The Ukrainian court sentenced Russian blogger Yurii Podolyaka to 15 years in prison. He is involved in the missile attack on Mykolaiv.
Russian propagandist blogger Podolyaka was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a Ukrainian court
The Ukrainian court found Yuriy Podolyak guilty of 5 articles and sentenced him to 15 years behind bars.
This is reported by the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU).
According to the investigation, Podoliaka is a native of the city of Sumy. Still, in 2014 he left for Russia and began to spread fakes about the socio-political situation in Ukraine there publicly.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, he regularly performs the tasks of the Russian special services in conducting information sabotage.
Podolyak created his own YouTube channel with a total audience of more than 3 million subscribers to carry out information and subversive activities. In addition, a pro-Kremlin Telegram channel operates under his "authorship" and VKontakte pages and popular messengers.
Podolyaka was involved in the missile attack on Mykolaiv
Podolyak justifies the seizure of Ukrainian territory and the destruction of the civil infrastructure of our state. He also denied the war crimes committed by the Russians in Bucha and called the exposed facts of mass murders of residents "staged".
Along with this, Podoliaka is involved in the correction of massive rocket and artillery attacks on the Russian Federation in the Mykolaiv region.
To target Russian weapons, the attacker formed his own networks of informants in the territory of the southern region. Among the enemy correctional officers was the ex-head of the Mykolayiv district prosecutor's office, who is currently serving a life sentence for treason.
Trial of Podolyaka
Based on the collected evidence, the court found him guilty on five counts:
actions aimed at the violent change or overthrow of the constitutional order or at the seizure of state power;
distribution of materials with calls to change the borders of the territory in violation of the order established by the Constitution of Ukraine;
treason committed under martial law;
propaganda of war;
justification, recognition as legitimate, denial of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, and glorification of its participants.
He was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Since the convict is hiding from justice in the territory of Russia, comprehensive measures are being taken to bring him to justice. The perpetrator will be found and punished, the SSU added.
