The first four years, Peter Romanyuk should spend in prison, and the rest of the term at a maximum security colony. The lawyers are planning to appeal to the verdict.
The Western District Military Court in St. Petersburg, the Russian Federation, condemned Ukraine citizen Petra Romanyuk for 15 years in prison for trying to eradicate military commissariat in the city of Suoyarvi, Karelia. This was reported by Russian TG channels on Thursday, March 13.
The court found him guilty under Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (terrorist attack). According to the verdict, the first four years, Romayuk should spend in prison, and the rest of the term at a maximum security colony. The lawyers said they plan to appeal to the verdict.
It is indicated that the incident was said to have occurred on the night of May 12, 2023, when an unknown person threw a bottle of combustible mixture in the military enlistment office. The fire came out quickly, and the attacking disappeared. The guard noticed the traces of arson only in the morning.
A few days later, Russian law enforcement officials stopped Romanyuk and placed him on the “terrorist and extremist” list.
The court took place in St. Petersburg, and the defendant himself participated in a meeting through a video link from Petrozavodsk.
Ukrainian defense said video review from surveillance cameras, which allegedly confirmed Romanyuk’s involvement in Arson, was conducted on procedure violations.
Romayuk became another person involved in a wave of Russian criminal cases for the arson of military commissariats, which became more frequent after the start of the full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine and mobilizing in the fall of 2022.
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It is also reported that the Southern District military court in Rostov-on-Don has punished five participants in the Ukrainian Assault Battalion in the case of “participating in a terrorist organization.”
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