A court has sentenced a Russian serviceman who stole cars from residents of Kyiv region and took them to Belarus
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A serviceman of the Russian Federation has been found guilty of violating the laws of war. He stole cars from residents of Katyuzhanka, threatening them with weapons.
A Russian serviceman who seized cars from civilians in Kyiv region and transported them to Belarus has been sentenced. This is reported by UNN with reference to a report of the Kyiv Regional Prosecutor's Office (KOP).
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It is noted that the prosecutors of the KOP in court proved that a serviceman of the armed forces of the Russian Federation was found guilty of violating the laws and customs of war. He was sentenced to 11 years of imprisonment.
According to the report, prosecutors proved in court that in March 2022, a serviceman of the "Terek" special rapid response unit of the Federal Service of the National Guard of the Russian Federation in the Chechen Republic, together with colleagues, broke into the houses of civilians in the village of Katyuzhanka.
Threatening with weapons and murder, he took the keys and registration certificates of cars from the owners of vehicles. Thus, the occupier seized two cars. Later, accompanied by military equipment, the stolen cars were taken to the territory of the Republic of Belarus
The Prosecutor's Office clarified that the verdict was passed on the offender in absentia. The term of serving the sentence by the convicted person will be calculated from the date of actual detention.
Let us remind you
In Ukraine, more than 160,000 war crimes of the Russian Federation have been documented. Most often, these are shelling, torture, looting, murder and sexual violence.