{"id":582292,"date":"2026-04-13T15:26:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2026\/04\/582292\/he-wanted-to-warn-his-own-but-they-warned-him-sentenced-to-5-years-for-posts-about-the-military-recruitment-center-on-viber\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T15:26:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:26:42","slug":"he-wanted-to-warn-his-own-but-they-warned-him-sentenced-to-5-years-for-posts-about-the-military-recruitment-center-on-viber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/04\/582292\/he-wanted-to-warn-his-own-but-they-warned-him-sentenced-to-5-years-for-posts-about-the-military-recruitment-center-on-viber\/","title":{"rendered":"He wanted to \"warn his own\", but they warned him: sentenced to 5 years for posts about the military recruitment center on Viber"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently Poltava Regional TCC and SP<\/strong> reported that Shyshaky District Court of Poltava Oblast<\/strong> found a local resident guilty of committing the crime provided for in Part 1 of Article 114-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine<\/strong> – obstructing the lawful activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine<\/strong> during a special period. The case concerns the dissemination in Viber<\/strong> of information about the locations of mobile groups of the TCC<\/strong> and the police.<\/p>\n

As established in the case, during July – December 2025<\/strong> the man was an active participant in a Viber community, where he systematically posted messages about the locations of checkpoints, movements of official vehicles and the conduct of mobilization activities in Myrhorod district<\/strong>. According to the investigation, this reduced the effectiveness of the mobile groups and helped conscripts avoid contact with representatives of the TCC<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The defendant reached a plea agreement with the prosecutor, which the court approved. When determining the punishment, it was taken into account that the man had no previous convictions, has two<\/strong> minor children, is positively characterized and transferred 10,000 hryvnias<\/strong> in support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The court sentenced him to a punishment in the form of 5 years of imprisonment,<\/strong> however released him from actual serving with a probationary period<\/strong> of<\/strong> 1 year<\/strong>. During this time the convict is obliged to report to the probation authority, notify about any change of residence and not travel abroad without permission.<\/p>\n

Separately, the court applied a special confiscation: the mobile phone from which the publications were made was seized and transferred to state ownership.<\/p>\n

Thus, the “innocent” messages in a messenger by those trying to disrupt or weaken mobilization measures increasingly end not with likes in a chat, but with a court sentence.<\/p>\n

For Mykolaiv region<\/strong> such a story is not unfamiliar either. Korabelov.info<\/strong> has already written about a similar case, where the foreman of “Mykolaivvodokanal”<\/strong> was convicted for a Viber message about the location of mobile checkpoints of the TCC<\/strong>. There the court similarly qualified the actions under Part 1 of Article 114-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Reminder: we reported:<\/strong><\/p>\n