The so-called "prosecutor's office of the "DPR" recognized that the Russian mercenaries that invaded Donbass, the "Cossacks of Voisko Donskoe", was killing and kidnapping people in the territory of Donbass. Separatist agency DAN quoted the message of the "prosecutor's office".
According to the message, "the prosecutor's office" investigates a "criminal case against ten members of the Cossack association "Oblast' voyska Donskogo" in the gang organization and commission of particularly serious crimes, including murders and kidnappings."