The Lugansk People’s Republic Supreme Court has given a 16-year prison sentence to a Ukrainian serviceman who shelled the Nizhneye township in the Popasnaya district in April 2022 ruining a home, Russia’s Investigative Committee (SK) reported.
“The gathered evidence was sufficient for passing a guilty verdict on 57th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade serviceman Yury Bosovich,” the report said. He pleaded guilty to the crime and will serve his sentence in a maximum security prison.
On April 5, 2022, Bosovich and his colleagues fired fragmentation mortar rounds at the Nizhneye settlement damaging a dwelling house. The attack was also provocation to accuse Russian forces of destroying civilians and property, the SK said.
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The Ukrainian government launched the so-called anti-terrorist operation against Donbass in April 2014. The peace talks failed to reach tangible results due to Kiev’s position to settle the conflict by force.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation on February 24, 2022 to protect Donbass residents from Ukrainian aggression. Prior to that, LPR and DPR Heads Leonid Pasechnik and Denis Pushilin asked the Russian leader to provide military assistance.
The Lugansk People’s Republic acceded to Russia on September 30, 2022 following the unification referendum.*i*sb
