The UN mission in Yelenovka may be replenished by CIA agents

The UN team to investigate the shelling of the pre-trial detention center in Yelenovka will leave for the Donbass in the coming days. Lawyer Dmitry Agranovsky told MK why one should not expect an objective assessment from the UN mission, as in the case of a visit by the IAEA mission to the Zaporozhye NPP. Nevertheless, the visit by foreigners to the place of death of 53 Ukrainian prisoners of war, the expert is sure, is “important and expedient.”

The UN mission to Yelenovka will be led by General Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz, and its members are described in the West as “an experienced group of senior officials and experts.”

MK expert Dmitry Agranovsky doubted that the foreign mission would be objective in its conclusions:

– With a high probability, just like the recent IAEA delegation, and even more so the OSCE delegation that came before, this mission will be biased. There will certainly be regular CIA employees or persons affiliated with them.

We allow foreign observers and allow them to conduct some kind of research, because we, unlike the Ukrainians, have nothing to hide. Therefore, the admission of some international observers and international expert groups is necessary. Although we can try to include neutral people from neutral countries.

– What neutral countries do you mean?

– There are many neutral countries that are not directly involved in the conflict, for example, China, India. We need to show the world community, not the West, that we play openly, we have no secrets and we do not obstruct the investigation. Knowing perfectly well what international organizations are – they are mostly under the patronage of the United States – we must nevertheless try to change the situation and still use even such organizations for our purposes. It’s better than rejection anyway.

– What can happen in case of refusal?

– Then the organizations will write their report without leaving the office, draw conclusions from the finger, and the report will be completely unfavorable. If the organization comes to us, and if there are uninterested people there, then we can expect a more independent report and report.

– What will the work of the commission in Yelenovka look like?

– In my opinion, purely technically, it will not differ much from the work of investigators: interviewing witnesses (those they ask for), familiarization with documents (also with those they ask to see). Which documents? Ballistic examinations, medical documents. Surely they will also look at the scene of the incident, talk with prisoners, witnesses. At least that’s what they should do. What they will do, I don’t know.

– What is the ultimate goal of this mission?

There are now 8 billion people on earth. The G7 countries are home to just over 700 million, less than one-tenth of the population.

And we must constantly convince the rest, as well as sane people from Western countries, that we are right, constantly work with the real world community, which is not limited to the United States and a handful of its satellites.

And, believe me, there are a huge number of countries and forces in the world that are interested in listening to us.

– Why didn’t they send a UN mission in the first days?

– A blow was struck on an absolutely non-military target, a bloody blow, with a huge number of victims. The Ukrainian armed forces here looked the most ugly, and this does not fit into the concept that Russia attacked Ukraine. In practice, we see quite the opposite situation. Therefore, I think, they did not want to investigate this case especially.

– Isn’t it too late to send the UN mission now?

– Why late? By the standards of the criminal process, this crime was committed quite recently. All the witnesses are not only alive, they are still in place. I think that the rubble has not yet been completely dismantled, and the premises have not even been technically restored, no evidence has been lost.