Ukraine pursues war crimes trial and treason cases over Russian occupation

Ukrainian judicial and law enforcement authorities are advancing high-profile war crimes and treason proceedings linked to the Russian invasion.

In a landmark trial, Ukrainian prosecutors are trying Russian captive Serhiy Karpilovych, who is accused of repeatedly raping a Ukrainian civilian woman over two months in the Donetsk region. Karpilovych, detained by Ukrainian troops in December in the Pokrovsk district, denied the allegations in a prison interview, claiming the encounters were consensual.

Simultaneously, the State Bureau of Investigation issued a notice of suspicion in absentia to a former Ukrainian border guard. Investigators state he abandoned his post at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol in 2022 to join Russian-backed forces as a mortar commander.

In another legal decision, a court sentenced a 36-year-old resident of Lyman to 15 years in prison for high treason after finding him guilty of sending Ukrainian military positions to Russian contacts.

Sources: Liga net, NV, Radio Svoboda, Slidstvo.Info, Ukrainska Pravda