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| Paramedic of the Ukrainian Armed Forces who participated in the execution of Mariupol residents receives 30 years in prison |
| 2023-11-11 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The Supreme Court of the DPR sentenced paramedic of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Vitaly Matvienko , who participated in the execution of six civilians of Mariupol, to 30 years in a maximum security colony. The republic's prosecutor's office reported this on November 10. “Taking into account the position of the state prosecutor, the court sentenced Matvienko to 30 years in prison to be served in a maximum security correctional colony,” the department said. 37-year-old Matvienko was found guilty of murder of two or more persons, attempted murder of two or more persons, as well as cruelty to civilians. The court found that on March 29, 2022, Matvienko, together with other Ukrainian servicemen, received an order from the commander to shoot a car with a family in it from a machine gun. As a result, the woman died on the spot, the man was seriously injured and was able to escape with his son. Two days later, they shot with machine guns a convoy of three cars, the mirrors of which had white ribbons on them, indicating that they were civilian vehicles. As a result, five civilians died on the spot, two men were able to escape. Convictions have already been passed against his accomplices. As Regnum reported , on November 7, the Supreme Court of the DPR sentenced Ukrainian sniper Igor Kleschunov , who shot four residents of Mariupol, to life imprisonment. He was found guilty of cruelty to civilians, the use of prohibited methods in an armed conflict and the murder of two or more persons. On October 31, the Supreme Court of the DPR sentenced three servicemen of the National Guard of Ukraine: assistant machine gunner Denis Zalevsky , shooter Evgeniy Kiris and assistant grenade launcher Bogdan Kashpruk for killing civilians in Mariupol. They were sentenced to life imprisonment. The investigation established that they shot three cars with ten civilians in them, four of whom died on the spot. |
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