,920
fragments weighing 2.4–2.9 g.
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In order to answer the questions that were posed, a comparative analysis was conducted
of objects 2, 4, and 5 with the same parameters as those specified in the technical standard
documentation. The results of this analysis are shown in Table No. 1
Comparative Table No. 1
Indicators of main
components
Comparable item Analyzed object
pre-formed fragmentation
element of unguided M-21
OF rocket-propelled highexplosive
fragmentation shell
Shrapnel-like elements
(objects Nos. 1-5)
Material of construction gray metal gray metal
Weight (g) 2.4 2.15-2.33 (objects Nos. 2, 4
and 5)
Geometric shape rhombus rhombus
The comparative analysis established that in terms of outward appearance, material of
construction and structural features, the objects submitted for examination (Nos. 2, 4, and 5) are
standard (pre-formed) fragmentation elements of a 122-mm unguided M-21 OF rocket-propelled
high-explosive fragmentation shell (item 9M22U).
Objects Nos. 1 and 3 are also fragmentation elements of a 122-mm unguided M-21 OF
rocket-propelled high-explosive fragmentation shell (item 9M22U), but it is impossible to
determine what type, as they were subjected to the thermal influence of the explosion
(combustion) and deformation when passing through the right side panel of the bus.
Objects Nos. 1-5 were formed as a result of the explosion of a 122-mm unguided M-21
OF rocket-propelled high-explosive fragmentation shell (item 9M22U).
Objects Nos. 2, 4, and 5 are pre-formed fragments of the fragmentation jacket of a 122-
mm unguided M-21 OF rocket-propelled high-explosive fragmentation shell (item 9M22U).
Objects Nos. 1-5 are fragments of the fragmentation jacket of a 122-mm unguided M-21
OF rocket-propelled high-explosive fragmentation shell (item 9M22U).
In order to answer the question of whether the destructive agents (fragments) submitted
for examination were formed from a single or multiple forms of munitions, a comparative
analysis was done with engineer munitions.
MON-50 – anti-personnel directional mine
Weight of explosives: 0.7 kg
Number of preformed fragments: 485-840
Casualty radius: 50-55 m
Range of lethal fragments: up to 80 m
Placed in the ground, trees or other supports.
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This mine does not explain the powerful explosion, the formation of a crater, the
symmetrical traces left on the ground by the explosion, the formation of traces on the body of the
bus, or the traces on the bark of the tree (Illustration No. 12). Moreover, the MON-50 mine is
supposed to be laid at an angle, not in accordance with Order No. 700 of the Ministry of Defense
of Ukraine.
OZM-72 – anti-personnel non-directional bounding mine
This mine is closer in terms of its circular damage area [and] number of fragments to the
warhead of a fragmentation shell.
Weight of explosives: 066 kg
Number of preformed fragments (metal balls and cylinders): 2,400
Casualty radius: 25 m
Range of lethal fragments: up to 50 m
Height of explosion above ground surface: 0.6–0.9 m
This mine is laid in the ground, and upon activation (the breaking of the anchor wire or,
in the case of the remote-controlled version, the sending of a signal) explodes to a height of 0.6–
0.9 m, which does not explain the formation of a crater with a depth of 0.45 m. Moreover, upon
inspection of the scene of the incident, not a single standard preformed fragment of an OZM-72
mine (metal cylinders or balls) was found either in the bus or on the surrounding territory.
In addition, this mine does not explain the powerful explosion, symmetrical traces on the
ground, or large fragments, traces of which are clearly visible on the body of the bus.
Moreover, elements of the rocket portion of a 122-mm unguided M21OF were found in
the crater, but the tube that remains after the activation of an OZM-72 was not found.
Based on the foregoing, one can conclude that objects Nos. 1–5, which were submitted
for examination, were formed from the explosion of a 122-mm unguided M-21 OF rocketpropelled
high-explosive fragmentation shell (item 9M22U).
The following damage was found on the bus submitted for examination:
1) The rear panel is damaged by 4 through holes, and the rear window is shattered
(Illustration No. 20).
2. The right side panel is damaged by 68 through holes of varying diameters:
- the windows are completely destroyed in the rear and on the right and left sides, and the
front windshield has extensive damage (Illustrations No. 13, 15–17 and 21);
- the rear panel is damaged by 4 through holes (Illustration No. 20);
- the right rear door is damaged by 5 through holes and 1 blind hole (Illustration No. 16);
- the right front door is damaged by 8 through holes and 4 blind holes (Illustration No.
15);
- the roof of the bus is damaged by 11 through holes greater than 4x5 cm (Illustration No.
19);
- the section beneath the windows on the right side of the body of the bus (between the
doors) is damaged in 33 places (Illustration No. 17);
- the lid of the tool box is damaged by 3 through holes and 1 blind hole;
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- the front body section is damaged in 2 places (Illustration No. 21);
- the blinds of the bus on the right side are damaged by numerous tears (Illustration No.)
[sic];
- the right front wheel has a 5-cm gash (Illustration No. 18).
The largest concentration of damage is centered 1 m from the front doors at a height of
1.2 m above the ground (Illustration No. 17).
The damage to the TATA A07A bus with number plate AN 0985 AA bound from
Zlatoustivka to Donetsk was the result of penetration of the body of the bus by fragmentation
elements of various diameters, which had sufficient kinetic energy as a result of the explosion of
a 122-mm unguided M-21 OF rocket-propelled high-explosive fragmentation shell.
According to incident site inspection report dated 02/13/15, the distance from the bus to
the crater (the source of formation of the destructive agents) was 12 m. Since the longitudinal
axis of the bus virtually coincides with the longitudinal trajectory of the shell’s flight path, the
right side surface of the bus will be virtually perpendicular to the fragment dispersion plane.
Based on the foregoing, one can establish the angle of incidence of the shell, which is
perpendicular (normal) to the fragment dispersion plane.
The destructive effect of the warhead of an M-21OF high-explosive fragmentation shell
(9M22U) can be divided into two parts: high-explosive and fragmentation.
High-explosive effect
Let us assess the impact of the high-explosive destructive effect. The blast wave is a compression
zone characterized by a sharp spike in pressure, density and temperature that spreads at
supersonic speed in every direction from the site of the explosion. Empirically obtained, the
formula devised by M.A. Sadovsky allows us to establish the approximate value of the
overpressure of the blast wave in the event of a ground explosion.
Where G = weight of explosives in kg, R = distance to explosion point.
Substituting the value 6.4 kg and 12.0 m respectively, we get:
=0.016+0.012+0.005=0.033 MPa = (0.33 kg/cm2) = 33 kPa.
A blast wave with such overpressure could be sufficient to cause a moderate level of
damage to a Unimog vehicle, and according to the data in Table 3.10 such a blast wave is
capable of inflicting major damage on passenger cars and buses.
However, the data in Table 3.10 are only accurate for cases where the duration of the
blast wave significantly exceeds the period of the object’s free oscillations, i.e., for the explosion
of a fuel-air mixture (FAM). In our case, we were not able to determine this period. We can note,
however, that the duration of the blast wave in our case was approximately 0.07 s.
According to the Methods of Complex Analysis of Explosive Devices, Explosive
Substances and Traces of Explosions, a blast wave with overpressure of 0.33 kg/cm2 is capable
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of inflicting major damage on most brick and wooden structures.
We can also point out that the short period of free oscillations of eardrums enables us to
determine that all of the passengers who were on the bus could have temporarily lost their
hearing (lower threshold of 2.0 kPa, Table 7.2.5), and those who were closest to the epicenter of
the explosion could have sustained some damage to their eardrums (lower threshold of 34 kPa).
However, the overpressure of the blast wave is in direct proportion to the distance to the
explosion. This correlation is shown in the diagram below:
Figure 1. Changes in overpressure on the front of a blast wave depending on distance traveled.
Fragmentation effect
In addition to blast wave damage, a Grad multiple rocket launcher also hits its target with
fragments.
According to data from Splav Research and Production Association OJSC, an M-21OF
shell (9M22U) forms 1,640 preformed fragments (weighing 2.4 g) and 2,280 fragments from the
shell body (weighing an average of 2.9 g). In total, 3,920 fragments weighing 2.4–2.9 g are
formed.
Let us estimate the number of fragments that may have struck the bus.
According to the incident site inspection report dated 02/13/15, the distance from the
right side section of the bus to the crater (the source of formation of the destructive agents) was
11.5 m. Looking at the diagram from above, we can see a right triangle formed by the side plane
kg
TNT ground explosion
TNT air explosion
1 atm 1 kg/cm2 1 bar
1 kg/cm2 105 n/m2 (Pa)
1 hPa = 109 Pa
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of the bus and the downward normal. Then the sector that covers the bus can be calculated using
the formula arctg = arctg (7.4/12) – arctg (0.64 = 0.5525 rad = 31.7°.
7.4 m is the length of a ZAZ A07A1 I-VAN bus.
In other words, of the 3,920 fragments that flew in all directions, we get 3,920 x 31.7 /
360 = 345 fragments. That is to say, 47 fragments hit each meter of length of the side of the bus,
or 4.7 fragments every 10 cm.
Thus, we can conclude that the fragmentation effect was the main cause of human
fatalities. It was insufficient to completely destroy the body of the bus, but sufficient to cause the
damage shown in the photographs (Illustration Nos. 13–21).
In order to answer the question of whether the damage could have been caused by gunfire
hitting the bus, it should be noted that if the shooters had fired at the bus in such a way that the
hits were distributed in an even band extending toward the ground, then:
- they would not have left a crater;
- they would not have left a cloud of smoke as can be seen in the video recording from
the camera mounted on the roof of the State Traffic Inspectorate post;
- the holes in the body of the bus would be regular in shape, not square, triangular, oval,
etc., which is not characteristic of the traces left by firearms (Illustration Nos. 13–20). In
addition, the irregular-shaped and different-sized markings on the tree are not characteristic of
the traces left by firearms (Illustration No. 12).
CONCLUSIONS
The TATA A07A bus with number plate AN 0985 AA that was submitted for
examination sustained the following damage:
- the windows of the bus are completely destroyed, except for the front windshield, which
is cracked;
- the rear panel is damaged by 4 through holes;
- the right rear door is damaged by 5 through holes and 1 blind hole;
- the right front door is damaged by 8 through holes and 4 blind holes;
- the roof of the bus is damaged by 11 through holes greater than 4x5 cm;
- the section beneath the windows on the right side of the body of the bus (between the
doors) is damaged in 33 places;
- the lid of the tool box is damaged by 3 through holes and 1 blind hole;
- the front body section is damaged in 2 places;
- the largest concentration of damage is centered 1 m from the front doors at a height of
1.2 m above the ground;
- the blinds of the bus on the right side are damaged by numerous tears;
The damage to the TATA A07A bus with number plate AN 0985 AA bound from
Zlatoustivka to Donetsk was the result of penetration of the body of the bus by fragmentation
elements of various diameters, which had sufficient kinetic energy as a result of the explosion of
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a 122-mm unguided M-21 OF rocket-propelled high-explosive fragmentation shell.
According to incident site inspection report dated 02/13/15, the distance from the bus to
the crater (the source of formation of the destructive agents) was 12 m. Since the longitudinal
axis of the bus virtually coincides with the longitudinal trajectory of the shell’s flight path, the
right side surface of the bus will be virtually perpendicular to the fragment dispersion plane.
Based on the foregoing, one can establish the angle of incidence of the shell, which is
perpendicular (normal) to the fragment dispersion plane.
The mechanical damage to the bus submitted for expert examination was caused by a
single factor responsible for the formation of destructive agents (the explosion of a 122-mm
unguided M-21 OF rocket-propelled high-explosive fragmentation shell (item 9M22U)).
The destructive agents found during the examination of the bus, the impact of which
caused the damage found during the examination of the bus, were formed as a result of the
explosion of a 122-mm unguided M-21 OF rocket-propelled high-explosive fragmentation shell
(item 9M22U).
The mechanical damage to the bus submitted for expert examination was caused
instantaneously.
Objects Nos. 1-5 are fragmentation elements of the fragmentation jacket of a 122-mm
unguided M-21 OF rocket-propelled high-explosive fragmentation shell (item 9M22U), which
were formed as a result of the explosion of a 122-mm unguided M-21 OF rocket-propelled highexplosive
fragmentation shell (item 9M22U).
The damage to the bus found during the examination and the fragmentation elements
removed from the passenger section of the bus could not have been formed from the explosion of
a stationary landmine or from gunfire directed at the bus (see the description section).
Exhibit: illustrations table (7 pages)
Expert: V. Stasyuk
[stamp:]
Ukrainian Scientific Research Institute for
Special Equipment and Forensic Expert
Examinations of the Security Service of
Ukraine,
Ref. No. 18/4-3596,
05/19/2015,
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Annex 127
Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Letter No. 300/1/C/2801 (29 May 2015)
This document has been translated from its original language into English, an official
language of the Court, pursuant to Rules of the Court, Article 51.
Pursuant to Rules of the Court Article 51(3), Ukraine has translated only
an extract of the original document constituting this Annex. In further
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full original-language document
MINISTRY OF DEFENSE OF UKRAINE
GENERAL STAFF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF
UKRAINE
6 Povitroflotsky Prospect, Kyiv, 03168. Phone: (044) 226-26-56. Fax: (044) 226-26-56
Email: [email protected]
Code in the Uniform Register of Businesses and Organizations of Ukraine: 22991050
_____________ No. _____________
Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine
No. 300/1/C/2801 of May 29, 2015
4:58:14 pm Pages: 1/1
Foreign Ministry of Ukraine
In pursuance of Instruction No. 02-01/2948 of October 15, 2014 issued by the Ukrainian
Presidential Chief of Staff, presented herewith are informational reference materials
pertaining to the body of evidence for the presence of foreign military groups in Ukrainian
territory, to be used in raising the awareness of Ukrainian society and international
partners more actively and in the future lawsuits to be filed by Ukraine with the relevant
international courts.
Attachment: above-mentioned information on 1 page, unclassified, for the specified
recipient only
Acting First Deputy Chief
of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Major General [Signature] V.M. NAZAROV
R.O. Tarasenko, 454-40-78
000064* Order 50-2015
FOREIGN MINISTRY OF UKRAINE
DEPARTMENT OF THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT
Incoming Ref. No. 47669
June 4, 2015
Attachment
INFORMATIONAL REFERENCE MATERIALS
pertaining to the body of evidence for the direct invasion by foreign military groups into
Ukrainian territory
operating in Eastern Ukraine
No documented facts of the involvement of Russian citizens in illegal paramilitary groups
operating in Eastern Ukraine were recorded last week.
II. Regarding the chronology of the crossing of the state border of Ukraine by
personnel, weapons, and military vehicles of the Armed Forces of the Russian
Federation
No
. Date Border crossing
point crossed
Point of destination
(crossing)
Number of
convoys Number of vehicles (personnel)
1.
May
27
USPENKA DONETSK 8 trucks (including 2 trucks
carrying personnel)
2. To the Russian
Federation USPENKA 60 military vehicles (types to be
updated)
3. DMYTRIVKA STEPANIVKA 20 KamAZ trucks
4.
May
26
MATVEYEV
KURHAN DONETSK 1 10 self-propelled guns and 5
trucks carrying personnel
5. IZVARYNE
KRASNODON,
NOVOFEDORIVKA,
LUTUHINE
20 unmarked tanks
6. IZVARYNE Russian Federation 1 17 Ural and KamAZ trucks
(presumably empty)
7. May
25
To the Russian
Federation USPENKA 4 tarpaulin trucks
8. May
25 USPENKA DONETSK 18 tarpaulin trucks
9. May
25 USPENKA DONETSK 2
10 self-propelled guns, 23 trucks
(including 5 trucks carrying
personnel)
10.
HUKOVO,
IZVARYNE,
USPENKA
3 trucks with personnel left for
the Russian Federation;
17 trucks (empty);
4 trucks
11. May
24 IZVARYNE LUHANSK 7 heavy artillery tractors with
ammunition
12. May
22 DMYTRIVKA STEPANIVKA 10 KamAZ tarpaulin trucks and
2 BMP infantry fighting vehicles
13. May
22 USPENKA 10 tarpaulin trucks and 2 BMP
infantry fighting vehicles
14. May
22 IZVARYNE 22 tarpaulin trucks
Acting Chief of the Main Command Center
of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Major-General [Signature] O.S. SYRSKYI
Annex 128
Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Letter No. 300/1/C/2917 (5 June 2015)
This document has been translated from its original language into English, an official
language of the Court, pursuant to Rules of the Court, Article 51.
Pursuant to Rules of the Court Article 51(3), Ukraine has translated only
an extract of the original document constituting this Annex. In further
compliance with this Rule, Ukraine has provided two certified copies of the
full original-language document
GENERAL STAFF
OF THE ARMED FORCES OF UKRAINE
6 Povitroflotsky Prospect, Kyiv-168, Ukraine
Phone: (044) 234-01-92. Fax: (044) 226-26-56
Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine
No. 300/1/C/2917 of June 5, 2015
10:00:29 am Page: 1/1
Foreign Ministry of Ukraine
In pursuance of Instruction No. 02-01/2948 of October 15, 2014 issued by the Ukrainian
Presidential Chief of Staff, presented herewith are informational reference materials
pertaining to the body of evidence for the presence of foreign military groups in Ukrainian
territory, to be used in raising the awareness of Ukrainian society and international
partners more actively and in the future lawsuits to be filed by Ukraine with the relevant
international courts.
