Former representative of the President of Ukraine in Crimea betrayed the state

The court found the former representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea <b>Leonid Zhunko</b> guilty of treason and sentenced him to 11 years in prison.

This was reported on Facebook by the Prosecutor's Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol.

Prosecutors proved that in March 2014 Zhunko actively contributed to the occupation of Crimea. He took part in a meeting of the Sevastopol City Council and voted for the so-called 'all-Crimean referendum'.

Also, Zhunko, contrary to the Constitution of Ukraine, voted for the adoption of the 'Declaration of Independence of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol'. This illegal document provided for the peninsula's accession to the Russian Federation as a subject of the Federation.

The prosecutor's office emphasized that by his actions the convict assisted the aggressor state in conducting subversive activities against Ukraine. In addition to the verdict, the President of Ukraine imposed permanent National Security and Defense Council sanctions on Zhunko.

It should be reminded that in 2008-2010 Leonid Zhunko served as the representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

Ukrainian military intelligence conducted a successful cyber operation, which resulted in access to the digital networks of the occupation administration of the temporarily occupied Crimea.

The obtained materials include official correspondence of the so-called "Head of Crimea" Aksyonov, documents of ministries, as well as important evidence of war crimes. In particular, materials on the forced deportation of Ukrainian children were found. The lists contain the names, dates of birth and information about the guardians of children taken from the occupied territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions to Crimea and Russia. All this data has already been passed to Ukrainian law enforcement for investigation.

In addition, the intelligence gained access to databases related to the "SVO". These include lists of Russian soldiers with detailed profiles and information about their relatives. There are also registers of the dead, convicts and data on "coffin" payments, as well as documents on the provision of land to the occupiers in Crimea. Some files indicate a shortage of fuel on the peninsula after strikes on oil refineries in Russia.

Катерина Глушко