Ukraine sentences Russian general to 10 years for Kherson torture chambers

The Ukrainian Security Service reported the information.

Arkady Gostev was sentenced in absentia to 10 years of imprisonment for creating a network of prison camps in the temporarily occupied part of the Kherson region.

"It was on his orders that the Russians converted seized penitentiary institutions in the region into torture chambers, where members of the resistance movement are imprisoned. Victims are subjected to brutal torture in these cells, in an attempt to break their resistance to the Kremlin regime," the statement says.

According to the investigation, Gostev personally coordinated the creation of prison facilities in the temporarily occupied part of the region. Later, these torture chambers were included in the Russian prison registry by decision of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation.

The Russian general was found guilty under Part 1 of Article 109 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (actions aimed at the violent change or overthrow of the constitutional order or the seizure of state power). Since Gostev is on the territory of the aggressor country, comprehensive measures are ongoing to bring him to justice for the crimes committed.

• On June 11, former lawyer of Medvedchuk and Shariy, Valentyn Rybin, was also sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison for collaborating with the invading Russian forces.