Attachment: above-mentioned information on 1 page, unclassified, for the specified
recipient only
First Deputy Chief of the General Staff
of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Colonel General [Signature] H.P. VOROBYOV
V.A. Khomenko, 454-40-78
000205* Order 84-2014
FOREIGN MINISTRY OF UKRAINE
DEPARTMENT OF THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT
Incoming Ref. No. 49581
June 20, 2015
Attachment
INFORMATIONAL REFERENCE MATERIALS
pertaining to the body of evidence for the direct invasion by foreign military groups into
Ukrainian territory
operating in Eastern Ukraine.
No documented facts of the involvement of Russian citizens in illegal paramilitary groups
operating in Eastern Ukraine were recorded last week.
II. Regarding the chronology of the crossing of the state border of Ukraine by
personnel, weapons, and military vehicles of the Armed Forces of the Russian
Federation
No. Date Border crossing
point crossed
Point of destination
(crossing)
Number of
convoys
Number of vehicles
(personnel)
1.
June 3
IZVARYNE LUHANSK 1 30 trucks;
2. MARYNIVKA SNIZHNE
11 trucks and 3 TOS-1
“Buratino” multiple rocket
launchers
3. May 31 IZVARYNE LUHANSK 6 trucks carrying artillery
ammunition
4. May 31 Russian territory DONETSK 10 freight cars with ammo
5. May 29 Russian
Federation
Railway station
KHARTSYZK Train
carrying up to 17 military
vehicles (including up to 15
armored personnel carriers,
up to 2 T-72 tanks)
6. May 29 IZVARYNE LUHANSK
Up to 22 trucks (including 20
trucks with ammo and
munitions and 2 trucks
carrying personnel)
7. May 28 MATVEYEV
KURHAN
through
AMVROSIYIVKA in
the direction of
SHAKHTARSK,
DEBALTSEVE
30 tarpaulin heavy artillery
tractors and up to 30 armored
fighting vehicles (tanks,
armored personnel carriers,
self-propelled guns)
8.
May 28
IZVARYNE LUHANSK
Up to 20 T-72 tanks, 10
BMP-2 infantry fighting
vehicles, and 6 trucks
carrying personnel
9. IZVARYNE LUHANSK
Up to 25 BMP infantry fighting
vehicles, 1 MTLB
light-armored multipurpose
tracked towing vehicle, 25
trucks carrying munitions and
ammo
10. IZVARYNE LUHANSK 28th “Humanitarian Convoy” of
50 trucks
11. USPENKA DONETSK 28th “Humanitarian Convoy” of
52 trucks
Acting Chief of the Main Command Center
of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Major-General [Signature] O.S. SYRSKYI
Annex 129
Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Letter No. 300/1/C/3068 (13 June 2015)
This document has been translated from its original language into English, an official
language of the Court, pursuant to Rules of the Court, Article 51.
Pursuant to Rules of the Court Article 51(3), Ukraine has translated only
an extract of the original document constituting this Annex. In further
compliance with this Rule, Ukraine has provided two certified copies of the
full original-language document
GENERAL STAFF
OF THE ARMED FORCES OF UKRAINE
6 Povitroflotsky Prospect, Kyiv-168, Ukraine
Phone: (044) 234-01-92. Fax: (044) 226-26-56
Administrative Directorate of the General
Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
No. 300/1/C/3068 of June 13, 2015
19:52:41 Page: 1/4
Foreign Ministry of Ukraine
In pursuance of Instruction No. 02-01/2948 of October 15, 2014 issued by the Ukrainian
Presidential Chief of Staff, presented herewith are informational reference materials
pertaining to the body of evidence for the presence of foreign military groups in Ukrainian
territory, to be used in raising the awareness of Ukrainian society and international
partners more actively and in the future lawsuits to be filed by Ukraine with the relevant
international courts.
Attachment: above-mentioned information on 4 pages, unclassified, for the specified
recipient only.
First Deputy Chief of the General Staff
of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Colonel-General [Signature] H.P. VOROBYOV
[Typed by] O.O. Dudnyk, 454-40-78
000161* 235-20-12
FOREIGN MINISTRY OF UKRAINE
DEPARTMENT OF THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT
Incoming Ref. No. 52397
June 18, 2015
Attachment
INFORMATIONAL REFERENCE MATERIALS
pertaining to the body of evidence for the direct invasion by foreign military groups into
Ukrainian territory
operating in Eastern Ukraine.
At around 6:40 a.m. on June 3, 2015, a civilian passenger car exploded on a forest road
after detonation of a mine explosive planted by illegal paramilitary groups near the village
of KRIAKIVKA, Novoaydarsk District (two local residents were killed).
A sabotage and reconnaissance group was detected at around 9:00 a.m. on May 7, 2015
in the vicinity of Urochishche Balka and population center of NOVOTOSHKIVKA, Luhansk
Oblast. The following items were captured after the group was engaged in combat: one
RPG-7N2 handheld grenade launcher No. GT982; one TBG-7V grenade, and a spent
Russian-made first aid dressing kit.
On May 4, 2015, a counter-sabotage mission in the vicinity of the population center of
NOVOTROITSKE, Donetsk Oblast, resulted in the capture of a GP-34 under-barrel grenade
launchers (available to the Russian Armed Forces only) and a Kizlyar knife (available to
units of the special forces of the Russian Armed Forces).
II. Regarding the chronology of the crossing of the state border of Ukraine by
personnel, weapons, and military vehicles of the Armed Forces of the Russian
Federation
No Date Border crossing point
crossed
Point of
destination
(crossing)
Number
of
convoys
Number of vehicles
(personnel)
1. 10.06 From the Russian
Federation
to the population
center of SEDOVO 1
SAU self-propelled guns –
14 units, BTR-82 armored
personnel carriers – 4
units, BM-21 multiple
rocket launchers – 6 units,
trucks with ammo – 20
units
2. 09.06 From the Russian
Federation
Krasnaya Mogila
railway station Train
With military vehicles (20
platforms) and personnel
(10 rail cars)
3.
6-7.06
From the Russian
Federation LUHANSK
2
Trains
With armored vehicles
(under tarpaulins) – 1st
train with up to 50 armored
fighting vehicles; 2nd train
– 41 platforms.
4. From the Russian
Federation LUHANSK 1
Train carrying personnel,
military vehicles and
weapons. Belonging,
quantity of personnel and
vehicles and types of
vehicles to be updated
5. To the Russian Federation IZVARINE 19 trucks crossed the
border into Russia
6.
6.06
NOVOAZOVSK BEZIMENNE 1 Five SAU self-propelled
guns
7. CHERVONOPARTYZANSK SIMEYKYNE 1
A train carrying personnel
(four passenger rail cars)
and military vehicles
(number to be updated)
8. From the Russian
Federation
ZELENYI HAI
(Telmanovka
District)
1 8 tarpaulin trucks with
canon in tow;
9. To the Russian Federation IZVARINE 1
5 trains carrying military
vehicles (types and
quantity to be updated)
Acting Chief of the Main Command Center
of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Major-General [Signature] O.S. SYRSKYI
Annex 130
Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Letter No. 300/1/C/3309 (26 June 2015)
This document has been translated from its original language into English, an official
language of the Court, pursuant to Rules of the Court, Article 51.
Pursuant to Rules of the Court Article 51(3), Ukraine has translated only
an extract of the original document constituting this Annex. In further
compliance with this Rule, Ukraine has provided two certified copies of the
full original-language document
MINISTRY OF DEFENSE OF UKRAINE
GENERAL STAFF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF
UKRAINE
6 Povitroflotsky Prospect, Kyiv, 03168. Phone: (044) 226-26-56. Fax: (044) 226-26-56
Email: [email protected]
Code in the Uniform Register of Businesses and Organizations of Ukraine: 22991050
_____________ No. _____________
Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine
No. 300/1/C/3309 of June 26, 2015
10:45:51 am Pages: 1/2
Foreign Ministry of Ukraine
In pursuance of Instruction No. 02-01/2948 of October 15, 2014 issued by the Ukrainian
Presidential Chief of Staff, presented herewith are informational reference materials
pertaining to the body of evidence for the presence of foreign military groups in Ukrainian
territory, to be used in raising the awareness of Ukrainian society and international
partners more actively and in the future lawsuits to be filed by Ukraine with the relevant
international courts.
Attachment: above-mentioned information on 2 pages, unclassified, for the specified
recipient only
First Deputy Chief
of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Colonel-General [Signature] H.P. VOROBYOV
O.S. Strilchuk, 454-40-78
000827* Order 155-15
FOREIGN MINISTRY OF UKRAINE
DEPARTMENT OF THE GENERAL
SECRETARIAT
Incoming Ref. No. 57201
July 3, 2015
Attachment
INFORMATIONAL REFERENCE MATERIALS
pertaining to the body of evidence for the direct invasion by foreign military groups into
Ukrainian territory
operating in Eastern Ukraine
No documented facts of the involvement of Russian citizens in illegal paramilitary groups
operating in Eastern Ukraine were recorded last week.
II. Regarding the chronology of the crossing of the state border of Ukraine by
personnel, weapons, and military vehicles of the Armed Forces of the Russian
Federation
No
. Date Border crossing point
crossed
Point of
destination
(crossing)
Number of
convoys
Number of vehicles
(personnel)
1. June
25
DONETSK border
crossing point and
MATVEYEV
KURHAN border
crossing point
in the direction
of DONETSK
and
LUHANSK.
Truck convoys
of the Russian
Ministry for
Emergencies of
the 31st
“Humanitarian
Convoy”
101 trucks with over 1,000
tonnes of humanitarian
cargo (food and
medication). In addition,
army semi-trailers were
loaded into the trailers of
some of the trucks (this
information needs to be
verified).
2. June
23 USPENKA ILOVAYSK 1 30 trucks
3. June
22
MATVEYEV
KURHAN
To the Russian
Federation Train
with military vehicles (50
tanks, 20 armored fighting
vehicles, 30 trucks) – to be
updated
4. June
21
From the Russian
Federation
DEBALTSEVE
railway station Train
with military vehicles: up to
50 tanks, 20 armored
fighting vehicles, 30 trucks
5. June
21 IZVARYNE To the Russian
Federation 1 25 tarpaulin trucks
(presumably empty).
6. June
21
From the Russian
Federation DMYTRIVKA 1
9 trucks with ammunition
and a bus carrying
personnel.
7. June
20 IZVARYNE LUHANSK 1
offroad vehicle
(UAZ-Patriot of the
hatchback modification), 7
URAL trucks (4 trucks with
inventory supplies, 3 trucks
with
personnel), 2 UAZ-469
vehicles, 3 KamAZ-43269
“Vystrel” armored trucks, 1
GAZ-66 vehicle, 2 KamAZ
trucks with trailers (water
tank and mobile kitchen
trailer).
No
. Date Border crossing point
crossed
Point of
destination
(crossing)
Number of
convoys
Number of vehicles
(personnel)
8. June
20 IZVARYNE LUHANSK 1
19 tarpaulin trucks (17
carrying personnel and 2
carrying munitions),
special-purpose vehicle
(with a hardtop canopy),
UAZ vehicles and
1 crane (all of them
unmarked and without
number plates);
9. June
20
RUSSIA -
STAROBESHEVE DONETSK 1 40 tanks, 12 GRAD BM-21
multiple rocket launchers;
10 June
19 USPENKA SHEVCHENKO Train
30 tanks, 9 self-propelled
guns, trucks and personnel
of the Russian Armed
Forces;
11 June
19 IZVARYNE LUHANSK 1
Up to 400 militants to be
subsequently redeployed
to DONETSK
Acting First Deputy Chief
of the Main Command Center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Major General [Signature] B.V. BONDAR
Annex 131
Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Letter No. 300/1/C/3588 (10 July 2015)
This document has been translated from its original language into English, an official
language of the Court, pursuant to Rules of the Court, Article 51.
Pursuant to Rules of the Court Article 51(3), Ukraine has translated only
an extract of the original document constituting this Annex. In further
compliance with this Rule, Ukraine has provided two certified copies of the
full original-language document
MINISTRY OF DEFENSE OF UKRAINE
GENERAL STAFF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF
UKRAINE
6 Povitroflotsky Prospect, Kyiv, 03168. Phone: (044) 226-26-56. Fax: (044) 226-26-56
Email: [email protected]
Code in the Uniform Register of Businesses and Organizations of Ukraine: 22991050
_____________ No. _____________
Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine
No. 300/1/C/3588 of July 10, 2015
2:22:21 pm Pages: 1/1
Foreign Ministry of Ukraine
In pursuance of Instruction No. 02-01/2948 of October 15, 2014 issued by the Ukrainian
Presidential Chief of Staff, presented herewith are informational reference materials
pertaining to the body of evidence for the presence of foreign military groups in Ukrainian
territory, to be used in raising the awareness of Ukrainian society and international
partners more actively and in the future lawsuits to be filed by Ukraine with the relevant
international courts.
Attachment: 1 page, 1 copy, for the specified recipient only.
Acting First Deputy Chief
of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Major General [Signature] V.M. NAZAROV
V.A. Khomenko, 454-40-78
000677* Order 155-15
FOREIGN MINISTRY OF UKRAINE
DEPARTMENT OF THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT
Incoming Ref. No. 60671
July 15, 2015
Attachment
INFORMATIONAL REFERENCE MATERIALS
pertaining to the body of evidence for the direct invasion by foreign military groups into
Ukrainian territory
involvement of Russian citizens in illegal paramilitary groups
operating in Eastern Ukraine
No documented facts of the involvement of Russian citizens in illegal paramilitary groups
operating in Eastern Ukraine were recorded last week.
II. Regarding the chronology of the crossing of the state border of Ukraine by
personnel, weapons, and military vehicles of the Armed Forces of the Russian
Federation
No. Date Border crossing
point crossed
Point of destination
(crossing)
Number of
convoys
Number of vehicles
(personnel)
1. July 6
From the
Russian
Federation
to Novoazovsk District 1 15 tanker trucks
2. July 5
From the
Russian
Federation
to Novoazovsk District
(location to be
updated)
1
Seven 120-mm “Nona”
SG2S9 self-propelled
mortars (presumably an
artillery unit of the marines
or paratroopers of the
Russian Armed Forces)
3. July 2 From Rostov
Oblast to Markine 1 6 tanks, 100 people
4. July 1 From Rostov
Oblast to Sverdlovsk 1 train
20 tanks, seven 122-mm
GRAD multiple rocket
launchers
5. June 27 IZVARYNE LUHANSK 1 13 trucks with ammunition
and a tanker truck
6.
June 26
From the
Russian
Federation
presumably through
the USPENKA border
crossing point to
TELMANOVE
1 12 tanker trucks crossed
the border into the country.
7.
From the
Russian
Federation
NOVOAZOVSK 1 10 tanker trucks
8.
June 25
IZVARYNE LUHANSK 1 31st “Humanitarian
Convoy”
50 trucks;
9. USPENKA DONETSK 1 50 trucks.
10.
June
24-25 USPENKA
through
KOMSOMOLSKE
in the direction of
NOVOAZOVSK
2
(armored personnel
carriers, number to be
updated)
11.
MNOHOPOLYE and
POLTAVSKE
(4 km south of
ILOVAYSK)
second group – up to 180
people, 10 URAL trucks
(including 6
D-30 trucks), 8 BMP
infantry fighting vehicles,
up to
10 BTR armored
personnel carriers)
Acting Chief
of the Main Command Center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Major General [Signature] B.V. BONDAR
Annex 132
Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Letter No. 300/1/C/3739 (20 July 2015)
This document has been translated from its original language into English, an official
language of the Court, pursuant to Rules of the Court, Article 51.
Pursuant to Rules of the Court Article 51(3), Ukraine has translated only
an extract of the original document constituting this Annex. In further
compliance with this Rule, Ukraine has provided two certified copies of the
full original-language document
MINISTRY OF DEFENSE OF UKRAINE
GENERAL STAFF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF
UKRAINE
6 Povitroflotsky Prospect, Kyiv, 03168. Phone: (044) 226-26-56. Fax: (044) 226-26-56
Email: [email protected]
Code in the Uniform Register of Businesses and Organizations of Ukraine: 22991050
_____________ No. _____________
Administrative Directorate of the General Staff of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine
No. 300/1/C/3739 of July 20, 2015
9:01:44 am Pages: 2
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
In pursuance of Instruction No. 02-01/2948 of October 15, 2014 issued by the Ukrainian
Presidential Chief of Staff, presented herewith are informational reference materials
pertaining to the body of evidence for the presence of foreign military groups in Ukrainian
territory, to be used in raising the awareness of Ukrainian society and international
partners more actively and in the future lawsuits to be filed by Ukraine with the relevant
international courts.
Attachment: 1 page, 1 copy, for the specified recipient only.
