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Jury declared "'DPR' court chief" not guilty Selydove city court of the Donetsk region has declared "chief of the court of the 'DPR'" [self-styled republic in Donbas] Eduard Yakubovsky not guilty in absentia over lack of crime evidence. 29.06.17 13:40 33 483 70 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Russian secret agent gets 12 years for espionage against Ukraine A resident of Kyiv, who was a Russian secret services agent according to the indictment brought against him by the Military Counterespionage Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), was sentenced to 12 years in prison. 30.11.17 10:07 38 158 70 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

"LPR" terrorists jailed for eight years for extortion by Moscow court Ex-militants of the self-proclaimed "Luhansk People's Republic" have been found guilty of extortion by a Moscow court. 01.08.16 11:56 49 778 69 Incidents

Most of MPs not allowed attending Savchenko’s trial again as courtroom overcrowded by hired thugs. PHOTO After recess, the majority of Members of the Ukrainian Parliament have been denied access to the courtroom of the Donetsk city court (Rostov region of the Russian Federation), where the sentence to Nadiia Savchenko is being delivered. 22.03.16 15:31 42 201 68 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Verdict officially handed over to Savchenko People's deputy of Ukraine Nadiia Savchenko, who has been recently sentenced in Russia to 22 years in prison, received a copy of the verdict of the Donetsk City Court (the Rostov region of the Russian Federation) and its written translation into Ukrainian. 26.03.16 15:19 26 290 67 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Member of "LPR parliament" apprehended while trying to fetch pension payment in government-controlled territory gets 8-year prison term, - SBU A resident of Khrustalnyi town (formerly Krasnyi Luch located in the temporarily occupied Luhansk region), a member of the so-called "people's council of the Luhansk People's Republic," who was detained by operatives of Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) while trying to cross the demarcation line to receive pension in the government-controlled territory was sentenced to eight years in prison. 08.08.18 14:24 16 953 66 Incidents

Only one person jailed for crimes against Maidan. 220 indictments referred to court, - prosecutor Horbatiuk Those suspected of crimes against Maidan include 48 officials. 17.02.17 10:28 16 142 60 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan

Uzbek citizen convicted in Kyiv for murdering 11 people. PHOTOS In Kyiv, a 38-year-old Uzbek citizen who committed 11 murders over the course of 6 years was sentenced to life imprisonment. 02.05.25 10:07 11 844 59 Previously in trend: Murder in Kyiv

Higher Administrative Court places ex-Deputy Minister of Community Development Lozynskyi under house arrest Supreme Anti-Corruption Court imposes house arrest on former Deputy Minister of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Vasyl Lozynskyi. 24.01.23 20:43 4 529 58 Ukrainian Politics

Interior minister Avakov, Italy’s ambassador La Cecilia discuss case of National Guard member Markiv. PHOTO Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov has met with Ambassador of Italy to Ukraine Davide La Cecilia to clarify Ukraine's stance on Italian court’s judgment in the case of National Guard member Vitaliy Markiv. 15.07.19 16:33 6 631 57 Incidents

Former "Oplot" militant sentenced to three years in prison The Court of Appeal of the Donetsk region sentenced former 'DPR' and 'Oplot' soldier to three years in prison. 13.11.16 14:11 9 171 56 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Murder of volunteer fighter from "Freedom" VFTC Shcherbyna: shooter sentenced to 13 years in prison, two accomplices to 3 years in prison On 12 November 2024, the Holosiivskyi District Court of Kyiv announced the verdict against three young men in the case of the fatal attack on Oleksii Shcherbyna, a volunteer fighter of the Svoboda VFTC (Volunteer Formation of Territorial Community). 12.11.24 16:29 13 131 55

Scattered self-tapping screws to slow down convoys of Armed Forces during battles for Lyman: traitor was sentenced to 15 years in prison, - SSU. PHOTO A man who tried to obstruct the movement of Ukrainian army units during the battle for Lyman in Donetsk region was sentenced to 15 years in prison. 18.09.23 16:37 18 442 54 Previously in trend: War

Ukrainian journalist Sharoiko charged with espionage gets 8 years in Belarus prison, - Ambassador Kyzym The Supreme Court of Belarus sentenced Ukrainian journalist Pavlo Sharoiko to eight years in jail. 24.05.18 10:26 16 374 51 Incidents

Full text of verdict against General Nazarov in Il-76 case. DOCUMENT (in Ukrainian) On March 27, the Pavlohrad city court found Major General Viktor Nazarov guilty of the death of Ukrainian paratroopers killed after an Il-76 transport plane was shot out of sky over Luhansk in 2014 and sentenced to seven years in prison. 29.03.17 11:38 19 648 48 Previously in trend: Sentence on Nazarov

Court to deliver verdict on Russian GRU officers Yerofeyev and Aleksandrov on April 18 The Holosiivskyi district court of Kyiv will pass sentence on Russian GRU operatives Yevgeny Yerofeyev and Alexander Aleksandrov on April 18. 15.04.16 19:00 10 789 48 Previously in trend: Captured Russian special forces operatives

