Head of the so-called "dpr" Pushilin was sentenced to 15 years in prison in Ukraine

Head of the so-called "dpr" Pushilin was sentenced to 15 years in prison in Ukraine

Kyiv  •  UNN

December 27 2023, 11:56 AM • 31913 views

Denis Pushilin, the head of the so-called "Donetsk People's Republic," was sentenced by a Ukrainian court to 15 years in prison for encroachment on the integrity of Ukraine.

A Ukrainian court has sentenced the leader of the so-called "Donetsk People's Republic" Denis Pushilin to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property. UNN reports with reference to the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office. 

Following a public prosecution by prosecutors of the Donetsk regional prosecutor's office, a verdict was passed against the leader of the illegally created "republic" in Donetsk region.  He is charged with encroachment on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine and collaboration (part 2 of Article 110, part 2 of Article 28, part 5 of Article 111-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).  The convicted person was sentenced to a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison with confiscation of property

- the Prosecutor General's Office said in a statement.

Details

Prosecutors proved in court that in September 2022, the head of the pseudo-republic convened and held an extraordinary meeting of the fake council of the "dpr". At the meeting, the illegitimate deputy corps adopted the so-called law "on the referendum of the dpr on the issue of joining the russian Federation." 

Pushilin has repeatedly emphasized  in the controlled media the need to annex the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk region to Russia. Thus, he called for the seizure of Ukrainian territory by Russia. 

On the basis of the act signed by the "head", an illegal "people's will" was held in the temporarily occupied territories under the control of the armed forces of the Russian Federation.

On September 30, 2022, the leader of the "DPR" signed an "agreement" with the President of the Russian Federation on the quasi-republic and the newly occupied territories of Donetsk region joining the federation, allegedly as a subject.

Recall 

In  November 2023, the occupation "governor" of Kherson region , Vladimir Saldo, was sentenced to 15 years in prison. He was found guilty of high treason, collaboration and denial of Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine (part 2 of article 111, part 5 of article 111-1, part 1 of article 436-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).