Under the procedural supervision of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, a citizen of Ukraine was served a notice of suspicion on the facts of justifying, recognising as lawful, denying the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, and glorifying its participants (parts 2, 3 of Article 436-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
According to the investigation, a resident of Lviv region used his account on the banned social network Odnoklassniki to spread posts in which he publicly supported and justified Russia’s armed aggression, which began in 2014.
In particular, the man posted materials with texts in Russian stating that “We will stand in defence until victory! We will not surrender Russia!”, thus denying the temporary occupation of the territories of Ukraine.
In addition, the suspect distributed posts with the image of the President of the Russian Federation, where he supported him with words: “I am with you to the end, hold on, dear, you are strong, you will make it”. He also claimed that the occupiers were “heroes of our time” and he was proud of them.
The pre-trial investigation is being conducted by investigators of the SBU Office in Lviv region.
Note: Pursuant to Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is presumed innocent of committing a crime and shall not be subjected to criminal punishment until his or her guilt is proved by law and established by a court verdict of guilty.
