A court in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian region of Kherson has sentenced Ukrainian citizen Iryna Horobtsova to 10 1/2 years in prison after convicting her of espionage, the Russian Prosecutor-General’s Office said on August 15. Horobtsova, an IT worker who helped Ukrainian civilians leave the Russian-occupied areas of their country, has been in Russian custody for more than two years. Russian prosecutors accused her of gathering "strategically important information" and conveying it to the Ukrainian military. Her lawyer, Emil Kurbedinov, met with her for the first time in court more than two years after she was arrested. To read the original story by Current Time, click here.
Ukrainian Given 10 1/2-Year Sentence For Spying In Russian-Occupied Kherson
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