RIA Novosti news agency quoted a notice from the FSB saying that the court had sentenced the above man, a resident of the city of Barnaul in Russia’s Altai region, guilty of “intentional assault” and “intentional treason”. “, according to AFP.
“This Russian citizen, born in 1981, contacted the special services of Ukraine via social networks” and expressed his “desire to support the Ukrainian armed forces,” according to the FSB announcement.
Ukrainian soldiers participate in exercises at a training ground in Chernihiv province (Ukraine) on December 12
“As an employee of a canteen, he tried to poison soldiers from a group mobilized in Altai,” filming the process for Ukrainian special forces, according to the FSB.
Also according to the announcement from the FSB, analyzes showed that the substance the above man added to food could cause acute poisoning and possibly death.
This is the latest in a series of heavy prison sentences that Russians accused of supporting Ukraine suffered after Moscow launched a military campaign in Ukraine on February 24, 2022, according to AFP.
On December 16, a Russian military court sentenced Vasily Zharkov (23 years old) to 19 years in prison, after convicting him of treason, attempting to sabotage strategic infrastructure as well as participating in a crime. terrorist group, according to AFP citing information from the Russian press.
According to Russian prosecutors, Zharkov, arrested in November 2023, entered a military base outside Moscow with plans to arson but was captured and acted on orders from Ukrainian security services.
There is currently no information about Ukraine’s response to the two cases mentioned above.
