A court in the LPR sentenced a Ukrainian citizen to 12 years in prison for espionage.

The Supreme Court of the Luhansk People's Republic (LNR) has sentenced Artyom Kudzhanov, a 21-year-old Ukrainian citizen, to 12 years in prison in a criminal espionage case. This was announced on April 8 by the LPR prosecutor's office.

It was established that from July to August 2022, the defendant collected information about the locations of Russian military personnel in the territory of the LPR. He transmitted the data to the Ukrainian special services via messenger.

According to the prosecutor's office, Kudzhanov was found guilty under Article 276 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Espionage").

"The court agreed with the position of the state prosecutor and sentenced <...> to 12 years of imprisonment while serving a sentence in a high—security penal colony," the agency's website says.

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On April 7, a resident of the Kherson region was sentenced to nine years for treason and espionage. On the instructions of foreign intelligence, she recorded on her phone objects used by the Russian Armed Forces (AF) and state authorities. The suspect transmitted the materials through messengers, as well as through e-mail.