29 October 2026, 15:56
A resident of Nova Kakhovka has been charged with treason
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PHOTO: Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office
Prosecutors have filed an indictment against a 45-year-old resident of Nova Kakhovka. The man is accused of publicly supporting the Russian occupation.
This was reported by the Kherson Regional Prosecutor’s Office.
The case file states that at the start of the full-scale invasion, the man was in occupied Nova Kakhovka. The documents indicate that on May 9, 2022, he and other local residents raised a Soviet flag on the roof of the city’s movie theater. A video recording of this event was subsequently posted on a Russian hosting service.
According to law enforcement officials, the man subsequently appeared on multiple occasions in videos produced by Russian propaganda media and anonymous pro-Russian Telegram channels. They note that in his comments, the defendant spread claims that Ukraine was allegedly responsible for the consequences of hostilities in the occupied territory and referred to Russian military personnel as “defenders.”
The case file states that the defendant also publicly called on the leadership of the aggressor state to annex the temporarily occupied territories into the Russian Federation as soon as possible.
Intent asked Odessa-based lawyer Igor Shavrov how effective trials in absentia are and whether there is a likelihood that their sentences will be carried out.
According to the expert, in absentia court verdicts are not merely formal but are genuine. A conviction in absentia for collaboration is the only legal way to hold a person criminally liable if that person is in hiding on the territory of a terrorist state. It is a viable means of issuing an international arrest warrant for that person.
According to Igor Shavrov, it is important to note that, under Ukrainian law, statutes of limitations do not apply to criminal offenses against the foundations of national security, which include collaboration. He noted that a person can be held criminally liable regardless of how much time has passed since the crime was committed.
