Ukraine jails man for 15 years for helping Russian army

By AFP
January 03, 2025
Representational image of a prisoner behind bars. — APP/File
Representational image of a prisoner behind bars. — APP/File

KYIV, Ukraine: A Ukrainian court sentenced a man to 15 years in prison for passing information to Moscow that could have helped it target missile strikes, officials said on Thursday.

The SBU security service said the man, a 36-year-old living in the southwestern Chernivtsi region, “tried to pass to the aggressor the coordinates of local warehouses with fuel and lubricants” so they could be targeted in aerial attacks. a It said he had been “hiding at home” for two years, avoiding being called up from the army.