Ukraine jails woman who wrote pro-Moscow reports for Russian diplomat
It has also arrested several people it accuses of being Russian spies and undermining Ukrainian security.
A Ukrainian court on Friday sentenced awomanto 14 years in jail for working with Russia's intelligence agencies to write fakereportsjustifying Moscow's invasion.
Kyiv has charged thousands of people with collaborating with Russia since the February 2022 invasion, in cases that include people handing military details to Russia's army or local officials in occupied territorywhoswitched to work for Moscow-installed authorities.
It has also arrested several people it accuses of beingRussianspies and undermining Ukrainian security. Prosecutors did not name the Ukrainianwoman, the head of a human rights NGO,whowas jailed for 14 years for treason.
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Prosecutors said thewoman-- "having received an assignment fromRussiancurators" --wrotea letter to be used by Russia's envoy at the United Nations "justifying Russia's military aggression".
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"The defendantwrotethat the people ofUkrainesupport the so-called special operation of theRussianFederation inUkraine, that looting, murder, robbery had begun inUkraine, and that politicians were officially calling for 'killing Russians'," the Kyiv prosecutor's office said in a statement.
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The letter was read out at the UN by Vasily Nebenzya, Russia's permanent representative, and cast as justification by Moscow for its invasion.
Russia said at the time it was seeking to protect ethnic Russians andRussianspeakers living inUkraine, as well as "demilitarise" and "denazify" the country.
Kyiv and the West have repeatedly rejected Moscow's claims, saying Russia's invasion is an imperial-style war of aggression.
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