The court sentenced the Russian pilot who bombed the Kharkiv TV tower last year, the SBU reported. Russian invader to spend 12 years behind bars.

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So, on March 6, 2022, the invader crossed the Ukrainian border on a combat aircraft and fired at a radio and television station in Kharkov. He fired eight FAB-500 bombs, the total weight of which was 2.5 tons of TNT..

Ukrainian military shot down an enemy pilot immediately after he dropped the bombs. The Russian ejected, but after landing he was detained.

The court found him guilty of. 2 st. 28 and h. 1 st. 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (violation of the laws and customs of war). He was sent to jail for 12 years.

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Earlier it was reported that the court sentenced two militants who, at the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, joined the ranks of the occupying forces of the aggressor country and fired at residential areas of the Lugansk region. They were found guilty of. 2 st. 110 (encroachment on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine) and h. 2 st. 260 (participation in paramilitary or armed formations not provided for by law).