The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) has declared the suspicion against former Ukrainian soldier Denys Podobedov, who defected to the Russians in 2014 and now heads the air defense of the occupiers in Crimea.
This was reported by the press service of the SBI.
Podobedov holds the position of deputy commander of the anti-aircraft missile regiment. The Bureau informed in absentia about the suspicion of nine former servicemen of a group of anti-aircraft divisions of one of the military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who defected to the side of the enemy after the occupation of Crimea.
Among the suspects are the chief of staff, battery commander, deputy division commanders and other officers. Now most of these officers continued to fight on the side of the enemy. All nine are suspected of desertion and treason.
- At the end of July, the court found three more Russian militants of the so-called "DPR" guilty — all three received 15 years in prison for treason.
- At the beginning of July, the court sent eight DPR militants to prison for 15 years. They were with the Russians in the Kharkiv and Sumy regions.