Assistant to Kherson’s puppet governor gets 5 years in prison for calling for a “return to the Soviet Union” - Security Service of Ukraine

VALENTYNA ROMANENKO — SATURDAY, 16 JULY 2022, 12:03

The Security Service of Ukraine has reported that an assistant to the head of Kherson’s occupation "administration" who called for the restoration of the Soviet Union has been sentenced to 5 years in prison.

Source: Artem Dekhtiarenko, representative of the Security Service of Ukraine

Quote: "An associate of pro-Kremlin propagandist Kirill Stremousov, who is a member of the leadership of the occupation "administration" of Kherson, has been sentenced to 5 years in prison.

The offender coordinated the information and subversive activities of a network of agents set up by a collaborator to support the special services of the Russian Federation."

According to the Security Service of Ukraine, while in the Carpathian region, she dispersed slogans in support of the invaders via the internet and actively distributed messages in which she called for the restoration of the Soviet Union.

For maximum coverage, the woman administered anonymous accounts on several types of social media, including some that are banned in Ukraine. She used various pseudonyms and communicated with her handler through closed communication channels.

According to Dekhtiarenko, her posts were actively reposted by other members of the propaganda network to conduct information sabotage against Ukraine.

Security Service officers established the offender’s location and detained her in Ivano-Frankivsk. During searches, she was found to have a Russian passport and computer equipment with evidence of illegal activities.

It is also noted that since the beginning of the full-scale invasion by the Russian Federation, the Security Service of Ukraine has investigated more than 300 criminal proceedings relating to instances of justifying Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and popularising occupation groups.

Details of other discoveries made by the special service can be found in the video.