Ukrainian military officer convicted of terrorism in Russia
A military court in Rostov-on-Don has sentenced Ukrainian military officer Pavlo Zaporozhets to 12 years in prison under the article on "international terrorism".
This was reported by Radio Liberty.
The Russian investigation believes that the Ukrainian military man was preparing a terrorist attack on 9 May 2022 in the then occupied Kherson. Zaporozhets allegedly was supposed to carry it out during the action "Immortal Regiment".
Zaporozhets said in court that he was going to blow up a Russian military patrol in the early morning and civilians would not be harmed because of the curfew.
The man also said that he was detained while planting a stretch marker with two grenades. After that Zaporozhets was taken to the Kherson administration building, where he was beaten and tortured. Then in the Kherson detention centre he was threatened and forced to sign a protocol, which the man could not even read.
Zaporizhets was kept in the isolation centre for three months. There he was also beaten and tortured with electric shocks. Then he was transported to annexed Crimea - in handcuffs and with a bag on his head, Zaporozhets claimed," Radio Liberty reported.
Pavel Zaporozhets' lawyer tried to suspend the case and called to recognise the ATO veteran as a prisoner of war. But the court did not support this.
Eugenia Ruban writes about political and economic news. She looks at large-scale phenomena in Ukrainian politics and economics from the perspective of how they will affect ordinary Ukrainians.
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