A court in Ukraine’s Transcarpathian Region has sentenced a 64-year-old resident of the village of Bedevlya in Tyachiv district to five years in prison for her posts in Odnoklassniki, Ukrainian media reported.
In court, the prosecutor said that the pensioner had justified the actions of Russian troops in Ukraine on the Internet, spread misinformation about the course of military operations and called for support for Russia. The woman did not admit her guilt, insisting that her statements were taken out of context.
The court ruled that the pensioner’s publications harmed the interests of Ukraine. She was found guilty under Article 436 of the Criminal Code (“Justification of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine”).
In September 2023, a court in Chernihiv region of Ukraine sentenced the woman to five years in prison for likes in Odnoklassniki, Ukrainian media wrote. According to the court materials, the woman liked messages in the social network, after which they were automatically displayed in the news feed of her 178 friends, and thus spread three publications with support for the Russian military.
The woman pleaded guilty. She said that she “acted under the influence of political shows” and did not realise she was committing an offence.
