02 May 2025
(Photo: SBU)
A woman from Odesa region who tried to kill a well-known volunteer and civic activist Serhiy Sternenko on May 1 faces 15 years in prison.
According to the SBU, the attacker was notified of suspicion under two articles at once: high treason under martial law and attempted murder for profit.
The attacker was a 45-year-old native of Odesa region who had recently been living in the capital.
According to the investigation, she was recruited by Russian special services late last year when she was looking for "easy money" on the Internet. At first, she performed tasks of tracking cars and transmitting coordinates. Later, she received instructions to make an improvised explosive device and moved to the residential complex where Sternenko lived to spy on him.
On the eve of the attack, she received instructions from the "hideout" to take a pistol with ammunition. On the morning of May 1, she carried out an armed attack on the command of her curator. The attacker was detained immediately - she shot several times at the activist near his home in Kyiv, one of the bullets hit him in the leg.
The SBU assures that they already knew about the preparation of the crime. During the searches, they found evidence of cooperation with Russian special services and materials for explosives.
According to Suspilne, on May 2, the suspect in the attack on Sternenko was chosen a measure of restraint in the form of detention until June 29. The measure was chosen as part of a suspicion of attempted murder, and she was also charged with treason.
The court also ordered to provide medical care for hemodialysis.
Ірина Глухова