Couple sentenced to 15 years in prison for helping Russian army strike Kherson hospital
Ukrainian security services said Thursday that a couple had been sentenced to 15 years in prison for passing information to Russia that allowed them to attack a hospital. The country’s prosecutors have opened thousands of cases concerning suspected collaboration with Russian forces since the invasion began in February 2022.
The convicted couple is accused of providing information about the positions of the Ukrainian army and the location of places where wounded soldiers are being treated, according to a statement from the Ukrainian security services (SBU). With this, “the occupiers bombed a local hospital” in the southern city of Kherson, according to the SBU. This man and his wife were allegedly recruited by the Russian security services (FSB) after responding to an ad on the Telegram application offering money for information on the Ukrainian army.
Four dead in Ukrainian strikes in occupied territories
Four people were killed this Thursday in Ukrainian strikes in territories under Moscow control, Russian occupation authorities said. “Enemy drones attacked the village of Novokarlovka” (Novokarlivka in Ukrainian, editor’s note), the head of the Russian-occupied part of the Zaporizhzhia region (South-East), Evgeni Balitsky, indicated on Telegram.
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16 children “forcibly transferred” to Russia back to Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday that sixteen Ukrainian children who had been “forcibly transferred to Russia” had been able to “reunite with their families”, Russia having earlier announced an exchange between Moscow and kyiv citing a higher number of minors . Earlier, Russia had discussed an exchange of 48 children, 29 of whom would return to Ukraine.
Ukraine will no longer issue passports to men abroad
According to a text published by the government on Wednesday, male citizens of fighting age (18 to 60 years) will no longer be issued passports abroad. For the men concerned, the transfer of passports to a “subdivision or a Ukrainian diplomatic mission abroad with a view to organizing their issuance is not carried out”, according to this provision. They could therefore only obtain them in Ukraine, and not in foreign countries as is normally possible.
This new rule, the precise contours of which remain unclear, does not however apply to people already authorized to cross the border under certain exceptions, for example linked to a disability or to the support of orphans. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs clarified that the procedure of the consular service “remains unchanged”. This appears to indicate that men with current military documents will be able to obtain passports when a new mobilization law comes into effect.
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