Kerch resident imprisoned by occupiers for supporting attack on Kremlin

The occupation justice continues to clean up the information field in Crimea. The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced a resident of Kerch born in 1975 to a general regime colony for two and a half years.

This was reported by Holos Kryma.

The reason for the imprisonment was the public 'approval' of the drone attack on the residence of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, which allegedly took place in December 2025. Vasily Drosov was found guilty of 'public calls for terrorism' (part 2 of article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). Now the Kerch resident will spend 2.5 years in a general regime colony for expressing his position on the Internet.

The man was detained on July 2, 2025, and the verdict was announced on January 15, 2026. However, the occupation media began to massively replicate this news only on February 26. Experts attribute this delay to an attempt to give the topic momentum before the ideological date, which the invaders call the 'day of the defense of Crimea from Ukraine'.

This verdict is another stage in the intensification of repression on the peninsula, where any reaction to successful operations by Ukrainian forces becomes the basis for real prison terms.

Also, in the annexed Crimea, the Ukrainian Defense Forces liquidated Lieutenant Colonel Hasan Tumgoev. He served as a division commander of the S-400 anti-aircraft missile system, which was part of the occupation forces on the peninsula.

The modern S-400 Triumph and Pantsyr S-1 systems came under attack near the village of Sofiyivka (between Simferopol and Hvardiyske). The commander was killed during the second wave of drone strikes. It is known that prior to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Tumgoev took part in hostilities in Syria.

According to monitoring groups, he became one of at least 186 natives of Ingushetia who died during the four years of the great war. In total, according to official statements by representatives of the republic, about 2,000 Ingush are fighting against Ukraine as part of the occupation forces.

Катерина Глушко