strikes on Zaporizhia, a Russian sentenced to sixteen years in prison for treason

► Six dead, 23 injured in a Russian strike on the town of Zaporizhzhia

Six people were killed and 23 others injured in a Russian strike on Tuesday November 5 on the town of Zaporizhia in southern Ukraine, according to a new report announced by the regional governor. The previous report showed six dead and nine injured.

“Three people are in extremely serious condition”said Governor Ivan Fedorov on television. The deadly attack carried out with « a missile » touched a « site d’infrastructure »he added. “A fire which broke out on the premises was able to be extinguished”the governor said on Telegram at midday.

► A Russian engineer sentenced to sixteen years in prison for treason for the benefit of Ukraine

Danil Moukhametov, 32, an engineer at the Uralvagonzavod company, one of the largest tank manufacturers in the world, was sentenced to sixteen years in prison for “high treason” in the Urals, a local court said. He was arrested in 2023 by the Russian security services (FSB) with his wife Victoria.

Accused of having “provided Ukrainian special services with military and technical information”he has “partially admitted his guilt”according to the court that sentenced him “sixteen years of imprisonment in a harsh prison camp”. Victoria Moukhametova, who also worked at Uralvagonzavod, was sentenced to twelve and a half years in prison in early October for the same reasons, according to the public news agency RIA Novosti.