Kyiv region: a collaborator who claimed to be the head of Dymerska United Territorial Community will be tried

KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO – FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022, 17:22

Prosecutors at the Kyiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office have filed an indictment against a man who claimed to be the new head of the Dymer United Territorial Community during the Russian occupation.

Source: Office of the Prosecutor General

Quote: "The investigation established that, after the aggressor state occupied the town of Dymer, Vyshhorod district, Kyiv Oblast, this man voluntarily agreed to an offer from the Russian military to collaborate with them. Having received guarantees of personal safety from the representatives of the occupying forces, he helped them navigate the area.

In early March 2022, the invaders forcibly rounded up the local population. The suspect, in a speech held before them, claimed that he was the newly elected chairman of the Dymer United Territorial Community.

Under martial law, he recruited people for illegal cooperation with the armed forces of the aggressor state and involved them in the work of the village council and the community. He also provided Russian servicemen with information about anti-terrorist operation participants, territorial defense, and local deputies."

Details: The suspect is currently in custody.

An indictment was filed against him on charges of collaboration with the enemy, as well as unauthorised dissemination of information about the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations under martial law (Section 5 of Article 111-1, Article 114-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

The pre-trial investigation was carried out by the Investigative Department of the State Security Service in Kyiv and the Kyiv region with the operational support of the SBU Counterintelligence Department.

Background: The Kyiv Region Prosecutor's Office announced the detention of the collaborator in mid-April.