MOSCOW, January 13 (RAPSI) – A court in Kiev has granted a motion to  question Russian officials and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in a case over ongoing conflict in Ukraine, TASS reported on Wednesday, citing human rights activist Stanislav Batrin who brought the legal action.

Poroshenko and Russian officials are those who should answer in court “whether we presently conduct anti-terrorist operation or fight a war”, the agency quoted Batrin as having said.

Ukraine accused Russia of interfering in its internal affairs. Notably, Poroshenko in his speech at a military academy in Kiev in September 2014 accused Russia of "direct and undisguised aggression". "Direct and undisguised aggression has been launched against Ukraine from a neighboring state. This has changed the situation in the zone of conflict in a radical way," he said.

Ukrainian prosecutors said that they had opened a criminal investigation against a Russian law enforcement agency, accusing it of supporting separatist groups in the east of the country.

Russia denies the allegations as untrue and unsubstantiated. Russia’s defense ministry claims that  military equipment, weapons and military assistance are not provided to rebels in southeastern Ukraine.