District police officer from Kherson region punished for hunting patriots

A collaborator from Beryslav who helped the Russian occupiers in search of Ukrainian patriots was sentenced to 13 years in prison.

According to the SBU, the 46-year-old resident of the village of Burgunka actively cooperated with the Russian invaders, identifying local patriots, including ATO participants and veterans of the Armed Forces, and "handing them over" to the enemy.

After the Russian troops captured Kherson region, he joined the illegally created law enforcement agency of the occupiers and became a so-called "district police officer" in his village. In this role, he assisted the enemies in repressing and persecuting pro-Ukrainian activists. In particular, he participated in "cleansing operations" and agitated his fellow villagers to cooperate with the occupiers.

According to the court's decision, the man's activities were qualified as collaboration. The occupiers used him to collect information about Ukrainian soldiers and activists, which led to their arrests and torture.

For these actions, the court sentenced the traitor to 13 years in prison with confiscation of property.

Meanwhile, the court found in absentia a resident of the Kherson region, who headed the occupation labor department in Genichesk, guilty of collaboration. She was sentenced to 10 years in prison with confiscation of property. We are talking about Lyudmyla Stryukova, who worked as the director of the Genichesk branch of the Social Insurance Fund before Russia's invasion of Ukraine. After the occupation, she began to cooperate with the enemy and gave interviews to Russian media outlets such as Kherson LIVE and Tavria.

Recently, the court sentenced a resident of Chornobaivka who organized a base for Russian military equipment and helped to resettle Russians during the occupation of Kherson region. The man was found guilty of aiding the aggressor state and sentenced to 10 years.

Also, a resident of Henichesk, who resettled Russian soldiers in other people's homes, helped to set up checkpoints and supported passportization on the left bank of Kherson region, faces up to 12 years in prison.

Ірина Глухова