Acting First Deputy Chief
of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Major General [Signature] V.M. NAZAROV
V.I. Bodnya, 454-40-78
001031* Order 191-2015
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF UKRAINE
DEPARTMENT OF THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT
Incoming Ref. No. 63197
July 23, 2015
Attachment
INFORMATIONAL REFERENCE MATERIALS
pertaining to the body of evidence for the direct invasion by foreign military groups into
Ukrainian territory
Regarding the involvement of Russian citizens in illegal paramilitary groups
operating in Eastern Ukraine
No documented facts of the involvement of Russian citizens in illegal paramilitary groups
operating in Eastern Ukraine were recorded last week.
II. Regarding the chronology of the crossing of the state border of Ukraine by
personnel, weapons, and military vehicles of the Armed Forces of the Russian
Federation
No. Date
Border
crossing
point crossed
Point of destination
(crossing)
Number of
convoys
Number of vehicles
(personnel)
1 July 16
From the
Russian
Federation
LUHANSK 1
32nd “Humanitarian
Convoy”
52 trucks
DONETSK 1 50 trucks
2 July 12
From the
Russian
Federation
ILOVAYSK railway
station Train
4 freight cars with ammo and
1 rail tank car with fuel (the
arrival of three more rail tank
cars is expected)
Acting Chief
of the Main Command Center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Major General [Signature] B.V. BONDAR
Annex 133
Report on Status and Condition of Military Units and Formations of the 1st Army
Corps of the DPR, Obtained and Preserved by Ukrainian Military Intelligence (31
July 2015)
This document has been translated from its original language into English, an official
language of the Court, pursuant to Rules of the Court, Article 51.
Pursuant to Rules of the Court Article 51(3), Ukraine has translated only
an extract of the original document constituting this Annex. In further
compliance with this Rule, Ukraine has provided two certified copies of the
full original-language document
REPORT
by
Commander, Operations Section
Colonel
USTINOV, Oleg Viktorovich
Status and condition of military units and formations,
1st Army Corps
Strength and Composition of Military Units and Formations in 1st Army Corps [1AC]
1AC
General military units and formations
[left]
1st Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade 3rd Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade 5th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade 7th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade
[right]
Reconnaissance Group Brigade 9th Separate Motorized Rifle Regiment 11th Separate Motorized Rifle Regiment Separate Tank Battalion
[left]
Artillery units
Artillery brigade
[right]
Anti-aircraft units
Anti-Aircraft Missile Division
Military units and formations for first line logistic support, command, and control
[left]
Separate Command Regiment Separate Special Forces Battalion Separate Intelligence Battalion
[right]
Separate Radioelectronic Warfare Company Engineering and Sabotage Company Security Administration Battalion
[left]
Logistics units
Separate Repair Battalion Separate Logistics Battalion
[right]
Territorial defense units
1st, 2nd, 3rd Territorial Defense Battalions 4th, 5th, 6th Territorial Defense Battalions
Description Number Description Number
before after before after
Personnel 17441 21443 Tanks 288 320
Military units and formations,
total 18 24 Armored cars 516 598
Including general military 8 8 Anti-aircraft guns 264 288
Motorized rifle battalion (tank
battalion) 20(6) 25 (9) MRLS 72 124
Artillery divisions 18 22 Mortars 144 180
Number of Pieces of Basic Arms and Military Equipment Before and After
Arms and military
equipment
1st Separate
Motorized Rifle
Brigade
3rd Separate
Motorized Rifle
Brigade
5th Separate
Motorized Rifle
Brigade
7th Separate
Motorized Rifle
Brigade
Reconnaissance
Group Brigade
9th Separate
Motorized Rifle
Regiment
11th Separate
Motorized Rifle
Regiment
Separate Tank
Battalion Total
before
organiz
ational
personn
el
measure
s
[OPMs]
after
OPMs
before
OPMs
after
OPMs
before
OPMs
after
OPMs
before
OPMs
after
OPMs
before
OPMs
after
OPMs
before
OPMs
after
OPMs
before
OPMs
after
OPMs
before
OPMs
after
OPMs
before
OPMs
after
OPMs
Armored cars 101 104 101 104 101 71 101 104 – 46 43 83 43 83 13 3 516 598
Tanks 41 41 41 41 41 62 41 41 – 31 20 31 20 31 42 42 288 320
2S1 [howitzer] 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 – 24 24 24 24 24 6 – 156 168
d-30 [howitzer] 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 – 18 – – – – 6 – 84 90
Grad MRLS 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 – 18 – 12 – 12 – – 72 124
MT-12 [antitank
gun] 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 – 6 – – – – – – 24 30
9P135 [shoulderfired
anti-tank
weapon]
27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 – 27 27 36 27 36 – – 162 207
9P516-1 [manportable
air defense
system]
36 36 36 36 36 45 36 36 – 36 18 27 18 27 9 198 243
Utes machine gun 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 – 24 – 12 – 12 – – 72 120
AGS-17 [grenade
launcher] 18 18 18 18 18 12 18 18 – 18 4 4 4 4 – – 80 92
Mortar 27 27 27 27 27 18 27 27 – 27 18 27 18 27 – – 144 180
Annex 134
Intelligence Briefing from the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian
Ministry of Defense No. 222/2D/1963dsk (14 September 2016)
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[TRANSLATED EXTRACT OF EXHIBIT 2]
[State Symbol of Ukraine]
MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
OF UKRAINE
MILITARY UNIT
A1145
September 14, 2016
No. 222/2D/1963dsk
03022, city of Kyiv-22
3 Trutenka St.
[Handwritten marks]
For official use
(without attachment - open information)
Copy No.1
To the Commander of the Military Unit A0418
(via attendant on duty at service 21)
To the Commander of the Military Unit A0485
(via attendant on duty at department 45)
To the Commander of the Military Unit A0418
To the Commander of the Military Unit A0418
(via the Secret Operating Unit of GKRTs)
To the Commander of Operational Maneuver
Group of the Military Unit A1225
“To send by using the K31 means”
I am sending for your attention the information “On development of the situation in the
South-Eastern Regions of Ukraine”.
Attachments: 1. As mentioned in the text, Copy No.1, file $D%D140912.rar,
09/14/2016, 1071 Kb, for official use, only to the first addressee.
2. As mentioned in the text, Copy No.1, file $D%D140913.rar,
09/14/2016, 136 Kb, for official use, only to the second addressee.
3. As mentioned in the text, Copy No.1, file $D%D140914.rar,
09/14/2016, 501 Kb, for official use, only to the third addressee.
4. As mentioned in the text, Copy No.1, file $D%D140915.rar,
09/14/2016, 1071 Kb, for official use, only to the fourth addressee.
5. As mentioned in the text, Copy No.1, file $D%D140916_1.rar,
09/14/2016, 10 Kb, for official use, only to the fifth addressee.
[Handwritten marks]
The Deputy Director of the Department -
Head of the Military Unit A05515 [redacted]
Colonel [redacted] [Signed]
[Stamp with handwritten marks]
[TRANSLATED EXTRACT OF EXHIBIT 2]
Not for distribution
[Symbol of the Department]
Regarding development of the situation
in the area of ATO
(during September 14, as of 08:00 of September 15)
[redacted]
[Stamp with handwritten marks]
[TRANSLATED EXTRACT OF EXHIBIT 2]
There is continuous and regular provision of fuel and lubricants, military hardware and
personnel from the territory of Russia to the Russian occupational units on the temporary
occupied territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk Regions, using the auto and railroad
infrastructure.
It was observed on September 13 of this year, at approximately 8:20 pm, at the railroad
station Illovaysk, that 5 rail cars with ammunition have arrived: 2 units with the 80 and 120-mm
mortar projectiles, 2 units with the 122 and 152-mm rocket projectiles for self-propelled artillery
platforms, and 1 unit with ammunition for BM-21.
It was observed on September 13 of this year, at approximately 8:00 pm, at the railroad
station Khartsyzk, that an echelon with the military hardware has arrived including: 3 platforms
with BM-21, 2 platforms with 2 units of tanks T-72, 3 platforms with infantry fighting vehicles
BMP-2.
It was observed on September 13 of this year that an echelon of 12 tankers containing
fuel and lubricants has arrived from the Russian Federation to the petroleum base in Rovenky. In
addition, it was observed on the area of the petroleum base that 20 auto tankers were waiting to
receive fuel at the base.
Annex 135
Expert opinion No. 14986/16-35, Kyiv Research Institute for Forensic Examinations
of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine (12 October 2015)
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language of the Court, pursuant to Rules of the Court, Article 51.
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compliance with this Rule, Ukraine has provided two certified copies of the
full original-language document
MINISTRY OF JUSTICE OF UKRAINE
KYIV SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE
OF FORENSIC EXPERTS
(KSRI–FE)
6 Smolenska Street, Kyiv, 03057
Tel. (044) 200 29 29 • Fax (044) 200 29 11 • E-mail: [email protected]
Unified State Registry of Ukrainian Businesses and Organizations (YeDRPOU)
National Accreditation Agency of Ukraine Certificate No. 2N1141 of January 15, 2016
Ukrmetrteststandart State Enterprise Certificate No. PT–114/16 of July 14, 2016
State Property Fund of Ukraine Certificate No. 573/16 of July 29, 2016
EXPERT OPINION
Based on the Results of an
Audio Recording Examination
October 12, 2016 No. 14986/16–35
INTRODUCTION
On September 26, 2016, KSRI–FE received an order dated September 21, 2016 to perform an expert
examination of video and audio recordings in criminal proceeding No. 22015050000000021 issued by Lt.
Col. of Justice D. V. Zyuzya, Senior Investigating Officer in Major Cases of the First Pretrial
Investigation Department of the Main Investigation Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine.
The following has been issued simultaneously with the order:
Two (2) compact disks without any manufacturer markings with registration numbers 3849 of April
11, 2016 and 3852 of April 11, 2016, respectively;
CD-R disk, Verbatim 700 Mb 80 min, 19D805231542
CD-R disk, Verbatim 700 Mb 80 min,
CD-R disk, Verbatim 700 Mb 80 min,
CD-R disk, Verbatim 700 Mb 80 min,
Record of the results of the operational technical investigation, Main Investigation Directorate of the
Security Service of Ukraine incoming No. 7680 of September 20, 2016, on 10 sheets;
Record of examination dated August 31, 2016, on 3 sheets;
Three (3) records of examination dated August 29, 2016, on 3 sheets each.
[signature]
[text cut off] cross-correlation coefficients of spectral curves between spectrum bands, which represent
integral characteristics of speech flow and reflect the distinctive features of, or interrelations between, the
synchronous movements of the speaker’s articulation organs.
Thus, with the Phonexi software package used, the vector of individualized acoustic characteristics
consists of 501 characteristics, including 378 spectral characteristics and 123 main tone characteristics.
The values of the 501 individualized characteristics for each 10-second speech segment of an unidentified
speaker are recorded in computer memory and used for subsequent comparison with similar speaker
speech characteristics recorded in the comparative samples provided.
The analysis was performed using the method of personal identification based on speech
characteristics with the assistance of Phonexi 2.02 automated expert system.
The identification and comparison of certain parameters (ChOT characteristics, formant and antiformant
areas, and so on) of a speech signal and certain phonemes (sounds) were performed using
Computerized Speech Lab Model 4500 (Kay Elemetrics Corp., USA) included in the basic software
package.
In the process of analysis of audio recordings 380509604816-2015.01.13-09.22.26-537.wav,
380509604816-2015.01.13-11.56.55-615.wav, 380509604816-2015.01.13-12.46.33-641.wav, 380509604816-
2015.01.13-13.55.14-666.wav, and 380509604816-2015.01.13-14.02.14-671.wav and the samples of
citizen Yuriy Mykolayovych Shpakov, coincidence of the spectral characteristics vectors and OT
characteristics was identified, namely, when comparing the speech characteristics of the speaker
identified as “Yust” in the September 16, 2016 record of operational and technical investigation and the
samples of Yu. M. Shpakov’s speech.
CONCLUSIONS
The person participating in the conversations recorded in the audio recordings identified as files
380509604816-2015.01.13-09.22.26-537.wav, 380509604816-2015.01.13-11.56.55-615.wav, 380509604816-
2015.01.13-12.46.33-641.wav, 380509604816-2015.01.13-13.55.14-666.wav, and 380509604816-2015.01.13-
14.02.14-671.wav on a compact disk with registration number 3849 (No. 1) in the directory named
p24=220m1 1, is citizen Yuriy Mykolayovych Shpakov.
The words and phrases spoken by him are marked as “Yust” in the September 16, 2016 record of
operational and technical investigation.
[signature]
Ye. V. Tymko
Forensic Expert
Note: The following items are returned together with this Opinion:
Two (2) compact disks without any manufacturer markings with registration . . . [text cut off]
Annex 136
Protocol of Inspection by I.V. Nimchenko, Senior Investigator on Special Cases of the
Main Military Prosecutor’s Office, Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine (28
October 2015)
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Protocol of Inspection
City: Kyiv 28 October 2015
Interrogation commenced at 12:40 p. m.
Interrogation completed at 14:40 p. m.
Senior investigator on special cases of the Main Military Prosecutor’s Office,
PGO of Ukraine I.V.Nimchenko.
in conformity with articles 104, 105, 106, 234, 237, 223 of the Code of Criminal
Procedure of Ukraine:
in attendance of attesting witnesses:
1) Yankovenko Oksana Oleksiivna, born in 1976, Brovary, Kyiv oblast (5,
Darvina Lane.)
2) Dudar Anatolyi Vasylovych, born in 1959, Kyiv. 38 Bilorusska St., ap. 102.
Who have been explained their rights and obligations under articles 11, 13,
15, 223 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of Ukraine
With the participation of the specialist:
Druginin Yuryi Oleksandrovych,
Who has been explained his rights and obligations under par. 4, 5 of article
71 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of Ukraine,.
The inspection has been conducted at Kyiv City, 24, Lavrska St., and 33,
Lavrska St. and it has established:
………………
[Excerpts related to the BM-21 GRAD only]
………………
In addition, on an asphalted platform located near the memorial of
architecture and history “Brama” (at the distance of 10 m.). The asphalted platform
at size of 20 sq. m., on the right side towards the Museum of History of Ukraine in
the World War II (address: 24, Lavrska St.). There are three units of military
equipment located on the platform, namely:
A BM-21 “Grad” on the basis of the “Ural” truck. Near the BM-21 “Grad”
there is an information plate with the following content: “The rocket system BM-
21 “Grad” was captured on 13 June 2014 near the settlement of Dobropillia,
Donetsk oblast. The affiliation of the system with the Armed Forces of the RF is
supported by the following facts: during inspection, the elements of military
ammunition produced in Russian as well as a shelling chart for BM-21 with a
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mastic seal imprint of military unit 27777 were found. In addition, a trace of a
tactical insignia was found on the cabin doors (a rhomb in a square) which
confirms the affiliation of the truck with the 18th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade
of the 58th Army of the Southern Military District, Armed Forces of the Russian
Federation. (Chechen Republic). The same content is written in Russian and
English on the information plate.
During the inspection, it has been established that the BM-21 “Grad” has
numerous damages on the cabin of the “Ural” truck; headlights, marker lights and
turning lights are absent. The truck is painted in grey and black. On the right side
of the front bumper, a figure 4 (four) and an unreadable inscription is written with
white paint. On the driver’s and passenger’s doors of the BM-21 “Grad”, being
partially painted out with gray and black colors, a geometric composition can be
seen: – a rhomb inside of a square (16 sm.). The aforementioned picture was
stenciled. The hood and radiator grille of the “Ural” truck have damages (dents).
The windshield and passenger window and the driver's door is not damaged. The
windscreen as well as the doors’ glasses are not damaged. The doors are welded
sealed (an access into the cabin is impossible). A part of the hood cover is welded
to exclude an access to the engine compartment of the BM-21 “Grad”.
……………..
During the inspection the following technical means have been used:
Photography with the use of a photo camera “Olympic – E 510”.
The inspection was carried out: the weather was cloudy, rainy, +9 Celsius, with
natural lighting.
The protocol has been read, the records are correct, no observations.
Participants
1. Druginin I. O. Signed
Attesting witnesses:
1. Iankovenko Oksana Oleksiivna Signed
2. Dudar Anatolyi Vasylovych Signed
The inspection has been carried out by senior investigator for special cases of the
Main Military Prosecutor’s Office, PGO of Ukraine.
I. V. Nimchenko.
2
Photo board to the protocol of inspection dated 28 October 2015
in the territory of the National Museum of History of Ukraine in the World War II (Kyiv,
24 Lavrska St., Kyiv, 23 Lavrska St.)
[Excerpts related to BM-21 Grad only ]
-21 “Grad
P on BM-21 “Grad”
3
. The appearance of the hood of BM-21 “Grad”
8,9 The appearance of the right and left doors of BM-21 GRAD
4
the launcher of BM-21 GRAD
. The number on the running gear of BM-21 GRAD
5
Annex 137
Smerch Destruction Investigation Report (30 October 2015)
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language of the Court, pursuant to Rules of the Court, Article 51.
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Appendix 3
EXTRACT
from the materials of an internal inquiry into the destruction (loss)
of Smerch 9A52 multiple rocket launchers
2
Copy
Commander of military unit A1546
Report
I hereby report that a fire on October 29, 2015 at the joint rocket artillery stores in Svatovo, where
equipment of the 2nd Rocket Artillery Battalion was stored, destroyed four 9T234 and one 9A52-2 and
damaged three 9A52-2. Sixteen rocket shells were also destroyed.
