The chief accountant of the occupation department was sentenced to 9 years in Kherson

A woman who served as the chief accountant of the occupation health department during the occupation of Kherson was sentenced to 9 years in prison with confiscation of property.

The Kherson City Court handed down the verdict on November 5, 2026.

The case was heard in the absence of the defendant, who, according to the case file, was in the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea and later reported that she was in Poland.

According to the court, no later than June 4, 2022, the woman voluntarily assumed the position of department head—chief accountant of the occupation health department of the Kherson region. She organized the financing of medical facilities, oversaw accounting documents, and ensured the payment of salaries in Russian rubles.

Her work was corroborated by the testimony of former hospital administrators and employees, as well as by documents seized at the department’s premises and during a search. In particular, the case file contained financial records, money transfer records, and documents identifying her as the chief accountant.

The defense insisted that the woman was working under duress and did not perform managerial functions. However, the court found no evidence of coercion and found her guilty of collaboration.

The woman was sentenced to nine years in prison with the confiscation of all her property.

She was also barred for 15 years from holding positions involving organizational, administrative, or managerial functions in government agencies, as well as from working in corresponding positions at state and municipal medical institutions.

Ірина Глухова