What punishment did an IT specialist from Kiev receive after helping Russia to strike his city’s power grid?

DISINFO.MD, 19 February 2026 9:30

A man from Kiev has received the maximum sentence after voluntarily collaborating with Russia in attacks on the energy infrastructure that powers the capital of Ukraine. A court in Ukraine has sentenced to life imprisonment, with confiscation of wealth, a 32-year-old IT specialist from Kiev for state treason, committed under martial law. The decision was [...] Articolul What punishment did an IT specialist from Kiev receive after helping Russia to strike his city’s power grid? apare prima dată în DISINFO.MD.

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12:20
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11:10
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