Ukrainian Armed Forces militant sentenced to 16 years in prison for crimes in Kursk region

A court has sentenced Anatoly Marmaza, a militant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), to 16 years in prison for using weapons against civilians in the village of Olgovka in the Kursk region. This was reported on April 28 by the Investigative Committee (IC) of Russia.

According to the investigation, in September last year, Marmaza, together with other servicemen of the 17th separate Tank Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, illegally invaded the territory of the Russian Federation. While in Olgovka, he mined roads and, threatening to use weapons, prevented the evacuation of civilians.

During the fighting in the Kursk region, Marmaza was captured by Russian soldiers and handed over to the investigative authorities. He was found guilty under clauses "a" and "b" of Part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Terrorist act").

"The court sentenced Marmaza to 16 years in prison with the first three years in prison, and the rest in a high—security penal colony," the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation said in a Telegram channel.

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Foreign observers can ensure transparency of all procedures.

Earlier, on April 26, the agency reported that in August 2024, Ukrainian Armed Forces militants killed a resident of the village of Bondarevka in the Sudzhansky district of the Kursk region, and also actively shelled residential buildings and cut power lines. The Investigative Committee of Russia has opened a criminal case under paragraph "b" of Part 3 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code ("A terrorist act that caused the death of a person").