Five Ukrainian Armed Forces militants received from 15 to 17 years for terrorist attacks in the Kursk region.

The Second Western District Military Court has sentenced five Ukrainian militants — Alexander Dzema, Denis Popov, Alexander Vedernikov, Alexei Pinchuk and Yevgeny Khatenko — who committed crimes in the Kursk region. According to the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation on March 19, the defendants received sentences ranging from 15 to 17 years in prison.

"They were found guilty under clauses "a" and "b" of Part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Commission by a group of persons by prior agreement of a terrorist act that entailed grave consequences")," the agency's website says.

so, Dzema and Popov in August, and Vedernikov, Pinchuk and Khatenko in September 2024, with small and large-caliber weapons and explosive devices, invaded the territory of the Korenevsky and Sudzhansky districts of the Kursk region to carry out terrorist attacks.

The militants set up observation positions in the forest plantations, installed a common communication, reconnaissance and fire system between them. The defendants mined roads and areas, opened fire on the Russian military and civilians, preventing their evacuation.

Dzema and Popov each received 15 years in prison, with the first three years served in prison, and after that in a high—security penal colony. Pinchuk and Khatenko were sentenced to 16 years, Vedernikov received 17 years in prison. They will spend the first four years in prison, the rest in a high—security penal colony.

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Also on March 18, the Second Western District Military Court sentenced Serhiy Popovich to 16 years in prison and Pavel Stasyuk to 15 years in prison for the terrorist attack in the Kursk region. They were found guilty under clauses "a" and "b" of Part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Commission by a group of persons by prior agreement of a terrorist act that entailed grave consequences").