The court in Ukraine sentenced to 12 years in prison the tanker who fought on the side of Russia, who shot at residential high -rise buildings in Mariupol, the Security Service of Ukraine.
The name of the convicted person is not called, but his nickname is indicated – Phil. According to the special services, since 2014 he fought on the side of the so-called “DPR”, and from the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Russia to Ukraine joined the 8th Guards Combined Arms of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. He was detained at the end of April in the Donetsk region: then the Armed Forces of Ukraine were knocked out by the T-72 tank and captured a man.
according to investigators, as a T-72 tank operator, he shot at least 20 times at residential high-rise buildings in Mariupol.
He was charged under two articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – “State treason” and “Participation in illegal armed groups.” The court found him guilty of both articles.