I request an internal inquiry into this fact.
10.30.2015 Commander,
Rocket artillery battalion
Lt-Col [signature] S.A. Savchenko
Chief of Staff:
Internal inquiry to be conducted. __Deputy Chief of Staff for________________
Head of commission: M.A. Gudym - prepare a draft order
Members: Maj A.V. Shulga on the appointment of
Maj V.V.Saponenko an internal inquiry
- materials to be sent for approval
by 11.27.16 Major [signature]
[signature] 10.30.2015
10.30.15
[stamp:] Ministry of Defense,
Military Unit 1546
This is a true copy 1 82 [illegible]
Acting chief of staff, military unit 1546
Maj [signature] V.V. Saponenko Maj [signature] Korniyenkov 10.31.2015
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COPY
MINISTRY OF DEFENSE OF UKRAINE
ORDER
By Military Unit A1546
10.30.2015 Kremenchuk city No 756
Appointing
an internal inquiry
In accordance with the oral instruction of 10.30.2015 by the commander of rocket and artillery troops,
deputy commander of the Ground Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the aim of establishing the
causes and conditions that led to the loss of arms by the 2nd Rocket Artillery Battalion on 10.29.2015 at the
joint rocket and artillery stores in the town of Svatovo, Luhansk Region and establishing the degree of guilt
on the part of officials,
I HEREBY ORDER:
1. Appoint an internal inquiry by a commission comprising the following:
Commission chair: myself;
Commission members: senior assistant to the unit’s chief of staff, Major V.V. Saponenko; head of
the rocket and artillery technical procurement service, Major A.V. Shulga.
2. The commission chair will:
Conduct an internal inquiry by 11.27.2015 with reference to the Ukrainian Armed Forces Disciplinary
Charter, the Procedure for Internal Inquiries into State or Local Government Officials approved by Cabinet
of Ministers of Ukraine resolution No 950 (amended) of June 13, 2000 and the Instruction on the Procedure
for Conducting Inquiries in the Armed Forces of Ukraine approved by Order No 82 of the Minister of
Defense of Ukraine on 03.25.2004 registered at the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine as No 385/8984 on March
30, 2004.
This is a true copy
Deputy chief of staff,
First deputy commander of
military unit A1546,
Lieutenant-Colonel
S.M. Yalynny
[stamp:] Ministry of Defense,
Military Unit A1546
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COPY
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3. The implementation of this order will be monitored by me.
4. The order is to be communicated to the unit’s personnel as far as it applies to them.
Acting Commander of military unit A1546
Lieutenant-Colonel [signature] M.A. Gudym
Acting chief of staff,
Deputy Commander of military unit A1546,
Major [signature] S.M. Palazhevych
[stamp:] Ministry of Defense,
Military Unit A1546
This is a true copy
Deputy chief of staff,
First deputy commander of
military unit A1546,
Lieutenant-Colonel
S.M. Yalynny
[stamp:] Ministry of Defense,
Military Unit A1546
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APPROVED
Commander, military unit A0105
_____________________________
_____________________________
__________” “ _____________20__
Stamp goes here
AGREED AGREED
Commander, military unit A0120 Head, Sector A
Colonel [signature] V.V. Atamanyuk Colonel [signature] V.Y. Myronyuk
11 [illegible] 2015 __________” “ ______________ 2015
Stamp goes here
[stamp:] Anti-terrorist Center,
Security Service of Ukraine
CERTIFICATE No 407
OF TECHNICAL CONDITION
BM 9A52 No RGA1307 (MAZ-543M No 1565H5)
(name of arms or equipment)
Information feature Registration number Sheet number Document code Document
number
Document date
00 001 002 003 005 032
407 1 set 12 407 11.03.2015
Reason (purpose of
operation)
Operation code Operation date Service
(store section)
Military unit
(department,
store)
Implementation
045 004 034 207
Written off 11.03.2015 Rocket artillery A1546 Not secret
Debit Credit
Account, subaccount Analytical accounting Total Amortization
code
Account, subaccount Analytical
accounting code
2383875.00 Destroyed by fire and explosions
at joint stores in Sector A,
Svatovo
Viewing the documents has established the following:
1. Composition and qualitative condition
No
Name of arms or
equipment (drawing
reference no)
Reference
No
Unit of measurement
Quantity
Catego
ry
Cost
Factory number
Manufacturer
Manual (certificate)
number
On paper
In fact
initial
residual
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
075 076 097 079 083 171 007 180 012
I Item 9A52-2,
comprising:
set I II V 2592100.00 2383875.00 RGA1307 PMZ RGA1307
- 543M chassis set I II V TM4TR0601289 MAZ ZhA181395
- Diesel D12A-
525A
set I II V T11KT2511
- sights set I II V H844
- Lower deck
mount
set I II V 61
Reference
number
Main account Correspondent
account
6
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
075 076 097 079 083 171 007 180 012
- Upper deck mount set I II V 3
- cradle set I II V 1
- Cabin, assembled set I II V
7
- Charging station set I II V 7
- Lifting and balancing
mechanism
set I II V 7
- Wheel reducer set I II V
69
- communication panel set I II V
A006
- Antenna block set I II V A002
- Antenna control
panel
set I II V A006
- Remote control set I II V A005
- Distribution block set I II V A002
- Communications
control panel
set I II V A006
- Item 9P616 with a
single ZIP set
set I II V IM1139C
- Panoramic telescope
PG-1M
set I II V T1123A
- with K-1 collimator
and collimator tripod
set I II V T2928
- PNV-57E device set I II V TNIT3075
- 3 C-41 viewer set I II V 50
- Launch box set I II V 934031
- Relay regulator
P10TKM-1C
set I II V T06CT2096
- Radio station R-173 set I II V
0280304
DK-4D set set I II V LN422489
- DK-4D set set I II V LN422520
- F10 filter set I II V T11CT1185
- Item 9P618 with a
single ZIP set
set I II V 8997
- jack set 2 II V 268,269
- Navigation
equipment SN3003M
set I II V
Ya5160156
- Motorola radio
station DM3600 and
mobile antenna with
additional equipment
set I II V 038TNN4818
TOTAL 1 (one) item
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2. Technical and operational data
1. Put in service (date) 02.28.1990
2. In service (years, months) 25 years, 8 months
3. Cycles, hours, mileage since put into operation 23569 c, 279.8 mph 4047 km
4. Designed:
Capacity (cycles, hours, mileage) 75000 cycles
Service life (years, months) 25 years
Guaranteed service (cycles, hours, mileage) 3000 cycles, 18000 km
Guarantee term 5 years
5. Repairs completed (description, date) none
6. How long in operation since last repaired n/a
7. Cycles, hours, mileages since last repaired n/a
8. Under (over): designed capacity (cycles, hours,
mileage)
51431 cycles under capacity
Service life (years, month) 8 months
Guaranteed service (cycles, hours, mileage) 13953 km under guaranteed
20569 cycles over guaranteed
Expiration date n/a
3. Accessories
The item is supplied with 75% of required accessories, excluding a ZIP which is recorded as not supplied
according to undersupply card No 220 of 07.27.2011 on 4 (four) sheets. Tires VI-203 1500 x 600 x 635,
quantity 9: No 4889V530112, 4889V530029, 4889V530013,___ 4889V530218, 4889V530118,
4889V530100, 4889V530299, 4889V530059 and________
4889V530179.____________________________________________________________
Batteries 6ST-190, four, made in 2013.________________________________________
4. Technical condition
Item 9A52-2, factory no RGA1307 was destroyed on 10.29.2015 as a result fire and explosions at the joint
stores of Sector A (Svatovo, Luhansk Region) during the anti-terrorist operation in Donetsk and Luhansk
Regions (irretrievable
losses).____________________________________________________________________
According to the Instruction on the Classification of Rocket Artillery Arms approved by order No 19 of the
Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on 03.11.2013, its technical condition is_______ category V, whereby
recovery is impossible and economically unviable._________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
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5. Reasons for early amortization or damage
Item 9A52-2, factory no RGA1307 was destroyed on 10.29.2015 as a result fire and explosions at the joint
stores of Sector A (Svatovo, Luhansk Region) during the anti-terrorist operation in Donetsk and Luhansk
Regions (irretrievable____________________________ losses)._________________________________
6. Extent of completed upgrades
(upgrade bulletin number)
No upgrades were carried out.
7. Write-off calculation
Write-off costs Write-off receipts
Document
title
Cost code Amount Document
title
Type of
valuables
Quantity Amount
8. Commission’s proposals
Item 9A52-2, factory no RGA1307 was destroyed on 10.29.2015 as a result fire and_____ explosions at the
joint stores of Sector A (Svatovo, Luhansk Region) during the anti-terrorist operation in Donetsk and
Luhansk Regions (irretrievable losses)._ According to the______ Instruction on the Classification of Rocket
Artillery Arms approved by order No 19 of the__ Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on 03.11.2013, its
technical condition is_ category V,_____ whereby recovery is impossible and economically unviable. It is to
be put in category V and subsequently written off, pursuant to order 17 by the Ministry of Defense of
Ukraine of 01.12.2015.
___________________________________________________________________________
Commission chair: Lieutenant-Colonel_______ [signature]_________M.A. Gudym____
(military rank, signature, surname and initials)
Commission members: Lieutenant-Colonel_______ [signature]________S.A. Savchenko__
(military rank, signature, surname and initials)
Major ______[signature]________A.V. Shulga__ __
(military rank, signature, surname and initials)
Major _______ [signature]________ V.V. Saponenko __
(military rank, signature, surname and initials)
Captain _______ [signature]________ V.V. Gaponyuk __
(military rank, signature, surname and initials)
Compiled in 3 copies with photo materials attached on 1 sheet.
Copy No 1: military unit No A 0120
Copy No 2: military unit No A 1546
Copy No 3: ___________________
9. Conclusion by the military unit commander
(senior manager)
I agree with this conclusion. I am requesting a transfer to category V and subsequent writeoff.______________________________________________________________________
Acting Commander of Military Unit No A1546____________________________-
________Colonel_____[signature]_____________S.M. Yalynny______________________
(military rank, signature, surname and initials)
November 2015 [stamp:] Ministry of Defense, Military Unit A1546
_______________________________________________________________
(military rank, signature, surname and initials)
___________________________________________________________________________
(military rank, signature, surname and initials)
________________” “_____________2015
AGREED Senior detective officer, department 7, directorate 5, Main Directorate of Military
Counterintelligence, Department of Counterintelligence, Security Service of Ukraine [signature]
________________S. Bayer__________________________________
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M 9A52-2 factory No RGA1307 (MAZ-543M No 1565N5), military unit A1546, destroyed in a fire at the
joint rocket artillery stores in Sector A, Svatovo, on 10.29.2015.
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Extract from combat action log 107 rocket artillery unit inv No r/z 49/29/1 COPY
Date, time Mission and brief summary of combat action Notes
1 2 3
10.29.15 Designated personnel of the 107th, 2/107th rocket artillery
22:00 control points is at the base camp (village of
Pershotravneve) undertaking comprehensive
safeguarding duties, maintenance (repair) of arms and military
equipment and other scheduled activities; no [word illegible]
took place for 24 hours. At 19:45 we began to observe flashes
in the area of the rocket artillery stores in Svatovo. Personnel
took a defensive position and stepped up security. This fact
was reported to the headquarters of the anti-terrorist operation
and Sector A headquarters. No losses of personnel or
equipment occurred in Pershotravneve. No information was
received about the state of the equipment kept at the rocket
artillery stores, comprising 4 units of 9A52-2 MAZ-543M and
4 units of 9T234 MAZ 543A. Communications equipment and
the automatic control system are in working order.
Senior assistant to the chief of staff of 107th rocket artillery
unit
Major [signature] V.V. Saponenko
This is a true copy
Acting commander of military unit No A1546
Lieutenant-Colonel [signature] S.M. Yalynny
[stamp:] Ministry of Defense,
Military Unit A1546
Chief of Staff,
First Deputy Commander of
Military unit No A1546
Lt-Col [signature] S.M. Yalynny
02.12.2016
[stamp:] Ministry of Defense,
Military Unit A1546
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Extract from combat action log 107 rocket artillery unit inv No r/z 49/29/1 COPY
Date, time Mission and brief summary of combat action Notes
1 2 3
Continued:
10.31.2015 Designated personnel of the 107th, 2/107th rocket artillery
control point is at the base camp (village of
Pershotravneve) undertaking comprehensive
safeguarding duties. The acting commander of the rocket
artillery regiment and the commander of the 2nd rocket artillery battalion went to
the joint rocket artillery stores to
ascertain and inspect the equipment stored there and to assess
the losses of equipment and related property. The inspection
established the following: the fire and ammunition detonation
destroyed (irretrievable losses) 4 units of equipment 9T234-2
MAZ 543A and 1 unit of 9A52-2 MAZ 543M, as well as the property stored with
the equipment, namely: MAZ-543A No 4511 M5, 9 T34-2 RGA 2616; chassis
543ATR and TR 1280190; engine D 12A 525A T11 KT 2618; engine D21A1
1260 935; radio station R-173 313G003 U 417977, one;
9T234 trailer tent, 1 set; set of 15 keys, one;
battery 6ST-190 810800, 4; set of wma
headstamps, 1; winter diesel fuel 3-0.2 minus 45 0666
-590 l; TOCON A-40 0553 cooling fluid – 100 l; MT-16p
0192 oil -187 l; MGE-10A 0511 unified hydraulic oil – 132 l;
A 0263 transmission oil -109 l; GTZh-22M 0532 brake
fluid – 5 l; M6z / 10V 0145 long-term unified all-season oil
Set, 7.9 l; KS-10 T1824140U canister, two; KS-20 T1824 135U, four; Forest
camouflage set, one; mine clearing shovel B24
96000U, 2; infantry shovel B2494000U, 3; carpenter axe
B2497000U, 1; pickaxe, large, B2499000U, 1; OP-1
protective coat D1120005U, 2; protection knee-high socks
D11 20030U, 2 pairs; bag for protective socks and gloves
D11 20030U, 2; BL-1M D1120020U gloves, 2 pairs; PMK
gas mask D1111010U, two; DK-4 KD(D) D1520085U set, 2;
aluminum pan, 2; enameled bowl, 2; aluminum spoon, 2;
ANDU tent, 1 set; sleeping bag, 2; duffel bag, 2;
aluminum flask with sheath, 2; army shelter poncho; foam
mat, 2; waterproof suit, 2; thermal camouflage trousers, 2
pairs; rubber boots, 1 pair.
At TZM 9T234 MAZ-543A RG8055T No 4517 M5; chassis
TA5DB 9051089, engine D12A-525A TOO TT2280, engine
D21A1 1211 932; radio station DP4400 311176, one; radio
station R-173 V13G 0003U 417977, one set; 9T234 trailer
tent, one set; battery 6ST-190 810800, 4; set of 15 keys, one; set of wma
This is a true copy
Acting commander of military unit No A1546
Lieutenant-Colonel [signature] S.M. Yalynny
[stamp:] Ministry of Defense,
Military Unit A1546
Chief of Staff,
First Deputy Commander of
Military unit No A1546
Lt-Col [signature] S.M. Yalynny
02.12.2016
[stamp:] Ministry of Defense,
Military Unit A1546
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Date, time Mission and brief summary of combat action Notes
1 2 3
Continued:
headstamps, 1; winter diesel fuel 3-0.2 minus 45 0666
-590 l; TOCON A-40 0553 cooling fluid – 100 l; MT-16p
0192 oil -187 l; MGE-10A 0511 unified hydraulic oil – 132 l;
A 0263 transmission oil -109 l; GTZh-22M 0532 brake
fluid – 5 l; M6z /10V 0145 long-term unified all-season oil
set;– 7.9 l; KS-10 T1824140U canister, two; KS-20 T1824
135U, four; Forest camouflage set, one; mine clearing shovel B24
96000U, 2; infantry shovel B2494000U, 3; carpenter axe
B2497000U, 1; pickaxe, large, B2499000U, one; OP-1
protective coat D1120005U, 2; protection knee-high socks
D11 20030U, 2 pairs; bag for protective socks and gloves
D11 20030U, 2; BL-1M D1120020U gloves, 2 pairs; PMK
gas mask D1111010U, two; DK-4 KD(D) D1520085U set, 2;
aluminum pan, 2; enameled bowl, 2; aluminum spoon, 2;
ANDU tent, 1 set; sleeping bag, 2.
