Investigators of the Security Service of Ukraine in Chernivtsi region announced suspicion against a resident of Kherson region, Oleksandr Zolotovskyi, who worked for the occupation authorities, and later joined the ranks of the Russian army and takes part in hostilities against Ukraine.
This is reported on the website of the Office of the Prosecutor General.
According to the investigation, before the full-scale invasion Zolotovskyi lived in the town of Hola Prystan in Kherson region and in August 2023 signed a contract with the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. He was assigned to the 126th Separate Guards Brigade of the Coastal Defense of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation.
As part of this unit he took part in hostilities against the Defense Forces of Ukraine in the occupied part of Kherson region.
He also took part in a propaganda video recorded in March 2025, and confirmed that he is on the Kursk direction.
In the video address Zolotovskyi stated that he previously worked in the so-called Military-Civilian Administration in Hola Prystan.
In addition, according to Ukrainian law enforcement, as early as 2022 Zolotovskyi supported the occupation and recorded a video calling for the holding of an illegal referendum.
Zolotovskyi is suspected under three articles at once – part 7 of Article 111-1 (voluntary participation in illegal armed formations of the aggressor state), part 1 of Article 111-2 (aiding the aggressor state) and part 3 of Article 436-2 (justification of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine).
He may face life imprisonment. The investigation is ongoing.
Earlier we wrote that investigators announced a new suspicion against native of Kherson Davyd Stovba – he became the youngest occupation-appointed deputy.