Maibozhenko, former head of Brovary DSA, who drunkenly hit four people at crosswalk, was fined and had his driver’s license revoked: his car is being returned to him Judge of the Brovary Court Tetiana Vasylenko announced the verdict against the former head of the Brovary District State Administration (DSA) Volodymyr Maibozhenko in a high-profile criminal case of hitting four pedestrians. 27.01.25 16:24 7 764 47

U.S. Department of State calls on Russia to liberate Savchenko The U.S. Department of State believes that conviction and sentencing of Nadiia Savchenko to 22 years imprisonment show a blatant disregard for the principles of justice. 23.03.16 09:00 7 540 46 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Le Pen sentenced to 4 years and banned from running for office The leader of the National Front, Marine Le Pen, was sentenced to four years in prison in France - two years suspended and two years of arrest with an electronic bracelet. 31.03.25 16:33 8 610 46 Previously in trend: the sentence of Marine Le Pen in France

Regime Receives Special Pleasure in Announcing Lutsenko’s Verdict on Orange Revolution Anniversary, Turchynov. VIDEO Kyiv Court of Appeals upheld Yuriy Lutsenko’s verdict intentionally on the anniversary of the Orange Revolution. 22.11.12 14:22 3 517 46 Previously in trend: Lutsenko Cases

Court ready to deliver verdict against General Nazarov in Il-76 case Tomorrow, Feb. 22, the Pavlohrad city district court of the Dnipropetrovsk region will deliver a verdict against First Deputy Chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Major-General Viktor Nazarov. 21.02.17 17:40 22 766 45 Ukrainian Politics

Kniazhychi shooting case will definitely see sentences, - MP Herashchenko One of police officers involved in the shooting opened fire first. He should be convicted. 21.03.17 12:46 7 927 44 Previously in trend: Kniazhychi shooting

Even with toughest verdict, Savchenko to avoid custody and return home, - lawyer Ukrainian pilot Nadiia Savchenko will return to Ukraine, even if Russian court sentences her to a lengthy prison term. 29.01.16 19:25 14 428 44 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Former Head of the State Commission on Financial Markets Regulation Sentenced to 5 Years The court hearing of the Kiev Shevchenkovskiy District Court started two hours late. The court sentenced former Head of the State Commission on Financial Markets Regulation Vasyl Volga to 5 years of incarceration. 24.09.12 19:57 5 328 44 Previously in trend: Volga Arrest

"The case is politically charged," - convicted ex-director of Moscow's Ukrainian Literature Library Sharina The defense is going to appeal against the sentence passed on former director of Ukrainian Literature Library in Moscow Nataliya Sharina, who the Meshchansky court of Moscow has given a suspended sentence on charges of extremism and embezzlement of library funds. 05.06.17 18:00 6 609 43 Incidents

Ukrainian national Ternovskyi gets prison term in Russia "for spreading information on Right Sector activities" A Russian court sentenced Ukrainian citizen Roman Ternovskyi to 2 years and 3 months in prison in a general penal colony. 20.08.18 16:05 2 753 42 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Poltava resident sentenced to 3 years in prison for evading mobilisation In Poltava region, a man was sentenced to three years in prison for evading mobilisation. 24.12.24 11:18 4 687 42

Euromaidan cases: Court overturns sentence of ex-Berkut member Marchuk The Kyiv Court of Appeal overturned the guilty verdict against former Berkut officer Ruslan Marchuk. The case was sent for a new trial. 12.01.24 13:00 5 189 40 Society

Ukraine convicts in absentia wife of Russian occupier who called on him to rape "Ukrainian women" The Shevchenko District Court of Kyiv sentenced in absentia to 5 years in prison a Russian citizen, Olga Bykovska, who called on her husband, Russian occupier Roman Bykovsky, who participated in the war against Ukraine, to rape Ukrainian women. 31.03.25 19:35 7 053 39 Previously in trend: Investigation of Russian war crimes

Sentence of "Servant of People" Hunko was changed: 4 years in prison instead of 7 The Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court has changed the sentence handed down to MP Anatolii Hunko for corruption. 09.02.26 14:33 4 010 38 Previously in trend: MP Hunko’s sentence

Bribe of $5 million from Zlochevsky: Kicha was ordered to pay UAH 100 million and sentenced to probation The High Anti-Corruption Court approved the plea agreement entered into by the former top manager of Burisma Group, Andrii Kicha, in the case of the record-breaking bribe in the history of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau. 28.03.23 14:16 12 810 38 Incidents

Suspended sentence, UAH 20 million to state budget, UAH 2 million to Armed Forces: SAPO on court verdict in case of "servant of people" Kormyshkina A verdict has been delivered in the case of illicit enrichment of former "Servant of the People" MP Iryna Kormyshkina and her husband Yurii Kormyshkin. 21.03.25 15:11 4 456 37 Previously in trend: Servant of the People scandals Kormyshkina’s case cases of illicit enrichment

