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Amur-Nizhnedneprovskyi district court of Dnipro city found a citizen guilty of disseminating publications that justify the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine and glorify members of the enemy army.
This is reported by “Judicial Reporter” citing a verdict from 11 August.
In 2023-2024 years, living in the city of Dobropillia, Donetsk region, the accused used the social network Odnoklassniki, banned in Ukraine. In particular, he accused Ukraine of terrorism, wrote that this is a country of “Nazism and Banderites,” which should be cured and all evil rooted out. “Ukrops! Ukro-Nazis! I tell you all: go away…,” he wrote. The man expressed joy when the Armed Forces of Ukraine withdrew from Avdiivka and it remained under Russian control: “Let the day 17 of February stay the day of our Victory. Glory to the Russian Warrior and Russian Arms!”
In the court hearing, the man argued that from 2009-2010 years he used the Russian social network Odnoklassniki, allegedly not realizing that it was banned in Ukraine. He chatted with classmates and fellow soldiers with whom he served in the army. He agrees that there were posts on the page, but denied that he disseminated some of the publications mentioned in the charging document, though he does not rule out that it could have happened accidentally.
He lost his house in Dobropillia due to the war, so he moved to the Dnipropetrovsk region. His son was a service member of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and died in 2023 year on the Zaporizhzhia direction. Therefore he supposedly has a negative attitude toward the armed aggression of the RF. The accused asserted that if he had known such actions entailed criminal liability, he would not have done them. He said he repents and asks for clemency.
Ultimately, the court was not convinced of the defendant’s sincere repentance, which involves a critical assessment of one’s behavior and a desire to rectify the situation. He committed such a crime under martial law and despite the death of his son, a serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The man has no prior convictions and provided a positive character reference as a parishioner of a church in Donetsk region.
The court sentenced him to 5 years of imprisonment without confiscation of property.
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