At TZM 9T234 MAZ-543A RGA2619 No 1530 M5; chassis
TA9TR 2390 290, engine D12A-525A ZhO 2KT5772, engine
D21A1 1269108; radio station DP4400 No 431085, one;
9T234 trailer
tent, one set; battery 6ST-190 810800, 4; set of 15 keys, one; professional tool
box, 26 ½ pieces, one set;
winter diesel fuel 3-0.2 minus 45 0666
-590 l; TOCON A-40 0553 cooling fluid – 100 l; MT-16p
0192 oil -187 l; MGE-10A 0511 unified hydraulic oil – 132 l;
A 0263 transmission oil -109 l; GTZh 22M 0532 brake
fluid – 5 l; M6z / 10V 0145 long-term unified all-season oil
set;– 7.9 l; KS-10 T1824140U canister, two; KS-20 T1824
135U, four; Forest camouflage set, one; mine clearing shovel B24
96000U, 2; infantry shovel B2494000U, 3; carpenter axe
B2497000U, 1; pickaxe, large, B2499000U, one; OP-1
protective coat D1120005U, 2; protection knee-high socks
D11 20030U, 3 pairs; bag for protective socks and gloves
D11 20030U, 2; BL-1M D1120020U gloves, 3 pairs; PMK
gas mask D1111010U, three; DK-4 KD(D) D1520085U set, 2;
aluminum pan, 3; enameled bowl, 3; aluminum spoon, 2;
ANDU tent, 1 set; sleeping bag, 2; duffel bag, 3; foam mat, 3.
At TZM 9T234 MAZ-543A RGA 2616 No 4501 M5; chassis
TA2TR 0821289, engine D12A-525A T11KT2575, engine
D21A1 1248475; radio
station R-173 V13G 0003U 417977, one set; TK-2 V19A3006U coil, two; P274M
field cable V1866003U, 1000 m; field telephone set TA-57 V 1866003U, one;
9T234 trailer tent, one set; battery 6ST-190 810800, four; set of 15
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Acting commander of military unit No A1546
Lieutenant-Colonel [signature] S.M. Yalynny
[stamp:] Ministry of Defense,
Military Unit A1546
Chief of Staff,
First Deputy Commander of
Military unit No A1546
Lt-Col [signature] S.M. Yalynny
02.12.2016
[stamp:] Ministry of Defense,
Military Unit A1546
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Date, time Mission and brief summary of combat action Notes
1 2 3
Continued:
keys, one; professional tool box, 26 ½ pieces, one set;
winter diesel fuel 3-0.2 minus 45 0666
-590 l; TOCON A-40 0553 cooling fluid – 100 l; MT-16p
0192 oil -187 l; MGE-10A 0511 unified hydraulic oil – 132 l;
A 0263 transmission oil -109 l; GTZh-22M 0532 brake
fluid – 5 l; M6z /10V 0145 long-term unified all-season oil
set;– 7.9 l; KS-10 T1824140U canister, two; KS-20 T1824
135U, four; Forest camouflage set, one; mine clearing shovel B24
96000U, 2; infantry shovel B2494000U, 3; carpenter axe
B2497000U, 1; pickaxe, large, B2499000U, one; OP-1
protective coat D1120005U, 3; protection knee-high socks
D11 20030U, 3 pairs; bag for protective socks and gloves
D11 20030U, 3; BL-1M D1120020U gloves, 3 pairs; PMK
gas mask D1111010U, three; DK-4 KD(D) D1520085U set, 2;
aluminum pan, 3; enameled bowl, 3; aluminum spoon, 3;
ANDU tent, 1 set; sleeping bag, 3; duffel bag, 3; army shelter poncho, 3; foam
mat, 2; Corsar M3 -1 -4 plated vest, three;
At BM 9A52-2 RGA 1307 MAZ 543M No 1565M5, chassis
TM4 TR 0603289; radio station DM 3600 VHF
038TNN4818, one; mobile antenna with additional
equipment for mounting armored vehicle radio station, one;
TK-2 V19A3006U coil, three; P274M field cable V1866 003U, 1500 m; field
telephone set TA-57 V 1866003U, one;
ZIP for R-173 ShI 1.101 027 TU, one set; 9A52 trailer tent, one set; PAB-2M
boussole, set 02A318, one; PAB-2M boussole, set 9G716, one; Adrianov
compass, one; curvimeter, one; calipers, one set; SOS stopwatch PR-26-2-000,
one; box for batteries; NK-13 batteries, four; electricity meter C 4353, tripod for
K-1 with cover, one; 12 t jack, one; control level P-S GOST 3059-75, one; launch
key 9B 370 M. SB. D 0-10, two; ZIP for item 9A52-2 (as per accessory list), one;
docking device 9A52.22.370 No 19; battery 6ST-190 810800, four; VKK Z5
929230 fire extinguisher, one; set of 15
keys, one; professional tool box, 26 ½ pieces, one set; TSh-001 L helmet phone,
summer, two; TSh-001 Z helmet phone, winter, two; non-mechanized lug wrench
with drive parts, set model 233BM1, one set; 25 t jack, one;
winter diesel fuel 3-0.2 minus 45 0666
-700 l; TOCON A-40 0553 cooling fluid – 102.5 l; MT-16p
0192 oil -187 l; MGE-10A 0511 unified hydraulic oil – 40 l;
A 0263 transmission oil -109 l; GTZh-22M 0532 brake
fluid – 5 l;
KS-10 T1824140U canister, five; KS-20 T1824
This is a true copy
Acting commander of military unit No A1546
Lieutenant-Colonel [signature] S.M. Yalynny
[stamp:] Ministry of Defense,
Military Unit A1546
Chief of Staff,
First Deputy Commander of
Military unit No A1546
Lt-Col [signature] S.M. Yalynny
02.12.2016
[stamp:] Ministry of Defense,
Military Unit A1546
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Date, time Mission and brief summary of combat action Notes
1 2 3
Continued:
135U, three; navigation equipment for satellite navigation system users SN-3003M
“Basalt” without battery or receiver D411 0056U Ya 51 60156, one; Steppe
camouflage set, one; mine clearing shovel B24
96000U, four; infantry shovel B2494000U, 3; B249 8000U transverse pick, one;
sledgehammer, one; [two words illegible] B249A000U, one; carpenter axe
B2497000U, four; pickaxe, large, B2499000U, one; OP-1
protective coat D1120005U, four; protection knee-high socks
D11 20030U, 4 pairs; bag for protective socks and gloves
D11 20030U, 4; BL-1M D1120020U gloves, 4 pairs; PMK
gas mask D1111010U, four; DK-4 KD(D) D1520085U set, 2;
aluminum pan, 3; enameled bowl, 3; aluminum spoon, 3;
ANDU tent, 1 set; duffel bag, 3; tactical vest, three; aluminum flask with sheath,
three; army shelter poncho, three; foam mat, four; Canada jacket, two; Canada
trousers, two; Canada combat boots, 1 pair.
The rest of the equipment sustained damage to various
degree (9A52-2 RGA 1318, MAZ-543M No 1572M5, 9A52-
2 RGA 1321 MAZ-543M No 1563M5, 9A RGA 1322 MAZ-
543M No 1564 M5). The damaged and destroyed equipment
was left at the Sector A rocket and artillery store in Svatovo,
as there is no evacuation access due to the nature of location.
At 17:00 we received instruction No4 / 9583 og/esc of
10.31.15 from the anti- terrorist headquarters in Donetsk
and Luhansk Regions to send one 9 T234 unit form the store
of the 1st rocket artillery battalion to facilitate evacuation
and to unload the damaged vehicles of the 2nd rocket artillery
battalion; on the same day the 9 T234 arrived at base camp
in Pershotravneve. Irretrievable ammunition losses amounted
to 16 rocket shells. Twelve rocket shells remained loaded
onto one 9A52-2 unit No 1563M5 RGA 1321. The extent of
damage will be established after the equipment is evacuated
and unloaded. No personnel or equipment losses were
sustained at base camp. No sabotage activity or signs of
enemy reconnaissance were observed. Communications and
automatic troop management systems are in working
order.
Senior assistant to chief of staff,
Rocket and artillery regiment 107
Major [signature] V.V. Saponenko
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Acting commander of military unit No A1546
Lieutenant-Colonel [signature] S.M. Yalynny
[stamp:] Ministry of Defense,
Military Unit A1546
Chief of Staff,
First Deputy Commander of
Military unit No A1546
Lt-Col [signature] S.M. Yalynny
02.12.2016
[stamp:] Ministry of Defense,
Military Unit A1546
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Date, time Mission and brief summary of combat action Notes
1 2 3
11.05.15 Designated personnel of the 107, 2/107 rocket artillery
22:00 control point are at the base camp (village of
Pershotravneve) undertaking comprehensive safeguarding
duties and arms and equipment maintenance on the damaged
Sector A vehicles (three 9A52-2units) at the assembly
station. Assessment was carried out of the damaged property
stored on board the vehicles evacuated from the rocket and
artillery stores in Sector A. At 9A52-2 RGA 1322 MAZ 543
No 1564 M5, chassis TM1TR2910390: trailer tent for 9A52-2
one; Steppe camouflage set, one; tires 1500 x 600 x 635
3999B 530022, one set; driver cabin windscreen, one; curtain
for driver’s cabin, one; rear view mirrors, 2;
At 9A52-2 RGA 1321 MAZ 543 No 1563M5, chassis
TM2TR0321289: trailer tent for 9A52-2, one;
Steppe camouflage set, one; duffel bag, one; aluminum pan,
Three; enameled bowl 3; aluminum spoon, 3; army shelter
poncho, one; foam mat, one; waterproof suit, 3; winter diesel
Fuel 3-0.2 minus 45 0666 – 350 l;
TOCON A-40 0553 cooling fluid – 102.5 l; MT-16p
0192 oil - 48 l; MGE-10A 0511 unified hydraulic oil – 40 l;
GTZh-22M 0532 brake
fluid – 5 l; mine clearing shovel B24
96000U, one; sledgehammer, 1; carpenter axe
B2497000U, 4; pickaxe, large, B2499000U, 1;
TK-2 V19A3006U coil, one; P274M field cable V1866003U, 500 m; TSh-1 L
helmet phone, summer, two; TSh-001Z helmet phone, winter, two; KS-20 T1824
135U, two; imaging
guide protector SB 16340, two; external view mirror, two;
[word illegible] ZIP to item 9A52-2 (as per accessory list).
At 12:00 we received a verbal instruction from the head of
the rocket artillery department of the anti-terrorist
Headquarters, Col V.M. Gistsev. The instruction was
communicated to KD 1,2 of the 3rd combined rocket artillery
battery 3/107. (Implementation commenced). Rocket artillery
battalion 1/107, combined rocket artillery battery 3/107
reported on the unloading of armored vehicles located in
the designated areas. No strikes were delivered.
No sabotage activity or signs of
enemy reconnaissance were observed. No personnel, arms or equipment losses
were sustained (apart from those considered irretrievably lost). Communications
and
automatic troop management systems are in working
order.
Senior assistant to chief of staff,
Rocket and artillery unit 107
Major [signature] V.V. Saponenko
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Acting commander of military unit No A1546
Lieutenant-Colonel [signature] S.M. Yalynny
[stamp:] Ministry of Defense,
Military Unit A1546
Chief of Staff,
First Deputy Commander of Military unit No A1546
Lt-Col [signature] S.M. Yalynny
02.12.2016
[stamp:] Ministry of Defense,
Military Unit A1546
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Total case papers numbered, bound and sealed
with wax seal “For Packages”: 16 sheets
Lieutenant-Colonel [signature] S.A. Dmytruk
[seal:] Military Unit [number not visible]
FOR PACKAGES
Annex 138
Ukraine Executive Committee of the Kramatorsk City Council Letter No. F1-28/4812
to Investigations Department of the Donetsk Regional Directorate of the SSU (12
November 2015)
This document has been translated from its original language into English, an official
language of the Court, pursuant to Rules of the Court, Article 51.
Pursuant to Rules of the Court Article 51(3), Ukraine has translated only
an extract of the original document constituting this Annex. In further
compliance with this Rule, Ukraine has provided two certified copies of the
full original-language document
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UKRAINE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE KRAMATORSK CITY COUNCIL
2 pl. Lenina, Kramatorsk, Donetsk Region 84313. Tel. (0626) 48-54-88, 48-54-91
Fax (0626)48-55-01. Email: [email protected] Wesbite: www.krm.dn.ua
12/11/2015 No. F1-28/4812
Your ref. No. 56/13/3-139 nt dated 11/26/2015
Lieutenant of Justice 1st Class S.S. Kovalyov
Senior Investigator, 3rd Section of the
Investigations Department at the Donetsk
Regional Directorate of the SBU
(deployed to Kramatorsk)
The Executive Committee of the Kramatorsk City Council has reviewed your letter No. 56/13/3-
139 nt of 11/26/2015 and hereby informs you of the following:
During the artillery shelling of the city of Kramatorsk on February 10, 2015, the following
residential buildings were damaged:
42 vul. Dvirtseva;
58 vul. Parkova, floors 4-6;
56 vul. Dvirtseva;
58 vul. Dvirtseva;
11 b. Kramatorskyy;
13 b. Kramatorskyy;
99 vul. Parkova;
107 vul. Parkova;
24 vul. Lenina;
34 vul. Lenina;
13 vul. Marata;
14 vul. Marata;
17 vul. Marata;
24 vul. 19 Partzyizdu;
105 vul. Parkova.
As well as the following social facilities:
Kindergarten No. 88, 23 b. Kramatorskyy;
Art School, 15 vul. Marata;
City Hospital No. 3.
By Order No. 86-r of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated 02/12/2015, the Donetsk Regional
State Administration was allocated UAH 5 million from the state budget for recovery efforts following the
disaster that occurred on February 10, 2015 in the city of Kramatorsk and the provision of assistance to the
victims and the families of those who were killed.
In order to resolve the procedures for the receipt and disbursement of funds, the mayor issued Order
No. 10 of 02/13/2015, setting up a task force to implement measures associated with recovery efforts
following the disaster that occurred in Kramatorsk on 02/10/2015 and the provision of assistance to the
victims and the families of those who were killed.
Based on the task force’s work and data obtained from local medical facilities and damage reports,
information was identified and provided in a timely manner (on 02/16/2015) regarding the allocation of
funds for measures associated with the disaster recovery
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efforts (UAH 3,295,000 for major repairs of damaged infrastructure facilities) and the provision of
assistance to the victims and the families of those who were killed (UAH 1,705,000).
Repair work was carried out on buildings, residential housing, and social infrastructure facilities
that were damaged as a result of the artillery shelling.
Since the originals of the necessary documents contain a large number of pages, you may review
them and make copies at the expense of the Donetsk Regional Directorate of the Security Service of
Ukraine.
Mayor [signature] A.V. Pankov
Honcharenko 59552
Annex 139
Expert Opinion No. 8713/8714, Professor Emeritus M.S. Bokarius Kharkiv Scientific
Research Institute of Forensic Expert Examinations of the Ministry of Justice of
Ukraine (23 November 2015)
This document has been translated from its original language into English, an official
language of the Court, pursuant to Rules of the Court, Article 51.
Pursuant to Rules of the Court Article 51(3), Ukraine has translated only
an extract of the original document constituting this Annex. In further
compliance with this Rule, Ukraine has provided two certified copies of the
full original-language document
MINISTRY OF JUSTICE OF UKRAINE
PROF. EMERITUS M.S. BOKARIUS KHARKIV
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC EXPERT
EXAMINATIONS
8-a vul. Zolochivska, Kharkiv, 61177, tel. (057) 372-12-20, tel./fax (057) 372-20-01,
Email: [email protected], Web: http://hniise.gov.ua
Unified State Register of Enterprises and Organizations of Ukraine code 02883133
OPINION No. 8713/8714
of an integrated forensic demolitions expert examination of explosives and the products of explosions
and firing
in Criminal Proceeding No. 42014160690000073
Kharkiv 11/23/2015
INTRODUCTION
On 9/4/2015, the Prof. Emeritus M.S. Bokarius Kharkiv Scientific Research Institute of
Forensic Expert Examinations received from the Investigations Department of the Office for the
Supervision of Legal Compliance by the United Forces of the Anti-Terrorist Operation at the Main
Military Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine, accompanied by cover letter No.10/4/3-2669/vykh.-
15 dated 8/11/2015, the order dated 8/11/2015 from senior investigator O.S. Bannyk on commissioning
an integrated criminalistic expert examination.
The following were submitted for examination: copies of the criminal case files in a single
volume consisting of 98 pages; a polymer bag with fragments recovered during the inspection of
incident site on 2/11/2015 on the territory of the Sarmat camping ground; a polymer bag with
fragments recovered on 2/10/2015 from the incident site near military unit A3546; a polymer bag with
cylindrical objects recovered during the inspection of the incident site on 2/10/2015.
The expert panel was asked to answer the following questions:
“1. Do the fragments (pieces and cylindrical object) recovered from the incident site on
February 11, 2015, belong to any munitions; and if so, which ones exactly?
2. Do the objects (fragments and cylindrical objects) recovered from the incident site bear any
traces of explosives or explosion products?
3. Did the pieces of the object recovered from the incident site previously form a single whole?
4. Do the explosives found on the recovered objects belong to any particular type (group)?
5. If the objects (fragments) recovered during the inspection of the incident site are fragments
of munitions, then from what type of weapon were they fired?”
The expert examination was assigned to the following panel of experts:
- forensic expert and senior research fellow at the laboratory of trace examination, ballistic and
explosive examinations and technical examinations of documents Viktor Veniaminovych Somov, who
has a higher technical education and is qualified as a forensic expert with specialization 5.2
“Examining explosive devices, traces, and the circumstances of explosions” (certificate No. 348 issued
on 12/11/2012 by the Expert Qualification Commission of the Kharkiv Scientific Research Institute of
Forensic Expert Examinations, valid until 12/11/2017), forensic expert 1st class with experience
working as an expert since 1996 – chairman of the panel;
- forensic expert at the laboratory of physical, chemical and biological examinations Olha
Mykhailivna Pashkova, who has a higher technical education and is qualified as a forensic expert with
specialization 5.1 “Examining explosives, explosion products, and firing” (certificate No. 767 issued
on 12/29/2014) by the Expert Qualification Commission of the Kharkiv Scientific Research Institute of
Forensic Expert Examinations, valid until 12/29/2019), forensic expert 4th class with experience
working as an expert since 2007.
