Military documents are suggesting a previous plan Russia had to occupy Ukraine.
Oleksii Sukhachov, director of the Ukrainian State Investigation Bureau, said on Wednesday that officials had discovered the"important" documents in Trostianets, a city located in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region.
"The State Investigation Bureau has found important documents belonging to the military personnel of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which make it clear that Russia was preparing to seize the entire territory of Ukraine," Sukhachov said, according to Ukrayinska Pravda."All this information will be studied and attached to the case files."
The documents were found alongside personal possessions of Russian soldiers during an inspection of what was said to be over 2,000 hectares—or more than 7 square miles—of destroyed city, according to the bureau. Investigators from the bureau surveyed 322"intentionally damaged" residential buildings and"civilian objects" in Trostianets, which became and early target of the Russian invasion.
Ukrainian officials on Tuesday claimed to have found Russian army documents indicating a plan to take full control over Ukraine. A man wrapped in a Russian flag is pictured during a Victory Day event in Sofia, Bulgaria, on May 9, 2022.Officials said that evidence of at least 34 incidents involving Russian troops holding, capturing and torturing local residents had been found. Items recovered by investigators included batons, handcuffs, metal pliers and the blood-stained clothing of victims.
Ukraine's resistance to the Russian attack has been far stronger than most international observers initially expected. When the invasion first began on February 24, three U.S. officials
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