The Dnipro Court of Appeal upheld life imprisonment against serviceman Artemy Ryabchuk, who shot National Guardsmen at the Yuzhmash plant in early 2022. About it UNN reports with reference to the state Bureau of Investigation.
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In April 2024, the Krasnogvardeysky District Court of Dnipro sentenced to life imprisonment a conscript who in January 2022 committed shooting at the Southern machine-building plant. As a result, 5 people were killed, including one civilian, and another 5 were injured in various degrees of severity.
At the trial, the man fully admitted his guilt, repented and asked for forgiveness from the relatives of the victims.
During the investigation, it was established that during the military service, the convict had a conflict with other servicemen. Several times he witnessed quarrels, which he reported to the management.
Because of this, other military personnel have formed a negative attitude towards him. After another verbal altercation, he decided to kill those who did not share his thoughts and views. While in the weapons storage room, he took a submachine gun and ammunition and began to brutally shoot people.
After the massacre, the soldier seized a submachine gun, 200 rounds of ammunition and tried to escape. A few hours later, he was detained in the city of Podgorodnoye, Dnipro district.
It is reported that dozens of expert examinations were conducted as part of the criminal proceedings, including an inpatient comprehensive psychological and psychiatric examination, which established that the soldier did not have mental disorders and acted completely consciously.
Thus, the court found him guilty of:
- - illegal handling of weapons, i.e. carrying and storing firearms, military supplies without a permit provided for by law (Part 1 of Article 263 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine);
- violation of the statutory rules of relations between military personnel in the absence of subordination relations, committed against several persons, with the use of weapons, which entailed grave consequences (Part 3 of Article 406 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine);
- desertion (Part 3 of Article 408 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine);
- theft of weapons, military supplies, and other military property by a serviceman committed during a special period other than martial law (Part 3 of Article 410 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine);
- violation of the statutory rules of guard service, which entailed grave consequences, for the Prevention of which this guard was appointed, committed in a special period, except for martial law (Part 2 of Article 418 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine);
- completed attempt on premeditated murder of two or more persons, a person in connection with the performance of his official duty, as well as for the purpose of concealing another crime or facilitating its commission (Part 2 of Article 15, paragraphs 1, 8, 9 of Part 2 of Article 115 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine);
- premeditated murder (paragraphs 1, 8, 9 of Part 2 of Article 115 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
The sentence was imposed in the form of life imprisonment, and the convicted person is also obliged to compensate for civil claims of relatives of the victims.