10 Kherson Police Officers Suspected of Collaboration with

The Security Service of Ukraine identified ten police officers from Kherson region who joined the illegal battalion of the occupation "local Ministry of Internal Affairs" and executed criminal orders. All of them were served in absentia with a notice of suspicion of collaboration.

This was reported by the Center for Investigative Journalism with reference to the texts of the suspicions.

The Security Service of Ukraine has identified ten police officers from Kherson region who joined an illegal patrol battalion created by the occupation "Ministry of Internal Affairs". These individuals voluntarily supported the Russian invaders and carried out criminal orders of the occupation authorities. For this, they were notified of suspicion of collaboration under Article 111-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

The suspects are:

• Zagnet Oleksandr Ivanovych, born on June 27, 2002, a native and resident of the village of Kalynivka, Skadovsk district.
• Mykhailo Yuriyovych Goritskyi, born on February 10, 2003, a native of Kherson, a resident of Antonivka village of Kherson city community.
• Havrus Gennadiy Viktorovych, 12 August 1994, a native of Kalynivka village, Skadovsk district, a resident of Oleshky town.
• Pashkevych Valentyn Viktorovych, born on June 18, 1984, a native and resident of Kherson.
• Vlas Oleksandr Serhiiovych, born on February 14, 1996, a native and resident of the village of Dornburg, Novotroitske village community, Genichesk district.
• Kovalenko Serhiy Volodymyrovych, 21 May 1994, a native of Kherson district, a resident of Kherson.
• Yershchenko Ruslan Oleksandrovych, born on 27 November 2001 in Hola Prystan, Skadovsk district, a resident of Chumaky village, Bekhterska village community, Skadovsk district.
• Vitichak Oleksandr Ivanovych, born on November 14, 1982, a native of Kharkiv, a resident of Kherson.
• Shevtsov Yuriy Volodymyrovych, born on December 11, 1976, a native and resident of the village of Vysunsk, Bereznehuvata village council, Bashtanka district, Mykolaiv region.
• Shevtsov Yevheniy Yuriyovych, born on June 7, 1998, a native and resident of the village of Vysunsk.

According to the data, the police officers became part of a battalion that functioned as part of the so-called "local Ministry of Internal Affairs" in the temporarily occupied territories. It was established that the suspects are residents of various settlements in Kherson region, including Kherson, Oleshky, Skadovsk and others.

In addition, the list includes family ties: the suspects include a father and son who became part of this battalion together. They all supported the seizure of Kherson region and collaborated with the occupiers.

All ten policemen were suspected in absentia of collaboration, which carries a sentence of 12 to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property. SBU investigators also note that these individuals actively contributed to the work of the occupation structures and executed criminal orders.

Also in Kherson, the court found guilty a man who worked in an expert center created by the occupiers. After the de-occupation, his actions were classified as collaboration. During the occupation of Kherson in 2022, he agreed to work in a forensic center under the occupation police.

A member of the illegal armed group of the DPR was notified in absentia of suspicion of torturing a resident of Kherson region and threatening to kill his newborn child. The woman participated in repressions, using physical and psychological violence.

Анна Бальчінос