The railway director of the Kherson region is collaborating with the occupiers and encourages locals to "work with the Russians"

UKRAINSKA PRAVDA – Wednesday, 20 JULY 2022, 13:15

The occupiers put a collaborator in charge of the Kherson railway, who agreed to cooperate with them; he was informed of the criminal suspicion against him in absentia.

Source: press service of the Kherson regional prosecutor's office

Literally: "According to the investigation, after the Russian army’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the capture of the region, the suspect entered into a criminal conspiracy with the invaders and voluntarily agreed to take the position of so-called director of the "Kherson Railway united enterprise".

Details: In addition, the collaborator has hired local residents to work in this illegally created enterprise.

The prosecutor's office points out that the traitor faces up to 10 years in prison with the deprivation of the right to hold related positions.

Background:

•         On 15 June, the head of the occupying government of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, announced that as from 1 July, a passenger train would start running between Crimea and the occupied territories of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions.
•         On June 30, the Russians postponed the launch of a railway line connecting occupied Crimea, Kherson and Melitopol.