Former Henichesk Council Deputy Sentenced to 10 Years for Collaboration

The court has completed the case against a former deputy of the Henichesk City Council from the banned in Ukraine OPFL party.

According to the Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office, prosecutors proved in court that in June 2022, the accused voluntarily sided with the occupiers and headed the so-called "military-civilian administration of the Genichesk city territorial community."

While holding the pseudo-position, he performed managerial and administrative functions: he managed the illegally created authority, formed a staff, and facilitated the forced passportization of Ukrainian citizens with Russian documents.

The court found him guilty of collaboration (Part 5 of Article 111-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The court sentenced him to 10 years in prison with confiscation of all property. In addition, he is banned from holding positions in state and local government for 15 years.

Earlier, the Security Service of Ukraine served a notice of suspicion to Dmytro Holoborodko , a 41-year-old resident of Genichesk and former candidate for the Genichesk City Council . The man concluded and executed at least three contracts with the so-called Department of the Judicial Department in Kherson region and the Department of the Russian Ministry of Justice in Kherson region for 88 thousand rubles, 21 thousand rubles and 160 thousand rubles, respectively. The agreement provided for the repair of cars for the occupation authorities, and the financing was provided by the Russian budget.

In addition, law enforcement officers identified three women who agreed to head the department in the occupation administration of the Kherson city community in 2022. Liudmyla Husieva, Olena Ustymova and Svitlana Frolova were suspected of collaboration.

The SBU also exposed the activities of Oleksandra Pshenychna, the former starosta of Zaozerne village, who, after the occupation, collaborated with the enemy and ran an illegal administration. In addition, Oleksandr Filenko, the head of Radensk and Chelburda villages, was served with a notice of suspicion .

Андрій Колісніченко