The Security Service has collected evidence against war criminal Andrey Popov, the 54-year-old head of the Russian aviation and Navy Assistance Society in the temporarily occupied Crimea, reports UNN with reference to the SBU.
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According to the case file, the defendant uses an enemy cell for combat and ideological preparation of local schoolchildren for the war against Ukraine.
Within the walls of the occupation institution, children, mostly 14 years old, are taught how to act as part of assault groups of the occupiers, as well as how to operate strike and reconnaissance drones of the aggressor country.
Also at the "courses", students master the technique of shooting from various types of weapons and learn how to overcome mined areas.
For training, Russian instructors use training grounds and training centers of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation near Simferopol.
Another component of the educational process is the propaganda "processing" of schoolchildren in the context of hatred of Ukrainian statehood.
Now Popov, according to the directive of the minister of defense of the Russian Federation, is organizing another branch of the occupation institution in the temporarily occupied part of the territory of the Zaporozhye region.
The defendant regularly "reports" on the implementation of Moscow's instructions on the airwaves of the Kremlin TV channels "Crimea 24" and "news of Crimea and Sevastopol".
According to the investigation, the person involved, living on the territory of the Ukrainian peninsula, supported the aggressor back in 2014, and later received a "position" in the occupation administration of the Russian Federation.
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Based on the collected evidence, Security Service investigators informed Popov in absentia of suspicion under two articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.:
▪️ Part 1 of Article 438 (war crimes);
▪️ Part 3 of Article 436-2 (justification, recognition as legitimate, denial of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine).
Comprehensive measures are continuing to bring him to justice for crimes against our state.