Traitor heads occupation administration of village in Kherson region

The court found a local resident guilty of collaboration, who headed the village of Velyka Oleksandrivka in Kherson region during the occupation. Following a public prosecution by prosecutors of the Beryslav District Prosecutor's Office, the collaborator was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

This was reported by the press service of the Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office.

In addition, she was deprived of the right to hold any positions in state authorities, local governments and engage in activities related to public services for 15 years.

The investigation proved that in 2022, the woman voluntarily agreed to cooperate with the enemy and took up the position of the so-called "acting head of Velyka Oleksandrivka village of Beryslav district.

While holding this position, illegally created on the temporarily occupied territory, she performed organizational, administrative and economic functions. Her activities were aimed at facilitating the formation of a system of authorities controlled by the occupiers in the village.

The special pre-trial investigation was conducted by the SBU Office in Kherson region.

Earlier, the Khadzhibeyskyi District Court of Odesa sentenced 48-year-old Halyna Rayko to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property in absentia. The former candidate of technical sciences and head of a department at Kherson National Technical University (KNTU) was found guilty of aiding the enemy and collaboration.

According to the court's verdict, in July 2022, Raiko voluntarily headed the 'Kherson Technical University' illegally created by the occupiers. Witnesses said that in this position, she personally persuaded her colleagues to remain working for the Russian authorities, gave interviews to propagandists, fired those who disagreed, and even held an illegal referendum in September 2022 under military protection.

Катерина Глушко