Chervinsky trial: appeals of ex-intelligence officer's lawyers were not considered

Chervinsky trial: appeals of ex-intelligence officer's lawyers were not considered

Kyiv  •  UNN

November 21 2023, 10:05 AM  •  5378 views

On November 20, the Kyiv Court of Appeal held a hearing in the case of Colonel Roman Chervinsky, a former intelligence officer of the Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate, but the court did not consider any appeals.

Kyiv Court of Appeal did not consider appeals in the case of former Roman Chervinsky, a former employee of the GUR. This is reported by UNN with reference to Suspilne.

Details

The court was scheduled to consider three appeals filed by the ex-intelligence officer's lawyers. Two appeals were against the measure of restraint imposed on him and another one against the groundlessness of of suspicion. None of the appeals were considered on the merits. The lawyers asked for the prosecutor, and when the judges did not grant it, they asked for the recusal of the judges themselves. The judges refused, but recused themselves.

By the decision of the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv, Chervinsky's preventive measure in the form of detention was extended until December 16. custody until December 16.

As a reminder

In April 2022, the former acting the former acting commander of one of the units of the Special Operation Forces, Roman Chervinsky was served with a notice of suspicion for abuse of power during an attempt to to hijack a russian plane and recruit a russian pilot, which led to the shelling of airfield and the destruction of Ukrainian aircraft.

He is accused of that he and his accomplices arbitrarily decided to conduct a special operation to seize an aircraft of the russian Aerospace Forces. To do this, they entered into negotiations with russian pilots, one of whom agreed to go over to the side of Ukraine.

However, as a result, the enemy received information about the as a result, the enemy received information about the deployment of airfield of the Ukrainian Air Force and Ukrainian aircraft. This allowed the russian armed forces to to shell the Kanatove airfield in the Kirovohrad region.

As a result of the missile strike killed the commander of the military unit and injured 17 soldiers were wounded. Also, 2 combat fighters of the Ukrainian Air Force were completely destroyed. Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the runway, equipment and buildings were damaged.

Chervinsky himself in his in his comments to the media claimed that the operation was coordinated by the Ukrainian special services.