Law enforcement have charged in absentia four members of occupation structures who are involved in the cruel treatment of civilians during the occupation of Kherson. Among the suspects are an employee of the Russian FSB and three pseudo-police officers.
This was reported by the press service of the Kherson Regional Prosecutor’s Office.
According to the investigation, they supported the occupation regime, participated in arrests, illegal detention and interrogations of civilians in one of the seized police stations.
It has been established that at least three people were harmed by their actions.
One of the victims was held in the lobby of the seized police building for two days with handcuffs constantly fastened. He was regularly taken to “interrogations”, during which he was beaten with batons and kicked, being forced to sign a document declaring “no claims” regarding the theft of property.
Another man was illegally detained for almost two months. During the interrogations he was forced to provide information about the property of state institutions, subjected to physical pressure and humiliation.
Another detainee was forced to confess to theft — he was beaten and subjected to a mock execution. After signing the “confession” the man was released.
All the suspects are accused of cruel treatment of the civilian population and violations of the laws and customs of war, committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy (Part 2 Art. 28, Part 1 Art. 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). Two of them are also accused of holding positions in illegal law enforcement bodies (Part 7 Art. 111-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
Earlier it was reported that the Kherson City Court in absentia found Dmitry Nesterov, a native of Feodosia and a Russian marine, guilty of state treason, participation in the large-scale Russian aggression and the killings of civilians on the territory of the Kherson region. He was sentenced to life imprisonment.