Two Kherson Residents Charged with Collaboration and Detained by Court

Under the procedural supervision of the Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office, two residents of the region were served a notice of suspicion of collaboration. They are accused of collaborating with the occupation authorities and performing functions in pseudo-authorities.

According to the Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office, the court imposed a pre-trial restraint in the form of detention.

• One of the defendants voluntarily agreed to work for the occupiers after the capture of Kherson. He was promoted to the position of "deputy head of the department - head of the emergency response department" in the so-called "Ministry of Emergency Situations" in Kherson region. He was later promoted to the head of this unit.
• The other suspect is an employee of the Main Department of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection. During the occupation, she became the "chief economist of the Department of Economics and Finance" of the occupation body, was engaged in financial activities and resource allocation.
• The pseudo-head of the "rescue service" coordinated the work of the units and executed orders of the occupation administration.
• His accomplice was responsible for financing the pseudo-institution, preparing economic reports and distributing funds.

Recently, the SBU exposed and served suspicion notices to three residents of Kherson region who cooperated with the occupiers and took administrative positions in illegal authorities.

In addition, law enforcement officers served suspicion notices to two residents of Kherson who worked for the enemy in the "police department" during the occupation of the city. These are a 37-year-old woman and a 48-year-old man. They are suspected of voluntarily taking up positions in the illegally created "Suvorov City Police" that operated under the control of the invaders.

The court also sentenced a former police major from Kherson region who voluntarily defected to the occupiers. He was found guilty of committing serious criminal offenses, including high treason and collaboration.

Андрій Колісніченко