The main department for supervision over the observance of laws in the military sphere of the Prosecutor General's Office has launched criminal proceedings against officials of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the operational headquarters for the management of the anti-terrorist operation of the SBU Anti-Terrorist Center due to the downing of an Il-76 aircraft near Luhansk, in which 49 servicemen were killed.

"The main department for supervision over the observance of laws in the military sphere has launched criminal proceedings against officials of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the operational headquarters for the management of the anti-terrorist operation at the SBU Anti-Terrorist Center, through whose fault 49 soldiers were killed in Luhansk on June 14, and an Il-76 aircraft, weapons and military property were destroyed," the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office reported on Wednesday.