Worked with the occupiers in Kherson and hid in a cafe in Mykolaiv

In Mykolaiv, a man was detained who, according to the investigation, worked in a Russian-established district department during the occupation of Kherson and kept records of abducted members of the resistance movement. After the city was liberated, he moved and took a job as a security guard at a local café. This was reported by the Security Service of Ukraine.

The investigation established that before the full-scale invasion the man worked as a laborer at a local metalworking enterprise. When the Russians seized Kherson, he agreed to work for the occupation administration.

His position was “duty officer’s assistant” in the so-called Dnipro District Department of the “Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation”. There he kept records of resistance members whom Russian forces had abducted and held in the cells of an occupation regime facility.

After the liberation of Kherson, the man fled to Mykolaiv, where, according to the investigation, he tried to hide. In addition to working as a security guard, he arranged to live directly in the café. SBU officers found and detained him near that establishment.

He has been notified of suspicion of collaboration under part 7 of Article 111-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. He is currently held in custody without the possibility of posting bail. He faces up to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property.

Previously we wrote:

• Tried to flee to Mykolaiv region: a collaborator from Kherson was apprehended by the SBU
• In Mykolaiv, a collaborator who “handed over” Ukrainian patriots during the occupation of Kherson was detained
• Tortured Ukrainians with electric shocks and beat them to death with batons: SBU reported suspicions against 25 collaborators from Kherson region
• The State Bureau of Investigation detained the deputy mayor of Kherson who was part of collaborator Saldo’s team
• The Security Service of Ukraine found lists of traitors who worked for the FSB in Kherson