The Desnianskyi District Court of Chernihiv handed down a sentence to Kherson resident Oleh Ostakhovskyi, who during the occupation of the city went to serve the Russians.
This is stated in the court ruling.
As the investigation established, in the summer of 2022 he accepted an offer from representatives of the occupation authorities and obtained the position of junior inspector of the security department at the captured Northern Correctional Colony No. 90 in Kherson.
According to Ostakhovskyi, who was present in court, he saw an advertisement recruiting staff on a billboard in Kherson. Before the full-scale invasion he worked as a builder, but after the city was captured orders disappeared, and his family needed money. The occupiers offered him a salary of 32,000 Russian rubles. In June 2022 he began service, received a uniform and an automatic rifle for guarding the colony’s perimeter.
The man fully admitted his guilt and said that he worked at the colony for about two and a half months. He claimed that he resigned voluntarily because the invaders began to require staff to obligatorily obtain a Russian passport and change their citizenship.
The investigation provided evidence, which included timesheets, reports and eyewitness testimony from those who identified Ostakhovskyi in photographs.
He was sentenced to 8 years in prison with confiscation of property except for his housing.
Earlier it was reported that a resident of Kherson who during the occupation of the city got a job in the illegal police.