Under the procedural leadership of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, indictments against two Lviv women were sent to court.
Women are charged with justifying and denying the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, glorifying its participants (parts 2, 3 of article 436-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). And one of them also encroachments on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine (parts 1, 2 of article 110 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
The investigation established that since the end of February 2022, the accused, using their own accounts on the banned Odnoklassniki social network, publicly justified the armed aggression of the Russian Federation.
In particular, the participants distributed posts with the image of the President of the Russian Federation, the flags of the so-called “L/DPR” and the following text: “Thank you for Donetsk!!!”, “Thank you for Luhansk”, “Crimea is Russia”, “Crimea is the beginning of reunification of the Russian people”.
Also, a 61-year-old resident of Lviv published materials calling for action to change the borders of the territory of Ukraine. The latter denied the temporary occupation of ARC. Ideologically substantiated the existence of self-proclaimed republics.
The pre-trial investigation in the criminal proceedings was carried out by investigators of the SBU Office in the Lviv region.
Note: in accordance with Art. 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is considered innocent of committing a crime and cannot be subjected to criminal punishment until his guilt is proven in a legal manner and established by a court verdict.
Department of Information Policy
Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office