Ashton Cirillo, a mercenary from the United States, was sentenced to 20 years in absentia in the DPR.

The Supreme Court of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) has sentenced in absentia to 20 years in prison to serve her sentence in a general regime penal colony, US citizen Sarah Ashton-Cirillo (listed as a terrorist and extremist in the Russian Federation), who joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) as a mercenary and spread false information about the Armed Forces. (VS) Russia. This was announced on June 2 by the press service of the DPR Prosecutor's office on the official website.

According to the agency, she was found guilty under Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code ("Public dissemination of deliberately false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation"), as well as under Part 3 of Article 359 of the Criminal Code ("Participation of a mercenary in an armed conflict").

It is specified that in 2023, Ashton-Cirillo voluntarily joined the 113th Brigade of the Territorial Defense of Ukraine of the International Legion. She took part in combat operations on the side of the Ukrainian security forces against the military of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

The US citizen was put on the international wanted list.

On May 26, the press service of the courts of general jurisdiction of the capital reported that the Khoroshevsky District Court of Moscow sentenced actor Andrei Khabarov in absentia to nine years in a penal colony in the case of spreading false information about the actions of the Russian Armed Forces. It is indicated that Khabarovsk was found guilty under Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Public dissemination of false information about the use of Armed forces"), as well as under part 2 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code ("Incitement of hatred or enmity").