A priest and a female lawmaker from Kerch were transporting drones and SUVs to the occupiers

Prosecutors have notified two more so-called "volunteers" from occupied Crimea that they are under investigation. They are charged with aiding an aggressor state—a crime punishable by up to 12 years in prison.

This was reported by the Prosecutor’s Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

According to the investigation, both suspects have been actively assisting the armed forces of the aggressor state and strengthening their combat capabilities since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion.

One of the suspects is the rector of the Church of Archangel Michael in the Feodosia Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. Together with other church representatives, he raises funds for vehicles, thermal imaging night-vision sights, reconnaissance drones, batteries, and camouflage netting. The priest personally delivers the collected equipment to the front lines.

The second suspect is a member of the Kerch City Council. The woman had previously been convicted of collaboration.

In addition to her main “job” in the pseudo-government body, she participates in “volunteer” meetings and packs and sends generators, off-road vehicles, quadcopters, and drone detectors to the occupiers.

According to investigators, both suspects actively use social media—reporting on the “aid” they have collected and maintaining contact with residents of the peninsula. In particular, they publicly call on people to join fundraising efforts in support of the occupying army.

The suspects’ actions are classified under Article 111-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine—aiding an aggressor state.

Recently, journalists published correspondence from Crimean priestDmytro Krotkov, which exposes his long-standing collaboration with Russia’s FSB. The priest informed on fellow priests, recruited new informants, and engaged in the militarization of children in the occupied territory.

Ірина Глухова