Former customs official from Kherson region gets 15 years in prison

Following a public prosecution by prosecutors of the Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office, the court found the former head of the Customs Service Department guilty of collaboration.

This was reported by the Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office.

The investigation established that in August 2022, the woman voluntarily took a position in the occupation 'tax service' and helped it function. She collected information about local entrepreneurs and ensured that taxes were paid to the budget of the aggressor state. Since the accused was tried in absentia, the punishment will take effect from the moment of her detention.

Kherson journalist heads the editorial office of the occupation press. 45-year-old Tetyana Nazarenko became the head of the united editorial office of the occupation newspapers, including Naddnepryanska Pravda, Kakhovska Zarya and others. Nazarenko has been cooperating with the Russian invaders since 2022. It is known that she worked in the occupation "Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries" and in the fall of 2022 "evacuated" with the Russians from Kherson to the left-bank territory.

According to the head of the Kherson regional organization of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine, Valeriy Dolina, Nazarenko was expelled from the NUJU in December 2024 for collaborating with the occupiers. According to him, Tetiana Nazarenko worked as a journalist in the Kherson region for about 20 years: she was a radio host, headed the press service of one of the regional departments, and in the last years before the invasion she worked for the Kherson edition of<b>Vgory</b>.

Until August 2025, the joint editorial board of the occupation newspapers was headed by another traitor, Yevhen Bely, who was also the first head of the illegal Russian formation 'V.F. Margelov Volunteer Battalion'.

Катерина Глушко