“The military court in Rostov sentenced nine Ukrainians to 14-20 years for allegedly preparing terrorist attacks in the Kherson region”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Ukrainians in the Russian court. Mediazon’s photo Source: Russian online publication “Mediazon”, Southern District Military Court of the Russian Federation in Telegram
Details: According to the court report, Ukrainians allegedly participated in a “terrorist group under the leadership of SBU officers” and allegedly prepared explosions of improvised explosive devices with the aim of “eliminating the leadership of the Kherson Oblast Central Intelligence Agency and accompanying Russian servicemen.”
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A Ukrainian in a Russian court. Mediazon’s photoEntrepreneur Kostyantyn Reznik and his partner Serhiy Kabakov received the maximum terms of 20 years in prison, and the shortest terms of 14 years each were given to former serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Denys Lyalka and entrepreneur and volunteer of the Red Cross, Yuri Kaev.
A Ukrainian in a Russian court. Mediazon’s photoTwo more people involved – the deputy head of the customs post “Kherson-port” Yury Tavozhnyanskyi and the deputy head of the department of transport, road infrastructure and communication of the Kherson city council Oleg Bogdanov – were given 18 years in prison each.
A Ukrainian in a Russian court. Mediazon’s photoSerhii Kovalskyi, head of the fishing industry Serhii Geidt and manager Serhii Ofitserov were sentenced to 17 years in prison.
Ukrainians in the Russian court. Mediazon’s photoThe court considered the case against nine Ukrainians from the end of 2023.
According to the indictment, in the spring and summer of 2022, they allegedly planned a series of terrorist attacks on the occupied part of the Kherson region in the spring and summer of 2022, including the murder of the deputy head of the pro-Russian administration, Kyril Stremousov, the former head of Kherson customs, Vitaly Bulyuk, and other collaborating officials.
According to investigation materials, all nine were allegedly detained on October 6, 2022 in Simferopol.
However, the Ukrainians themselves claim that they were kidnapped and tortured in the basement of the former National Police headquarters in Kherson, extracting confessions, in the period from July-August to the beginning of October 2022.
In court, the defendants recanted their previously given testimony and reported that Russian security forces threatened their family members with torture if they did not sign papers and participate in staged “operational and investigative measures.”
The Ukrainians also said that in the Rostov SIZO-1, where they were held since the beginning of the trial, the convoy beat them during inspections, and also forced them to sing the Russian national anthem and Katyusha.