Expert provision of determining the amount of damage and losses from damage and destruction of buildings, structures and other infrastructure objects as a result of armed aggression of the Russian Federation

Abstract

The article, based on the study of expert practice and scientific sources, defines a list and examines certain features of conducting forensic examinations, which are assigned to determine the extent of damage and losses from damage and destruction of residential and non-residential buildings and infrastructure as a result of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation. It has been established that most often for this purpose, construction and technical, evaluation and construction, road and technical, commodity expert examinations are appointed. It is determined which issues are resolved during the conduct of these studies, as well as the list of materials that must be provided to the expert for their conduct. The conclusion that conducting comprehensive examinations increases the evidentiary value of such studies is substantiated, which is due to the need to establish, in addition to the amount of material damage, a cause-and-effect relationship between the damage (destruction) of the investigated objects and the military actions of the aggressor country. Thus, it is expedient to conduct a construction and technical examination in a complex with an explosives examination to determine the type of ammunition used to destroy a real estate object. Emphasis is placed on the specifics of carrying out certain examinations, which are determined by the needs and conditions of wartime. It was established that, in addition to the above, to determine the amount of damage and losses from damage and destruction of residential and non-residential buildings and infrastructure, engineering-ecological, economic and video examination may also be prescribed.