Prosecutors of the Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office proved the guilt of the Colonel General of the Russian army, commander of the Ural Military District of the Russian National Guard, in conducting an aggressive war against Ukraine (Part 2 of Article 28, Part 2 of Article 437 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

By the court's verdict, he was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment.

It was established that in February 2022, the higher military leadership of the Russian Federation sent the convicted individual to the territory of the Kherson region to organize and control the armed aggression aimed at occupying the region.

For this purpose, he was appointed commander of the specially created auxiliary command post of the Russian troops "South." Under his command were at least four tactical groups, a special forces unit, an operational group, and other subdivisions.

The servicemen of the National Guard under his command, together with other units of the Russian army, participated in combat operations and attacked the civilian population. These actions led to numerous casualties among the peaceful residents of Kherson region, including women and children, as well as the establishment of an occupation regime over a significant part of the region.

By his orders and under his leadership, checkpoints were set up, mass searches were conducted, illegal detentions of citizens took place, and vehicles were seized. In addition, the Colonel General coordinated the dispersal of peaceful protests: force was used against unarmed people, they were detained, illegally imprisoned, and tortured.

The verdict was rendered in absentia. The convicted individual will serve the sentence from the moment of his arrest.

The special pre-trial investigation was conducted by investigators of the Security Service of Ukraine in the Kherson region with operational support from the Main Directorate for Combating Corruption and Organized Crime of the Security Service of Ukraine in the region.