Nine Ukrainians on Trial in Russia Face Life Sentences on Unsubstantiated Charges

Nine Ukrainian citizens from Kherson, kidnapped in 2022, are on trial in the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. They are being accused of participating in a "terrorist group" and "attempted assassination" of the leadership of the occupation administration of the Kherson region without proper evidence.

This was reported by the Center for Journalistic Investigations citing propaganda media that published a report from the courtroom.

The case has been going on in the Russian court since January 2024. The nine Ukrainians face life imprisonment.

In the territories of Ukraine occupied since February 2022, Russian troops and special services deployed an unprecedented system to identify and isolate all civilians suspected of open or covert opposition to the Russian invasion. They are deliberately subjected to enforced disappearances, arbitrary detentions, extrajudicial killings, torture and other forms of ill-treatment, etc.