SSU: ruscist who executed captured Ukrainian soldier near Vovchansk gets life sentence. PHOTO Based on evidence gathered by the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), another ruscist who took part in the execution of Ukrainian prisoners has been sentenced to life imprisonment. After committing war crimes, he was himself captured by defenders in the Kharkiv region and has now received the maximum sentence. 14.01.26 16:58 8 360 37 Previously in trend: War crimes of Russia Execution of Ukrainian POWs

Savchenko irrevocably refused to appeal verdict: "There is no point to it". STATEMENT People's deputy of Ukraine Nadiia Savchenko, sentenced in Russia to 22 years in prison, refused to appeal the decision of the Donetsk City Court (the Rostov region of the Russian Federation). 04.04.16 16:30 13 665 36 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

"DPR's" gun spotter gets six years in jail, - prosecutor's office A resident of Avdiivka charged with aiding "Donetsk People's Republic" militants has been sentenced to six years in jail. 27.01.17 18:05 7 741 35 Incidents

15 years for treason and fleeing Ukraine: Yanukovych’s sentence has come into force The verdict against former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has finally come into force — he has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. 16.12.25 19:40 2 713 35 Previously in trend: Trial against Yanukovych

Yanukovych received second sentence in Ukrainian court: 15 years’ imprisonment for inciting military personnel of Department of State Protection of Ukraine to desertion, - Office of Prosecutor General. PHOTOS Following a public prosecution by prosecutors of the Prosecutor General's Office, the fourth President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, and the former Deputy Head of the State Protection Department of Ukraine, the Head of the Presidential Security Service, were sentenced. 28.04.25 10:32 3 378 34

Il-76 case: Court to deliver verdict against General Nazarov March 27 Next Monday, March 27, the Pavlohrad city district court will issue a verdict against Major General Viktor Nazarov, who is accused of negligence leading to the death of 49 Ukrainian soldiers. 20.03.17 21:20 11 832 34 Previously in trend: Sentence on Nazarov

Occupiers sentenced 33 Ukrainian prisoners of war to imprisonment for terms from 27 to 29 years The "Supreme Court" of the so-called "DPR" sentenced 33 Ukrainian soldiers from the 36th Marine Brigade of the Ukrainian Navy and the 17th Tank Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to 27 to 29 years in prison in a maximum security colony. 07.02.24 21:33 8 039 33 Previously in trend: War

Ex-head of Ternopil Regional Council Holovko, caught on bribe, sentenced to 9 years in prison - SAPO The former head of the Ternopil Regional Council, Mykhailo Holovko, who was caught taking a bribe of more than UAH 600,000 from a businessman-volunteer, was sentenced to 9 years in prison. 18.06.25 10:41 5 229 33 Previously in trend: Mykhailo Holovko’s case

Ukrainian prisoners of war who participated in battles in Kursk are being prosecuted in Russia under "terrorism" charges, - media In Russia, Ukrainian prisoners of war who participated in the Armed Forces of Ukraine's operation in the Kursk region are being convicted under "terrorism" charges. 27.08.25 19:44 2 736 31 Previously in trend: trial of Ukrainian prisoners in Russia Sentences for Ukrainians in the Russian Federation

SSU: Russian agent, who launched missile attack on cafe in Kramatorsk, sentenced to life imprisonment A resident of Kramatorsk was sentenced to life imprisonment for directing an occupation rocket attack on a pizzeria at the end of 27 June 2023. 04.04.24 15:40 3 917 28 War in Ukraine

Fugitive "Servant of People" Odarchenko sentenced in absentia to 8 years in prison Servant of the People MP Andrii Odarchenko, who was suspected of attempting to bribe the leadership of the Ministry of Reconstruction, was sentenced to 8 years in prison. 14.11.24 14:33 3 287 28

Occupying authorities in Crimea sentence Ukrainian activist Balukh to additional 5 years in prison The so-called "Razdolnensky district court of Crimea" run by the Russian invaders sentenced Ukrainian activist Volodymyr Balukh to 5 years in a general regime penal colony and fined him 10,000 rubles (about $150) under the criminal case filed against him over alleged disruption of work of the pretrial detention facility. 05.07.18 13:31 7 355 28 Previously in trend: Reprisals in Russian-occupied Crimea

Pavlo Hryb might not survive in prison, – father The only hope is that he will be swapped. 22.03.19 15:14 1 985 27 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

"DPR" informant sentenced to eight years in prison in Donetsk region The Toretsk city court of the Donetsk region has sentenced an informant of the self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic" to eight years in prison with confiscation of property. 28.07.16 16:40 7 668 26 Ukrainian Politics

Obukhiv district administration ex-members got four years in prison for land fraud in Kyiv region, - prosecutor general Two ex-members of the Obukhiv District State Administration charged with land fraud in Kyiv larger area were sentenced to four years in prison. 16.01.17 23:10 12 731 26 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine

Traitor who guided enemy missiles at Zaporizzhia defence plant gets life sentence - SSU. PHOTO Thanks to the SSU’s evidence base, an FSB agent who corrected Russian missile strikes on military and critical infrastructure in Zaporizhzhia was sentenced to life imprisonment. 25.09.23 16:40 10 910 25 War in Ukraine