Following a public prosecution by the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, a Ukrainian citizen was found guilty of aiding the aggressor state (Part 1 of Article 111-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
He was sentenced to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property. He was also deprived of the right to hold positions related to the performance of state and local government functions for a period of 15 years.
Prosecutors proved in court that in the temporarily occupied Donetsk, the convict organized a fundraiser to support the occupiers’ army.
It was a fundraiser for the 5th Brigade of the 1st Mortar Brigade and the 1st Separate Motorized Rifle Slavic Brigade (military unit 08801) of the DNR terrorist organization.
To do this, the man posted a relevant publication on his page in the banned social network Vkontakte, where he indicated his contact information and bank card.
Subsequently, he used the money to purchase unmanned aerial vehicles, medical supplies, drugs, homeostatic bandages, radios and a gasoline generator.
In this way, the latter voluntarily provided material assistance to the aggressor state and its armed forces, promoting propaganda narratives.
The special pre-trial investigation was conducted by the SBU Office in Lviv region.
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