Deputy of the Energodar City Council of the Zaporozhye region and declared by the occupiers as the “mayor” of the city, Andriy Shevchik, was notified in absentia of suspicion of collaborative activities, complicity with the aggressor state, as well as violation of the laws and customs of war.

According to the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, the investigation found out that after the Russian troops occupied part of the territory of the Zaporozhye region, the suspect took the pseudo-position of the mayor of Enerhodar, and in May “approved” the decision to confiscate the property of farmers and 140 thousand. tons of grain reserves worth more than UAH 1.89 billion.

As a result, the occupiers plundered grain warehouses and took grain to Russia or to the territory of the temporarily occupied Crimea.

The Office of the Prosecutor General noted that at present, two Russian servicemen and six circles of. Pre-trial investigation continues.

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