Pursuant to the requirements of Articles 70(2) and (102) of the Criminal Procedure Code of
Ukraine, the experts were warned of the potential liability for knowingly presenting false findings and
for refusing without a valid reason to perform their obligations under Articles 384 and 385 of the
Criminal Code of Ukraine.
[signature] V.V. Somov [signature] O.M. Pashkova
Expert V.V. Somov answered question Nos. 1, 3 and 5, while expert O.M. Pashkova answered
question Nos. 2 and 4.
Pursuant to section 4.14 of the “Instructions on Commissioning and Conducting Forensic
Expert Reviews and Expert Examinations,” approved by Order No. 53/5 of the Ministry of Justice of
Ukraine on 10/8/98 (as amended), question Nos. 2 and 4 were combined.
On 9/18/2015 a petition was sent to the investigator with cover letter No. 2/3049eks.
For 45 calendar days, no response to the petition has been received, and the petition has not
been granted.
The objects for examination were received in packaged form, in three polymer bags. The bags
have been numbered by the experts from 1 to 3.
The fragments recovered during the inspection of the incident site on 2/11/2015 on the territory
of the Sarmat camping ground were packed in polymer bag No. 1 (file), the opening of which was tied
with a thread. Attached to the ends of the thread was a label with the contact details of the Office for
the Supervision of Legal Compliance by the United Forces of the Anti-Terrorist Operation at the Main
Military Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine and an explanatory note signed by the head of the
investigations department and bearing the department’s seal.
The fragments found on 2/10/2015 at the incident site near military unit No. A3546 were
packed in polymer bag No. 2 (file), the opening of which was tied with a thread. Attached to the ends
of the thread [text cut off].
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[text cut off] with the seal of the Office for the Supervision of Legal Compliance by the United Forces
of the Anti-Terrorist Operation at the Main Military Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine.
The cylindrical objects recovered during the inspection of the incident site on 2/10/2015 were
packed in polymer bag No. 3, wrapped with transparent adhesive tape. Under the tape was a label with
the contact details of the Office for the Supervision of Legal Compliance by the United Forces of the
Anti-Terrorist Operation at the Main Military Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine and an
explanatory note signed by the investigator.
The general appearance of the packs is shown in graphs 1–3.
Graph 1. General appearance of pack No. 1 and
label
Graph 2. General appearance of pack No. 2 and
label
b)
Graph 3. General appearance of pack No. 3 (a) and label (b)
The integrity of the packs had not been breached. The submitted objects match the list of
objects indicated in the order.
The following were used in conducting the examination:
1. Methods of examining trace amounts of explosives using thin-layer chromatography and UV
spectroscopy, registration code 5.1.05
2. V.N. Aginskiy, Yu.M. Dildin. “Examining Substances to Determine Whether They Are
Explosives or Pyrotechnic Components.” Central Scientific Research and Criminalistics Laboratory of
the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR, Moscow 1982.
3. Methods of integrated examination of explosive devices, explosive substances, and explosion
traces, registration code 0.1.12.
[illegible handwriting]
[illegible]
[illegible handwriting]
2/[illegible]/2016
[signature] [signature]
[signature]
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EXAMINATION
The examination was conducted under natural (daytime) light by the naked eye and under an
MBS-2 microscope with 4.5–16 x magnification. Linear measurements were taken using a caliper
ShchTs[text cut off] GOST 166-89 No. 811335. Weighing was done on electric scales SVA-[text cut
off] 0.02 Certus Balance. Photographs were taken with an Olympus FE-100 digital camera, 4.0
megapixel in automatic photography mode.
External appearance of the objects
(experts V.V. Somov and O.M. Pashkova)
Upon being opened, pack No. 1 was found to contain objects with the general appearance
shown in Graph 4.
Graph 4. Objects submitted for
examination
The examination of the objects established that they are fragments of metal and polymer
material. The fragments have different metal thicknesses, different magnetizability, traces of
technological processing, and layers of paint. Based on these criteria, they were combined into relevant
groups, which were numbered 1–4.
The surfaces of the objects have a layer of a black substance that appears to be soot. For further
chemical analysis, these objects were designated as object No. 1.
Upon being opened, pack No. 2 was found to contain objects with the general appearance
shown in Graph 5.
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Graph 5. Objects submitted for
examination
The examination of the objects established that they are fragments of metal and polymer
material. The fragments have different metal thicknesses, different magnetizability, traces of
technological processing, and layers of paint. Based on these criteria, they were combined into relevant
groups, which were numbered 1–3.
The surfaces of the objects have a layer of a black substance that appears to be soot. For further
chemical analysis, these objects were designated as object No. 2.
Upon being opened, pack No. 3 was found to contain objects with the general appearance
shown in Graph 6.
Graph 6. Objects submitted for examination
One object (Graph 6.1) is shaped like a hollow cylinder with one closed end and holes on its
side surface. The other object (6.2) is a short, hollow cylinder with notches and protrusions on the
ends.
The surfaces of the objects have a layer of a dark gray substance. For further chemical analysis,
these objects were designated as object No. 3.
Forensic expert [signature] V.V. Somov
Forensic expert [signature] O.M. Pashkova
[illegible handwriting]
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Chemical examination to identify explosive substances
(expert O.M. Pashkova)
The examination was conducted in accordance with the methodology [1]
Morphological examination
The examination was conducted with the help of a magnifying glass and under an MBS-2
stereo microscope (reflected light, magnification up to 24x).
The microscope examination revealed that:
- the surfaces of the metal fragments submitted in bag Nos. 1 and No. 2 contain solid particles of gray
and beige color that appear to be soil. On the surfaces of some of the metal fragments are individual
particles of a whitish-gray substance that appears to be the brisant explosive substance hexogen, as
well as layer of a brittle yellowish-brown substance that appears to be rust;
- the surfaces of the cylindrical objects contain a layer of a dark gray substance. There are no layers of
brown, yellow, white, black, gray or orange substances appearing to be explosive substances (TNT,
tetryl, hexogen, PETN, vuglenit, M-58, octogen, okfol, Balistite).
For the sake of convenience, the contents of each of the submitted packs Nos. 1–3 have been
designated by the expert as an “object” and numbered according to the numbering of the pack in which
it (the object) was submitted for examination—object No. 1, object No. 2, object No. 3.
In order to determine whether any explosive substances or explosion products were present, the
surfaces of the metal fragments and cylindrical objects were thoroughly washed with acetone and
warm distilled water. The obtained extracts were individually filtered through paper filters and
individually concentrated to a volume of ~10 ml each.
Chemical examination
In order to detect traces of explosives that might be present on the surface of object Nos. 1–3,
the following tests were conducted:
- a universal indicator solution was added to parts of the objects, and the resulting mixtures turned
greenish-yellow, which indicates their neutral environment;
- in order to establish the presence of inorganic and organic oxidizing compounds, a 5% solution of
diphenylamine in concentrated sulfuric acid was added drop by drop to concentrated parts of water and
acetone extracts from object Nos. 1–3;
- characteristic dark blue spots and streaks appeared in all of the resulting mixtures, which indicates the
presence of oxidizing compounds in the water and acetone extracts that were tested;
- in order to detect aromatic nitro-derivatives, a few drops of 10% solution of potassium hydroxide in
ethanol were added to parts of the objects. The reddish-brown coloration characteristic of aromatic
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nitro-derivatives did not form in the mixtures, which can be explained by the absence of aromatic
nitro-derivatives on the surfaces of the submitted objects;
- a solution of cobalt yellow was added to parts of the objects; the yellow precipitate that is indicative
of the presence of potassium ions did not form (potassium ions are not present);
- a 2% solution of silver nitrate was separately added to parts of the objects acidified with nitric acid;
the white sediment that is indicative of the present of chlorine ions did not form (chlorine ions are not
present);
- a 10% solution of barium chloride was added to parts of the objects; the white precipitate or white
suspension that is indicative of the presence of sulfate ions did not form (sulfate ions are not present);
- adding a 0.1% solution of analine sulfate in sulfuric acid to parts of the objects did not result in the
formation of blue coloring in any of the mixtures (chlorate ions are not present);
- subsequently adding a solution of reagent 1 (a mixture of 1.6% methylene blue solution with 50%
zinc sulfate solution) and reagent 2 (a 40% solution of potassium nitrate) did not result in the formation
of purple coloring indicative of the presence of perchlorates (perchlorates are not present);
- parts of the objects were separately heated with 2 drops of sulfuric acid; after cooling with a solution
of caustic potash, the pH environment reached 9, and Nessler reagent was added, but brownish-orange
suspension or precipitate did not form (ammonium ions are not present);
- several drops of potassium iodide solution and acetic acid solution were added to the dry residue of
the concentrated part of the objects; yellow coloring did not form in the obtained mixture (organic
peroxide compounds are not present);
- Griess reagent was added to part of each of the water extracts; in the obtained mixtures with extracts
from object Nos. 1–3, the pink coloring indicative of the presence of nitrite and nitrate ions formed,
which indicates the presence of nitrite and nitrate ions in said water extracts.
Based on the results of qualitative chemical reactions, it was established that the following
explosion products are not present on the surfaces of the objects: those based on ammonium nitrate,
ammonites, ammonals, grammonites, grammonals, nitrate ester-containing explosives, detonators,
chlorate and perchlorate explosives, explosive mixtures based on rare oxides (nitroparaffins, etc.),
haloid and sulfide nitrogen compounds, and non-aromatic nitro-derivatives (nitromethane, nitrourea).
In order to detect traces of individual brisant explosives (tetryl, hexogen, PETN, TNT), traces
of which may be present on the surfaces of the objects, the method of ascending thin-layer
chromatography was used
Examination with thin-layer chromatography
Drops of previously obtained object Nos. 1–3 were applied to the starter strips of two
SORBFIL chromatography plates using glass pipettes. Acetone solutions of the explosive substances
(tetryl, hexogen, PETN, TNT) were applied to starter strips of the same plates as “markers.”
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The chromatographic procedure was conducted in a system of organic acetone-toluol-hexane solvents
in volume ratio of 1:1:2 respectively. After the eluent front was raised to a height of 10 cm, the plates
were removed from the chamber and dried in the open air until the solvents were removed. One of the
plates was developed with a 5% solution of diphenylamine in acetone. A low-intensity pale blue spot
with an Rf value of 0.32 formed in each of the chromatographic areas of the acetone extracts from
object Nos. 1 and 2 submitted for examination, which, in terms of color and chromatographic mobility,
fully coincides with the “marker” (hexogen) spot. No other spots formed in the chromatographic areas
of the acetone extracts from object Nos. 1 and 2. In the chromatographic area of object No. 3, no area
or spot of any color formed, whereas a brown spot formed in the tetryl chromatographic area with an
Rf value of 0.59; a green spot formed in the PETN chromatographic area with an Rf value of 0.7; and
an orange spot formed in the TNT chromatographic area with an Rf value of 0.75.
The second plate was activated in the UV rays of a UFS 254/365 chromatographic irradiation
machine at 254 nM and developed by a 10% ethanol solution of potassium hydroxide. In each of the
chromatographic areas of the acetone extracts from submitted object No. 1 and No. 2, a low-intensity
light yellow-pink spot formed with an Rf value of 0.92, which in terms of color and chromatographic
mobility fully coincides with the “marker” (hexogen) spot. No other spots formed in the
chromatographic areas of the acetone extracts from object Nos. 1 and 2. In the chromatographic area of
object No. 3, no area or spot of any color formed, whereas a greenish-yellow spot formed in the tetryl
chromatographic area with an Rf value of 0.54; a brownish-red spot formed in the PETN
chromatographic area with an Rf value of 0.9; and a brown spot formed in the TNT chromatographic
area with an Rf value of 0.85.
In summarizing and analyzing the results of the test, we can conclude that:
- the results of an external inspection, morphological examination, qualitative chemical reactions
(the presence of oxidizers in the water and acetone extracts), and the results of the thin-layer
chromatography indicate the following: the surfaces of the metal fragments submitted for
examination in pack No. 1 and No. 2 bear traces of the brisant explosive
cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine – hexogen;
- the traces of explosives (hexogen) found on the surface of some of the metal fragments submitted
for examination in pack No. 1 and the traces of explosives (hexogen) found on the surface of some
of the metal fragments submitted for examination in pack No. 2 coincide with each other in terms
of outward appearance, solubility and chromatographic characteristics in a thin layer of sorbent.
These coinciding attributes are affiliated in terms of their criminal significance. Thus, the traces of
explosives (hexogen) found on the surface of some of the metal fragments submitted for
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examination in pack No. 1 and the traces of explosives (hexogen) found on the surface of some of the
metal fragments submitted for examination in pack No. 2 have a shared generic affiliation;
- on the surfaces of the cylindrical objects submitted for examination, there are no traces of explosives
(tetryl, TNT, ammonite, oxtogen, balistite, hexogen, PETN) or products of their explosion, which was
determined by an external inspection of the object, a morphological examination, qualitative chemical
reactions during the testing of water and acetone extracts from the surfaces of the metal items, and the
results of thin-layer chromatographic examination;
- the presence of oxidizers, nitrate ions, and nitrite ions in object No. 3 can be attributed to their
general prevalence in the environment.
Forensic expert [signature] O.M. Pashkova
Explosives Examination
(expert V.V. Somov)
The examination was conducted in accordance with the methodology of [3].
The examination of the objects submitted in pack No. 1 established the following:
Object group No. 1 (graph 4.1) comprises: an object in the form of deformed ring made of gray
magnetizable metal (iron alloy) with red paint on one side; a fragment of gray polymer material in the
form of part of a circle; six arch-shaped fragments of gray, non-magnetizable metal (aluminum alloy)
with red paint; a deformed ring (nut) made of gray, non-magnetizable metal (aluminum alloy) with a
fragment of red paint in the form of a dot; fragments of gray, non-magnetizable metal (aluminum
alloy) in the form of parts of a cylindrical surface, several of which have fragments of red paint.
The ring with red paint has the following dimensions: external diameter of 26.0 mm, internal
diameter of 15.0 mm, metal thickness of 1.0 mm. The fragment of gray polymer material has the
following dimensions: diameter of 17.0 mm, material thickness of 1.0 mm. The arch-shaped fragments
with red paint have the following dimensions: maximum length of 15.6 mm, minimum length of 4.3
mm, metal thickness of 2.5 mm. The nut has the following dimensions: external diameter of 17.0 mm,
internal diameter of 7.0 mm, metal thickness of 1.5 mm. The metal fragments in the form of parts of
cylindrical surface have the following dimensions: maximum length of 21.2 mm, minimum length of
12.7 mm, metal thickness of 2.5–12.0 mm.
The objects do not bear any markings.
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The metal edges of the fragments are irregular (torn) and bear traces of stretching (plastic
deformation). The surfaces of the metal fragments bear dents, scratches, cracks, and a layer of black
substance that appears to be soot. The damage to the metal fragments was caused by the force of
explosion.
The arch-shaped fragments with red paint have common surfaces of separation by which they
may be combined, which indicates that they previously formed part of a single object, which had the
shape of a ring (Graph 7).
Graph 7. Combination of six fragments
The other objects in this group do not have common surfaces of separation.
Object group No. 2 (graph 4.2) comprises four objects that share the same structure. The
objects are made of gray, magnetizable metal with black paint. The objects are rectangular in shape
with longitudinal, trough-like curvature. One edge of each object is irregular (torn). The dimensions of
the objects are as follows: maximum height of 58.4 mm, minimum height of 26.3 mm, width of 32.5
mm, metal thickness of 1.4 mm.
The objects bear no markings.
The metal edges of the objects are irregular (torn) at the rupture points and bear traces of
stretching (plastic deformation) and thinning.
The surfaces of the objects bear dents, scratches, and a layer of black substance that appears to
be soot. The damage to the objects was caused by the force of explosion.
The objects of this group do not have common surfaces of separation.
Group No. 3 includes an object made of gray, magnetizable metal (iron alloy). The object is in
the shape of a cylinder, at the base of which lies a parabola limited by a section of an arc. The
dimensions of the object are: length of 16.0 mm, height of parabola: 6.5 mm. The object weighs 4.34 g.
The object does not bear any markings.
The surfaces of the objects bear dents, scratches, and a layer of black substance that appears to
be soot.
Object group No. 4 consists of two metal fragments. The larger fragment is made of a relatively
light, gray, non-magnetizable metal (aluminum alloy) with a protective coating of light green color.
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The smaller fragment is made of gray, magnetizable metal (iron alloy). The metal fragments have
trough-like curvature, which indicates that they formed part of cylindrical objects. The larger fragment
has a collar on the inside, while the smaller fragment has a notch.
