• 10/03/2025 14:26

An appeals court upheld the life sentence of a conscript who shot his comrades at a factory in Dnepr

At the trial, the man fully admitted his guilt, repented and apologized to the relatives of the victims.

The appellate court upheld the life sentence of the conscript who shot his goods> </p>
<p>The Dnipro appellate court upheld the sentence—life imprisonment—for the serviceman who shot National Guard soldiers at the Yuzhmash plant in early 2022.</p>
<p>The State Bureau of Investigation reports that in April 2024, the Krasnogvardeisky District Court of the city of Dnepr sentenced a conscript to life imprisonment for opening fire at the Southern Machine-Building Plant in January 2022. </p>
<p>As a result, 5 people were killed, including one civilian, and 5 more were injured to varying degrees of severity.</p>
<p>At the trial, the man fully admitted his guilt, repented, and apologized to the relatives of the deceased. .</p>
<p>During the State Bureau of Investigation, it was established that during his military service, the convict had a conflict with other military personnel. He witnessed several quarrels, which he reported to his superiors.</p>
<p>Therefore, other soldiers developed a negative attitude towards him. After another verbal dispute, he decided to kill those who did not share his opinions and views. While in the weapons storage room, he took a machine gun and cartridges and began to brutally shoot people. After the massacre, the accused seized the machine gun, 200 cartridges for it and tried to escape. A few hours later, he was detained in the city of Podgorodnoye, Dniprovsky district.</p>
<p>As part of the criminal proceedings, dozens of examinations were conducted, including a comprehensive inpatient psychological and psychiatric examination, which established that the soldier had no mental disorders and acted consciously.</p>
<p>Thus, the court found him guilty of:< /p> </p>
<ul>
<li>illegal handling of weapons, that is, carrying and storing firearms, ammunition without the permission provided by law (Part 1 of Article 263 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine);</li>
<li>violation of the statutory rules of relationships between military personnel in the absence of a subordination relationship, committed against several persons, with the use of weapons, which entailed grave consequences (Part 3 of Article 406 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine);</li>
<li>desertion (Part 3 of Article 408 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine);</li>
<li>theft by a serviceman of weapons, ammunition, other military property, committed in the conditions of a special period, except for martial law (Part 3 of Article 410 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine);</li>
<li>violation of the statutory rules of guard duty, which entailed grave consequences, for the prevention of which this guard was appointed, committed in the conditions of a special period, except for martial law (Part 2 of Article 418 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine);</li>
<li>a completed attempt at premeditated murder of two or more persons, of a person in connection with the performance of his official duty, as well as for the purpose of concealing another crime or facilitating its commission (Part 2 of Article .15, paragraphs 1, 8, 9, part 2, article 115 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine); (paragraphs 1, 8, 9, part 2, article 115 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).</li>
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<p>The punishment is life imprisonment, and the convicted person is also obliged to compensate the civil claims of the relatives of the deceased.</p>
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