In the occupied part of Kherson region, a pseudo-official forced residents to take Russian passports

Another collaborator was convicted in Kherson region. The occupation authorities appointed a man to the position of head of the so-called Novofedorivka village settlement of the Holoprystan municipal district.

This is reported on the website of the Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office.

It is noted that by such actions "he contributed to the establishment and strengthening of the occupation regime in the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson region."

"The accused exercised general management of the illegally created authority, selected personnel, appointed persons to "positions", organized the functioning of the occupation administration and facilitated the forced passportization of the local population," the statement reads.

The special pre-trial investigation in the criminal proceedings was carried out by investigators of the Security Service of Ukraine in Kherson region.

Prosecutors of the Kherson Regional and Skadovsk District Prosecutor's Offices sent an indictment to the court against a resident of the region on the fact of collaboration (Part 5 of Article 111-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

Eight former railroad workers who collaborated with the Russian military during the occupation will be tried in Kherson. The sentence is life imprisonment.

The so-called "manager of affairs" of the Kakhovka occupation administration was notified of suspicion.

Three militants of the "army corps of the Donetsk People 's Republic" were served in absentia with a notice of suspicion of torture and illegal detention of residents of Kherson region. In 2022, they kidnapped people, abused them physically and psychologically, and kept them in inhumane conditions in the occupied territory.

The head of the torture chamber in occupied Nova Kakhovka was sentenced in absentia to 15 years in prison for collaboration. He was found guilty of collaborating with the occupiers and participating in the torture of Ukrainians, although Moskalenko himself was liquidated in 2023.

Олександра Горст