The dimensions of the fragments are as follows: the larger fragment measures 43.6x17.8 mm
with a metal thickness of 2.5 mm, while the smaller measure 20.6x12.8 mm with a metal thickness of
5.0 mm.
The objects do not bear any markings.
The metal edges of the fragments are irregular (torn) and show signs of stretching (plastic
deformation). The surfaces of the metal fragments bear dents, scratches, and a layer of a black
substance that appears to be soot. The damage to the metal fragments was caused by the force of
explosion.
The examination of the objects submitted in pack No. 2 revealed the following:
Object group No. 1 (graph 5.1) comprises:
- an object that consists of a cross piece made of gray polymer material, nuts made of gray,
non-magnetizable metal (aluminum alloy), lining made of black plastic material that appears to be
rubber, and a flattened cylinder made of gray, non-magnetizable metal (aluminum alloy). A cylindershaped
spring can be seen under the cross piece.
- gray, non-magnetizable metal fragments in the form of parts of a cylindrical surface;
- a cylindrical object with a blind hole on the end, made of gray, non-magnetizable metal
(aluminum alloy).
The object of complex construction has a maximum diameter of 17.0 mm and a height of 18.2
mm. The metal fragments in the form of parts of a cylindrical surface have a maximum length of 20.9
mm, a minimum length of 9.3 mm, and a metal thickness of 3.0–8.9 mm. The cylindrical object
measures 14.0 mm in length and 8.5 mm in diameter.
There are no markings on the objects.
The edges of the fragments are irregular (torn) and show signs of stretching (plastic
deformation). The surfaces of the metal fragments bear dents, scratches, cracks, and a layer of a black
substance that appears to be soot. The damage to the metal fragments was caused by the force of
explosion.
The objects of this group do not have common surfaces of separation.
Object group No. 2 (graph 5.2) comprises two objects of identical construction. The objects are
made of gray, magnetizable metal (iron alloy) with black paint. The objects are rectangular in shape
with longitudinal, trough-like curvature. One edge of each object is irregular (torn). The dimensions of
the objects are as follows: maximum height of 57.6 mm, minimum height of 40.8 mm, width of 32.5
mm, metal thickness of 1.4 mm.
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[illegible handwriting]
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The metal edges of the objects are irregular (torn) at the rupture points and bear traces of
stretching (plastic deformation) and thinning.
The surfaces of the objects bear dents, scratches, and a layer of a black substance that appears
to be soot. The damage to the objects was caused by the force of explosion.
The objects of this group do not have common surfaces of separation.
Object group No. 3 (graph 5.3) comprises three objects in the shape of right cylinders, at the
base of which lies a parabola limited by a section of an arc, and one object in the shape of a right
circular cylinder. All of the objects are made of gray, magnetizable metal (iron alloy). The three
objects have the following dimensions: 15.5, 16.0 and 16.5 mm in length, height of the parabola: 6.5
mm. Weight of the objects: 4.28, 4.34, and 4.36 g.
The object in the shape of a right circular cylinder has the following dimensions: 5.0 mm in
length, 5.0 mm in diameter. Weight of the object: 0.72 g.
The objects do not bear any markings.
The surfaces of the objects bear dents, scratches, and a layer of a black substance that appears
to be soot.
The objects of this group do not have common surfaces of separation.
The objects submitted in pack No. 1 and No. 2, except for the objects in pack No. 1 that belong
to group No. 1 (graphs 4.1 and 7) do not have common surfaces of separation, so it does not appear
possible to determine whether they previously formed parts of a single object.
A comparative examination of the structural features, dimensions, and weights of the submitted
fragments with the structural features, dimensions and weights of weapons and munitions provided in
the reference literature shows that they previously formed parts of the fuse and body (graph 4.1, graph
5.1) and stabilizer blades (graph 4.2, graph 5.2) of a 9N235 warhead fragmentation element(s) fitted
with pre-formed fragments (graph 4.3, graph 5.3).
An examination of the objects submitted in pack No. 3 revealed the following:
An object (graph 6.1) shaped like a hollow cylinder closed at one end. The object consists of a
tube with nine pairs of through holes on the side surface and a cup, closely connected to each other.
The pipe and cup are made of gray, non-magnetizable metal. The metal is dull on the outer surface of
the tube and shiny on the inside surface of the cup. The outer surfaces of the object have a layer of a
gray substance that appears to be metal oxides. The bottom of the cup is formed by a plug, which is
connected to the cup by a threaded connection. On the open end of the tube at a distance of 7.0 mm
from the end there is a neck measuring 5.5 mm in width.
The object has metal deformation in the form of dents on the side of the open end of the tube,
dents on the end of the cup, and metal deformation of the tube in the form of corrugations.
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Dimensions of the object: total length – 1,620.7 mm, cup length – 155.0 mm, external tube
diameter – 75.5 mm, diameter of the holes – 20.0 mm, tube metal thickness – 2.0 mm, tube metal
thickness on the open end at a length of 23.6 mm is 1.0 mm.
The object bears the following markings: on the bottom of the cup—engraved (depressed)
characters in two rows: “9X59-70” and “61-90” (graph 8), and on the side surface of the cup and tube,
in black paint: “6722300,” “63,” “7,” and “MS” (graph 9).
Graph 8. Markings on bottom of cup Graph 9. Markings on side surface of cup
An object (graph 6.2) in the form of a hollow cylinder, open at both ends.
At one end of the object there is a cross-shaped cutout and two flattened surfaces (graph 10, a).
At the opposite end are six protuberances arranged in a circle. On the side surface of the object at a
distance of 7.0 mm from the bottom of the flattened surface there is a ring-shaped groove 6.0 mm in
width (graph 10, b).
a)
b)
Graph 10. General view of the
object: front view (a) and side
view (b)
Dimensions of the object: length – 43.0 mm, external diameter – 72.4 mm, internal diameter –
50.0 mm.
The objects bear no markings.
There is a scratch on the front surface of the object. A layer of dark gray substance can be seen
on the surfaces of the object.
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The objects do not have common surfaces of separation, but one of the objects (graph 6.2),
when inserted into the open end of the object’s tube (graph 6.1), forms a single structure. The ring
grooves on the object (graph 6.2) and the ring neck on the tube fit together, and their dimensions
coincide. Together, the objects form a magazine, in the middle of which a 9N235 warhead
fragmentation element is placed.
The results of the completed examination allow us to state that the objects and fragments
submitted in pack Nos. 1 and 2 belong to a 9N235 warhead fragmentation element (or elements),
which are fitted into a magazine, parts of which were submitted in pack No. 3. Such magazines make
up a 9N139 cluster head. A 9N139 cluster head is a component of a 300-mm rocket-propelled shell
used in a Smerch multiple rocket launcher.
Forensic expert [signature] V.V. Somov
Synthesis
(experts V.V. Somov and O.M. Pashkova)
In summarizing and analyzing the results of the examinations, we should conclude that:
- the surfaces of the metal fragments submitted for examination in pack No. 1 and No. 2 bear
traces of the brisant explosive cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine – hexogen;
- the traces of explosives (hexogen) found on the surface of some of the metal fragments
submitted for examination in pack No. 1 and the traces of explosives (hexogen) found on the
surface of some of the metal fragments submitted for examination in pack No. 2 have a shared
generic affiliation. It does not appear possible to identify the group affiliation of submitted object
Nos. 1–2 due to the absence of group features;
- the surfaces of the cylindrical objects submitted for examination in pack No. 3 do not bear
traces of explosives (tetryl, TNT, ammonite, octogen, balistite, hexogen, PETN) or explosion
products;
- the fragments submitted in pack No. 1 and No. 2 are fragments of a 9N235 warhead
fragmentation element (or elements) fitted with pre-formed fragments;
- the objects submitted in pack No. 3 are parts of a magazine that forms part of the cluster head
of a 300-mm rocket-propelled shell.
Forensic expert [signature] V.V. Somov
Forensic expert [signature] O.M. Pashkova
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CONCLUSIONS
1. The objects and fragments submitted for examination belong to a 300-mm rocket-propelled
shell with a warhead cluster containing warhead fragmentation elements, used in a Smerch multiple
rocket launcher
Forensic expert
Senior Research Fellow [signature] V.V. Somov
2, 4. The surfaces of the metal fragments submitted for examination in pack No. 1 and No. 2
bear traces of the brisant explosive cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine – hexogen.
The surfaces of the cylindrical objects submitted for examination in pack No. 3 do not bear
traces of explosives (tetryl, TNT, ammonite, octogen, balistite, hexogen, PETN) or explosion products.
The traces of explosives (hexogen) found on the surface of some of the metal fragments
submitted for examination in pack No. 1 and the traces of explosives (hexogen) found on the surface of
some of the metal fragments submitted for examination in pack No. 2 have a shared generic affiliation.
It does not appear possible to identify the group affiliation of submitted object Nos. 1–2 due to the
absence of group features.
Forensic expert [signature] O.M. Pashkova
3. A description of the fragments and objects that previously formed a single object and a
unified structure is provided in the examination section of the opinion.
5. The 300-mm rocket-propelled shells with warhead clusters containing warhead
fragmentation elements, fragments of which were submitted for examination, are used in a Smerch
multiple rocket launchers.
Forensic expert
Senior Research Fellow [signature] V.V. Somov
Notes: 1. The chromatograms are under supervisory review.
2. Copies of the criminal case files in a single volume consisting of 98 pages, as well as
the objects and fragments in two polymer packs, are being returned together with the
expert opinion.
[signature]
[signature]
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[seal:]
Prof. Emeritus M.S.
Bokarius Kharkiv Scientific
Research Institute of
Forensic Expert
Examinations, Ministry of
Justice of Ukraine, [illegible]
[seal:]
Prof. Emeritus M.S. Bokarius Kharkiv
Scientific Research Institute of Forensic
Expert Examinations, Ministry of
Justice of Ukraine, [illegible]
[seal:]
Prof. Emeritus M.S. Bokarius
Kharkiv Scientific Research
Institute of Forensic Expert
Examinations, Ministry of
Justice of Ukraine, [illegible]
[seal:]
Prof. Emeritus M.S.
Bokarius Kharkiv Scientific
Research Institute of
Forensic Expert
Examinations, Ministry of
Justice of Ukraine,
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Annex 140
Inspection Report by Colonel Roman Stepanovich Kovalchuk, Head of Operational
Group of Military Counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine (23
November 2015)
This document has been translated from its original language into English, an official
language of the Court, pursuant to Rules of the Court, Article 51.
Pursuant to Rules of the Court Article 51(3), Ukraine has translated only
an extract of the original document constituting this Annex. In further
compliance with this Rule, Ukraine has provided two certified copies of the
full original-language document
Inspection report
Donetsk region November 23, 2015
Krasnoarmeysky district Inspection commenced at 12:00 p.m.
Merchik village Inspection completed at 01:20p.m.
Colonel Roman Stepanovich Kovalchuk, the Head of operational group of military
counterintelligence of Security Service of Ukraine in “Б” sector in the anti-terrorist operation area
with the participation of the following experts: Ivan Yaroslavovich Venger, the fitter of Lviv
Armored Plant and Vladimir Miroslavovich Dyakiva, the electrical fitter of Lviv Armored Plant on
the basis of Clause 25 of the Law of Ukraine “About the Security Service of Ukraine”, Clause 8 of
the Law of Ukraine “About operational search activity” and Clause 15 of the Law of Ukraine
“About counter-terrorism” has examined of the tank of T-72 type located in the wood line near
Merchik village of Krasnoarmeyskiy district, Donetsk region.
During this inspection, the pictures were taken by means of “iPhone” device.
The inspection showed:
There is a tank of T-72 type of dark-green color in the wood line near Merchik village of
Krasnoarmeyskiy district, Donetsk region.
The front part of the hull, as well as lateral protection parts of caterpillars, is equipped with
explosive-reactive armor means in the form of metal boxes.
During visual inspection of the tank, it was found that the protective metal parts of
caterpillars and front parts of the hull have such damages as dents, nicks and metal ruptures.
In the course of inspection, the pictures of tank were taken and the pictures of all its sides were
attached to this report as Annexes No 1 - 4.
Then, during inspection, it was found that the tank has alphanumeric designations as the
following:
- embossed alphanumeric designation “B 50” on the front hull (this designation is pictured
and the picture is added to this report as Annex No 5);
- embossed alphanumeric designation "2Л46106012Л59 NA220" (this designation is pictured
and the picture is added to this report as Annex No 6) on the tank gun barrel;
- "2A-46Ml " designation of tank gun type in the tank fighting compartment;
- "4БЛШ1 119" designation of tank sight number at the gunner's station;
- "ИОЗВТ 6250" designation on the transfer case of the right gear box in the engine
compartment;
- "ИОЗВТ 6217" designation on the transfer case of the left gear box in the engine
compartment.
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continuation of inspection report dated 23.11.2015
After that, in order to restore the tank serial number which is located in hull front part, two
explosive-reactive armor boxes were unscrewed by means of wrench and it was found that there is
an embossed alphanumeric designation of "ИОЗВТ6265" (this designation is pictured and the
picture is added to this report as Annex No 7) under them on the hull.
At that, the both specialists V. M. Dyakiv and I. Ya. Venger assured that the inspected tank
was of Т-72 Б l modification being armed with Russian Armed Forces and besides, they pointed out
the distinctive features of the above mentioned fighting vehicle in comparison with tanks of T-72
type being armed with Ukrainian Armed Forces, that is:
-on the inspected tank, the air valve "ИЛ" is arranged in the transmission compartment,
while in the Ukrainian tanks, it is in the fighting compartment (in the turret), (the picture is attached
to this report as Annex No 8, 9);
-factory seal is available on all units, assemblies of this tank (Ukrainian tanks of T-72 type
were overhauled at the armored factories (in Lviv and Kyiv) and therefore they cannot have the
manufacturer’s factory seal), (the picture is attached to this report as Annex No 10);
-the inspected tank has an hour meter under load (such hour meter under load is not installed
in Ukrainian tanks), (the picture is attached to this report as Annex No 11);
- fans of "ДВ-3" type are at the crew stations (after overhaul, the Ukrainian tanks have fans
of foreign production (mostly of China)), (the picture is attached to this report as Annex No 12);
- the inspected tank has the fuel heating system (in tanks of T-72 type being armed with
Ukrainian Armed Forces, such system was removed during overhaul).
The pictures are attached to this inspection report as Annexes No 1-12, total 12 sheets, and
they are also recorded on the CD-R disc which is also attached to this report.
Experts /signature/ V. M. Dyakiv
/signature/ I. Ya. Venger
Inspection was conducted and report was drawn up by:
Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in “Б” sector
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel
/signature/ R. Kovalchuk
November 23, 2015
Picture table to inspection report dated 23.11.2015
Picture No 1
General view of T-72 tank (front view)
Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B” sector
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ R. Kovalchuk
Picture table to inspection report dated 23.11.2015
Picture No 2
General view of T-72 tank (view from the right side)
Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B” sector
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ R. Kovalchuk
Picture table to inspection report dated 23.11.2015
Picture No 3
General view of T-72 tank (view from the left side)
Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ R. Kovalchuk
Picture table to inspection report dated 23.11.2015
Picture No 4
General view of T-72 tank (back view)
Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ R. Kovalchuk
Picture table to inspection report dated 23.11.2015
Picture No 5
- Embossed alphanumeric designation “B 50” on the front hull
Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ R. Kovalchuk
Picture table to inspection report dated 23.11.2015
Picture No 6
- Embossed alphanumeric designation
“2Л46106012Л59 NA220” on the T-72 tank barrel
Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ R. Kovalchuk
Picture table to inspection report dated 23.11.2015
Picture No 7
- Embossed alphanumeric designation
“ИО3ВТ6265” on the T-72 hull front
Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ R. Kovalchuk
Picture table to inspection report dated 23.11.2015
Picture No 8
Air valve “ИЛ” in the transmission compartment
Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ R. Kovalchuk
Picture table to inspection report dated 23.11.2015
Picture No 9
Air valve “ИЛ” in the transmission compartment
Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ R. Kovalchuk
Picture table to inspection report dated 23.11.2015
Picture No 10
Factory seal on tank units
Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ R. Kovalchuk
Picture table to inspection report dated 23.11.2015
Picture No 11
Hour meter under load
Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ R. Kovalchuk
Picture table to inspection report dated 23.11.2015
Picture No12
Fans of "ДВ-3" type at crew stations
Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ R. Kovalchuk
Annex 141
Inspection Report by Colonel Vasyl Vasyliovych Kolodiazhnyi, the Deputy Head of
Operational Group of Military Counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine,
B Sector (27 November 2015)
This document has been translated from its original language into English, an official
language of the Court, pursuant to Rules of the Court, Article 51.
Pursuant to Rules of the Court Article 51(3), Ukraine has translated only
an extract of the original document constituting this Annex. In further
compliance with this Rule, Ukraine has provided two certified copies of the
full original-language document
Inspection report
Donetsk region November 27, 2015
Yasynuvata district inspection commenced at 10.30 am
Progress village inspection completed at 12.00 am
Colonel Vasyl Vasyliovych Kolodiazhnyi, the Deputy Head of operational group of
military counterintelligence of Security Service of Ukraine in “” sector in the anti-terrorist
operation area with the participation of the following experts: tank gunner of the 3rd platoon, 3rd
military unit, 2nd separate tank battalion (military unit B1193) soldier Oleksandr Mykhailovych
Pavlov and machine operator of the 3rd platoon, 3rd military unit, 2nd separate tank battalion
(military unit B1193), sergeant Ivan Volodymyrovych Chaikovsky, based on Cl. 25 of the Law
of Ukraine “About the Security Service of Ukraine”, cl. 8 of the Law of Ukraine “About criminal
investigation”, cl. 15 of the Law of Ukraine “About counter-terrorism”, has examined tank of T-
72 type, located in the wood line near Progress village of Yasynuvata district of Donetsk oblast.
