Strike on Mykolaiv in October 2022: mother and son sentenced to up to 15 years for aiding enemy attack, – Office of Prosecutor General. PHOTOS
A 53-year-old woman and her 30-year-old son have been sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment with confiscation of property for orchestrating a Russian attack on Mykolaiv in October 2022, which resulted in the deaths of several people, including a child.
This was reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General, as relayed by Censor.NET.
Mother and son sentenced
As noted, prosecutors proved in court that the missile strike was carried out by two traitors: a 53-year-old mother and her 30-year-old son, who were spying on the deployment locations of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel. They gathered information about the situation in the city and the movements of military personnel, recorded the aftermath of Russian missile strikes, and transmitted the data to the enemy via Telegram.
In one of the messages, the man sent a screenshot with coordinates, a marker and a comment about a cluster of cars with number plates from another region. The Russian military struck an apartment block in Mykolaiv at the specified coordinates.
For providing this information, the man received 16,000 hryvnias.
The traitors did not admit guilt
In autumn 2022, a mother and son were arrested at their home.
The court examined the evidence provided by the prosecution and found both guilty of high treason committed under martial law, the production and distribution of materials containing justifications, legitimisation or denial of the Russian Federation’s armed aggression against Ukraine, as well as aiding and abetting violations of the laws and customs of war (Part 2 of Article 28, Part 2 of Article 111, Part 5 of Article 27, Part 2 of Article 28, Part 2 of Article 438, Part 2 of Article 28, Part 2 of Article 436-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
It is reported that they have been sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment with confiscation of property. The traitors did not admit their guilt.
What led up to it
On the night of 13 October 2022, the Russian army launched a massive missile strike on Mykolaiv. One of the missiles struck a five-storey residential building, destroying the top two floors. Seven people were killed in the attack, including a 12-year-old boy.
