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6 years of imprisonment was given to 16-year-old resident of Kramatorsk under the treason article. She was detained at the beginning of January 2026. The investigation established that at the beginning of September 2025, a girl was recruited through a Telegram channel by Nikita Zorin, a Russian service member of the 237 Tank Regiment of the 3 Motor Rifle Division of the 20 General Army.
Investigative journalists from Slidstvo.Info analyzed the criminal case and found that at first the man established a trusting relationship with the girl. He asked about her mood, was interested in her life. Later, under his guidance, the teenager began collecting information in Kramatorsk about locations of Ukrainian troops and police, their cars, and locations of air defense systems. She transmitted data via voice messages and photos. From the chats it is evident that Zorin suddenly changed his friendly attitude and began threatening her with physical punishment. He instructed her to place a grenade under the wheel of a car and photograph the result; the girl refused, but continued to gather information for the curator.
Later the teenager explained that she leaked information because the Ukrainian troops allegedly treated her badly. What exactly she meant was not clarified. She only said that she wanted the Russian curator to get them back for it. By the way, the girl's father is also a Ukrainian serviceman.
On August sixth, 2026 year, the curator of the teenager Nikita Zorin was formally notified of suspicion under part 1 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code — recruiting and using a child to participate in armed conflict. He faces from 8 to 12 years in prison. And where he is now — unknown.
We tracked all information about him in open sources and found that the last mention of Zorin was in November 2024. In a Russian Telegram channel where relatives of missing Russian soldiers are sought, a woman who called herself his mother asked for help to find her son.
She said that the last time he was online was 27 October 2024 year — on his birthday. After that, relatives wrote to him on Telegram and VKontakte; someone read the messages, but there was no reply. According to the woman, at that time Zorin had no official status as missing, killed, or taken prisoner.
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