During this inspection, pictures were taken by means of “iPhone” device.
The inspection showed:
There is a tank of T-72 type of dark-green color in the wood line near Progress village of
Yasynuvata district of Donetsk oblast.
The front part of the hull, as well as lateral protection parts of caterpillars, are equipped
with explosive-reactive armor means in the form of metal boxes.
During visual inspection of the tank, it was found that the protective metal parts of
caterpillars and front parts of the hull have such damages as dents, nicks and metal ruptures.
In the course of inspection, pictures of tank were taken and pictures of all its sides were
attached to this report as Annexes No 1 - 4.
Then, during inspection, it was found that the tank has alphanumeric designations as the
following:
- embossed alphan on the front hull (this
designation is pictured and the picture is added to this report as annex No5);
- embossed alphanumeric designation -2 NA1155” on the tank gun barrel (this
designation is pictured and the picture is added to this report as annex No6);
- embossed alphanumeric designation on the tank fighting compartment
(this designation is pictured and the picture is added to this report as annex No7);
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continuation of inspection report dated 23.11.2015
- designation of tank sight number at the gunner's station (this designation is
pictured and the picture is added to the report as annex No 8);
- designation of tank rangefinder at the gunner's station (this designation is
pictured and the picture is added to the report as annex No 9);
- designation on the transfer case of the right gear box in the engine
compartment;
- designation on the transfer case of the left gear box in the engine
compartment;
- The tank-driver cabin contains 4 units of batteries of - with
manufacturer’s label, containing the following information: "Electrotiaga" Closed Joint-
Stock Comp - TY 16-529.357-78. Russian
Federation, 198095, city of St. Petersburg, 50A, Kalinina str., tel. (812) 7863244, (812)
7862889, fax: (812) 7864739. The warranty period - 3 years". One of the terminals in the
upper battery part contains embossed numerical designation "844" and "1213", which is
the battery number and the manufacture date – December of year 2013 (these
designations are pictured and the pictures are added to the report as annexes No 10-13).
At that, the both specialists, Pavlov O. M. and Chaikovsky I.V. assured that the inspected
-
pointed out the distinctive features of the above mentioned fighting vehicle in comparison with
tanks of T-72 type being armed with Ukrainian Armed Forces, that is:
-
while in the Ukrainian tanks, it is in the fighting compartment (in the turret), (the picture is
attached to this report as Annexes No 14, 15)
- factory seal is available on all units, assemblies of this tank (Ukrainian tanks of T-72
type were overhauled at the armored factories (in Lviv and Kyiv) and therefore they cannot have
the manufacturer’s factory seal), (the picture is attached to this report as Annex No16);
- the inspected tank has an hour meter under load (such hour meter under load is not
installed in Ukrainian tanks), (the picture is attached to this report as Annex No 17);
- -3" type are at the crew stations (after overhaul, the Ukrainian tanks have
fans of foreign production (mostly of China)), (the picture is attached to this report as Annex No
18);
continuation of inspection report dated 23.11.2015
- the inspected tank has the fuel heating system (in tanks of T-72 type being armed with
Ukrainian Armed Forces, such system was removed during overhaul).
The pictures are attached to this inspection report as Annexes No 1-18, total 18 sheets,
and they are also recorded on the CD-R disc which is also attached to this report.
Experts: _____________________
Inspection was conducted and report was drawn up by:
Deputy Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service ” sector
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel V. Kolodyazhni
27.11.2015
Picture table
To the protocol of inspection of tank T-72B1 048149 as of 27 November 2015 (Annexes
-
1
Deputy Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ V. Kolodyazhni
Continuation sheet to the picture table of the protocol of inspection as of 27 November 2015
Picture 2
Deputy Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ V. Kolodyazhni
Continuation sheet to the picture table of the protocol of inspection as of 27 November 2015
Picture 3
Deputy Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ V. Kolodyazhni
Continuation sheet to the picture table of the protocol of inspection as of 27 November 2015
Picture
Deputy Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ V. Kolodyazhni
Continuation sheet to the picture table of the protocol of inspection as of 27 November 2015
Picture
Deputy Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ V. Kolodyazhni
Continuation sheet to the picture table of the protocol of inspection as of 27 November 2015
Picture
Deputy Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ V. Kolodyazhni
Continuation sheet to the picture table of the protocol of inspection as of 27 November 2015
Picture
Deputy Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ V. Kolodyazhni
Continuation sheet to the picture table of the protocol of inspection as of 27 November 2015
Picture
Deputy Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ V. Kolodyazhni
Continuation sheet to the picture table of the protocol of inspection as of 27 November 2015
Picture
Deputy Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ V. Kolodyazhni
Continuation sheet to the picture table of the protocol of inspection as of 27 November 2015
Picture
Deputy Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ V. Kolodyazhni
Continuation sheet to the picture table of the protocol of inspection as of 27 November 2015
Picture
Deputy Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ V. Kolodyazhni
Continuation sheet to the picture table of the protocol of inspection as of 27 November 2015
Picture
Deputy Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ V. Kolodyazhni
Continuation sheet to the picture table of the protocol of inspection as of 27 November 2015
Picture
Deputy Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ V. Kolodyazhni
Continuation sheet to the picture table of the protocol of inspection as of 27 November 2015
Picture
Deputy Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ V. Kolodyazhni
Continuation sheet to the picture table of the protocol of inspection as of 27 November 2015
Picture 15
Deputy Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ V. Kolodyazhni
Continuation sheet to the picture table of the protocol of inspection as of 27 November 2015
Picture 16
Deputy Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ V. Kolodyazhni
Continuation sheet to the picture table of the protocol of inspection as of 27 November 2015
Picture 17
Deputy Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ V. Kolodyazhni
Continuation sheet to the picture table of the protocol of inspection as of 27 November 2015
Picture 18
Annex 142
Executive Committee of the Kramatorsk City Council Letter No. F1-28/4812 to the
Investigations Department at the Donetsk Regional Directorate of the SBU (26
November 2015)
This document has been translated from its original language into English, an official
language of the Court, pursuant to Rules of the Court, Article 51.
Pursuant to Rules of the Court Article 51(3), Ukraine has translated only
an extract of the original document constituting this Annex. In further
compliance with this Rule, Ukraine has provided two certified copies of the
full original-language document
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UKRAINE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE KRAMATORSK CITY COUNCIL
2 pl. Lenina, Kramatorsk, Donetsk Region 84313. Tel. (0626) 48-54-88, 48-54-91
Fax (0626)48-55-01. Email: [email protected] Wesbite: www.krm.dn.ua
12/11/2015 No. F1-28/4812
Your ref. No. 56/13/3-139 nt dated 11/26/2015
Lieutenant of Justice 1st Class S.S. Kovalyov
Senior Investigator, 3rd Section of the
Investigations Department at the Donetsk
Regional Directorate of the SBU
(deployed to Kramatorsk)
The Executive Committee of the Kramatorsk City Council has reviewed your letter No. 56/13/3-
139 nt of 11/26/2015 and hereby informs you of the following:
During the artillery shelling of the city of Kramatorsk on February 10, 2015, the following
residential buildings were damaged:
42 vul. Dvirtseva;
58 vul. Parkova, floors 4-6;
56 vul. Dvirtseva;
58 vul. Dvirtseva;
11 b. Kramatorskyy;
13 b. Kramatorskyy;
99 vul. Parkova;
107 vul. Parkova;
24 vul. Lenina;
34 vul. Lenina;
13 vul. Marata;
14 vul. Marata;
17 vul. Marata;
24 vul. 19 Partzyizdu;
105 vul. Parkova.
As well as the following social facilities:
Kindergarten No. 88, 23 b. Kramatorskyy;
Art School, 15 vul. Marata;
City Hospital No. 3.
By Order No. 86-r of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated 02/12/2015, the Donetsk Regional
State Administration was allocated UAH 5 million from the state budget for recovery efforts following the
disaster that occurred on February 10, 2015 in the city of Kramatorsk and the provision of assistance to the
victims and the families of those who were killed.
In order to resolve the procedures for the receipt and disbursement of funds, the mayor issued Order
No. 10 of 02/13/2015, setting up a task force to implement measures associated with recovery efforts
following the disaster that occurred in Kramatorsk on 02/10/2015 and the provision of assistance to the
victims and the families of those who were killed.
Based on the task force’s work and data obtained from local medical facilities and damage reports,
information was identified and provided in a timely manner (on 02/16/2015) regarding the allocation of
funds for measures associated with the disaster recovery
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efforts (UAH 3,295,000 for major repairs of damaged infrastructure facilities) and the provision of
assistance to the victims and the families of those who were killed (UAH 1,705,000).
Repair work was carried out on buildings, residential housing, and social infrastructure facilities
that were damaged as a result of the artillery shelling.
Since the originals of the necessary documents contain a large number of pages, you may review
them and make copies at the expense of the Donetsk Regional Directorate of the Security Service of
Ukraine.
Mayor [signature] A.V. Pankov
Honcharenko 59552
Annex 143
Inspection Report of Colonel Vasyl Kolodiazhnyi, Head of Operational Group of
Military Counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine (23 November 2015)
This document has been translated from its original language into English, an official
language of the Court, pursuant to Rules of the Court, Article 51.
Pursuant to Rules of the Court Article 51(3), Ukraine has translated only
an extract of the original document constituting this Annex. In further
compliance with this Rule, Ukraine has provided two certified copies of the
full original-language document
Inspection report
Donetsk region November 27, 2015
Yasynuvata district inspection commenced at 10.30 am
Progress village inspection completed at 12.00 am
Colonel Vasyl Vasyliovych Kolodiazhnyi, the Deputy Head of operational group of
military counterintelligence of Security Service of Ukraine in “Б” sector in the anti-terrorist
operation area with the participation of the following experts: tank gunner of the 3rd platoon, 3rd
military unit, 2nd separate tank battalion (military unit B1193) soldier Oleksandr Mykhailovych
Pavlov and machine operator of the 3rd platoon, 3rd military unit, 2nd separate tank battalion
(military unit B1193), sergeant Ivan Volodymyrovych Chaikovsky, based on Cl. 25 of the Law of
Ukraine “About the Security Service of Ukraine”, cl. 8 of the Law of Ukraine “About criminal
investigation”, cl. 15 of the Law of Ukraine “About counter-terrorism”, has examined tank of T-
72 type, located in the wood line near Progress village of Yasynuvata district of Donetsk oblast.
During this inspection, pictures were taken by means of “iPhone” device.
The inspection showed:
There is a tank of T-72 type of dark-green color in the wood line near Progress village of
Yasynuvata district of Donetsk oblast.
The front part of the hull, as well as lateral protection parts of caterpillars, are equipped
with explosive-reactive armor means in the form of metal boxes.
During visual inspection of the tank, it was found that the protective metal parts of
caterpillars and front parts of the hull have such damages as dents, nicks and metal ruptures.
In the course of inspection, pictures of tank were taken and pictures of all its sides were
attached to this report as Annexes No 1 - 4.
Then, during inspection, it was found that the tank has alphanumeric designations as the
following:
- embossed alphanumeric tank serial number: “И04ВТ8149” on the front hull (this
designation is pictured and the picture is added to this report as annex No5);
- embossed alphanumeric designation “2A46СБ01-2 NA1155” on the tank gun barrel (this
designation is pictured and the picture is added to this report as annex No6);
- embossed alphanumeric designation “Д11ВТ1924” on the tank fighting compartment (this
designation is pictured and the picture is added to this report as annex No7);
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continuation of inspection report dated 23.11.2015
- "6БЛТ184" designation of tank sight number at the gunner's station (this designation is
pictured and the picture is added to the report as annex No 8);
- "N1АДИ662" designation of tank rangefinder at the gunner's station (this designation is
pictured and the picture is added to the report as annex No 9);
- "И12РТ0871" designation on the transfer case of the right gear box in the engine
compartment;
- "Х01РТ5014" designation on the transfer case of the left gear box in the engine
compartment;
- The tank-driver cabin contains 4 units of batteries of 6СТ-140ТМ type, with
manufacturer’s label, containing the following information: "Electrotiaga" Closed Joint-
Stock Company". Accumulator starting battery 6СТ-140ТМ. TY 16-529.357-78. Russian
Federation, 198095, city of St. Petersburg, 50A, Kalinina str., tel. (812) 7863244, (812)
7862889, fax: (812) 7864739. The warranty period - 3 years". One of the terminals in the
upper battery part contains embossed numerical designation "844" and "1213", which is
the battery number and the manufacture date – December of year 2013 (these designations
are pictured and the pictures are added to the report as annexes No 10-13).
At that, the both specialists, Pavlov O. M. and Chaikovsky I.V. assured that the inspected tank
was of Т-72 Б l modification being armed with Russian Armed Forces and besides, they pointed
out the distinctive features of the above mentioned fighting vehicle in comparison with tanks of
T-72 type being armed with Ukrainian Armed Forces, that is:
- on the inspected tank, the air valve "ИЛ" is arranged in the transmission compartment,
while in the Ukrainian tanks, it is in the fighting compartment (in the turret), (the picture is attached
to this report as Annexes No 14, 15)
- factory seal is available on all units, assemblies of this tank (Ukrainian tanks of T-72 type
were overhauled at the armored factories (in Lviv and Kyiv) and therefore they cannot have the
manufacturer’s factory seal), (the picture is attached to this report as Annex No16);
- the inspected tank has an hour meter under load (such hour meter under load is not installed
in Ukrainian tanks), (the picture is attached to this report as Annex No 17);
- fans of "ДВ-3" type are at the crew stations (after overhaul, the Ukrainian tanks have fans
of foreign production (mostly of China)), (the picture is attached to this report as Annex No 18);
continuation of inspection report dated 23.11.2015
- the inspected tank has the fuel heating system (in tanks of T-72 type being armed with Ukrainian
Armed Forces, such system was removed during overhaul).
The pictures are attached to this inspection report as Annexes No 1-18, total 18 sheets, and
they are also recorded on the CD-R disc which is also attached to this report.
Experts: _____________________
Inspection was conducted and report was drawn up by:
Deputy Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in “Б” sector
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel V. Kolodyazhni
27.11.2015
Picture table
To the protocol of inspection of tank T-72B1 №И04ВТ8149 as of 27 November 2015 (Annexes
№1 - №18)
Picture № 1
Deputy Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ V. Kolodyazhni
Continuation sheet to the picture table of the protocol of inspection as of 27 November 2015
Picture № 2
Deputy Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ V. Kolodyazhni
Continuation sheet to the picture table of the protocol of inspection as of 27 November 2015
Picture № 3
Deputy Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ V. Kolodyazhni
Continuation sheet to the picture table of the protocol of inspection as of 27 November 2015
Picture № 4
Deputy Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ V. Kolodyazhni
Continuation sheet to the picture table of the protocol of inspection as of 27 November 2015
Picture № 5
Deputy Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ V. Kolodyazhni
Continuation sheet to the picture table of the protocol of inspection as of 27 November 2015
Picture № 6
Deputy Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ V. Kolodyazhni
Continuation sheet to the picture table of the protocol of inspection as of 27 November 2015
Picture № 7
Deputy Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ V. Kolodyazhni
Continuation sheet to the picture table of the protocol of inspection as of 27 November 2015
Picture № 8
Deputy Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ V. Kolodyazhni
Continuation sheet to the picture table of the protocol of inspection as of 27 November 2015
Picture № 9
Deputy Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ V. Kolodyazhni
Continuation sheet to the picture table of the protocol of inspection as of 27 November 2015
Picture № 10
Deputy Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ V. Kolodyazhni
Continuation sheet to the picture table of the protocol of inspection as of 27 November 2015
Picture № 11
Deputy Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ V. Kolodyazhni
Continuation sheet to the picture table of the protocol of inspection as of 27 November 2015
Picture № 12
Deputy Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ V. Kolodyazhni
Continuation sheet to the picture table of the protocol of inspection as of 27 November 2015
Picture № 13
Deputy Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ V. Kolodyazhni
Continuation sheet to the picture table of the protocol of inspection as of 27 November 2015
Picture № 14
Deputy Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ V. Kolodyazhni
Continuation sheet to the picture table of the protocol of inspection as of 27 November 2015
Picture № 15
Deputy Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ V. Kolodyazhni
Continuation sheet to the picture table of the protocol of inspection as of 27 November 2015
Picture № 16
Deputy Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ V. Kolodyazhni
Continuation sheet to the picture table of the protocol of inspection as of 27 November 2015
Picture № 17
Deputy Head of operational group of military counterintelligence
of Security Service of Ukraine in sector “B”
in the anti-terrorist operation area
Colonel /signature/ V. Kolodyazhni
Continuation sheet to the picture table of the protocol of inspection as of 27 November 2015
Picture № 18
Volume V - Annexes 106-143