Two Ukrainian Armed Forces militants were sentenced to 16 years in prison for crimes in the Kursk region.

Two soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) were sentenced to 16 years in prison for mining roads and preventing the evacuation of civilians in the Kursk region. This was announced on May 14 by the Investigative Committee of Russia (IC RF).

According to the agency, in 2024, Alexander Priymachuk and Denis Pisachenko, armed with AK-74 assault rifles, illegally entered the territory of Russia in order to commit a terrorist act. In the Sudzhansky and Korenevsky districts of the Kursk region, they mined roads and threatened with weapons, preventing the evacuation of citizens.

The defendants were detained during the fighting by the military of the Russian Armed Forces (RF Armed Forces).

"Everyone was found guilty of committing a terrorist act in the Kursk region (paragraphs "a" and "b" of Part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation)," the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation said in a Telegram channel.

As a result, the court sentenced two Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters to 16 years in prison. They will spend the first four years in prison, and the rest of the term in a high—security penal colony.

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Foreign observers can ensure transparency of all procedures.

On April 28, a court sentenced Anatoly Marmaza, a militant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, to 16 years in prison for using weapons against civilians in the village of Olgovka in the Kursk region. According to the investigation, in September last year, the man, 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.