Dnipro district court. of Kyiv begins consideration of cases on charges of desertion and high treason by two former servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

According to the Office of the Prosecutor General, in March 2022, 30 servicemen of the artillery battalion of the 126th separate guards brigade of the coastal defense of the Russian Federation, having been defeated by Ukrainian paratroopers in the Nikolaev region, were taken prisoner.. Among them were three former servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who served in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. In March 2014, they changed their oath, refusing to comply with the order to relocate the military unit from the peninsula and entered the service in the armed forces of the aggressor state.

All of them were notified by Ukrainian law enforcement agencies of suspicion of desertion..

Eight years later, on February 25, 2022, the former defenders of the state returned to the territory of Ukraine as part of the occupation troops that entered the city.. New Kakhovka, Kherson region. They were informed of suspicion of high treason, and the indictments against them were sent to court..

Public accusations will be supported by prosecutors of the Nikolaev Specialized Prosecutor's Office in the military and defense sphere.