Ukrainian militant sentenced to 24 years in absentia for shelling Mariupol

The militant of the nationalist association “Azov” (banned in Russia) Andrei Barsky was sentenced in absentia to 24 years in a strict regime colony for shelling Mariupol in March 2022. This decision was made by the DPR Supreme Court.

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The militant of the nationalist association “Azov” (banned in Russia) Andrei Barsky was sentenced in absentia to 24 years in a strict regime colony for shelling Mariupol in March 2022. This decision was made by the DPR Supreme Court.

According to RIA Novosti, he was found guilty of ill-treatment of civilians and the use of methods prohibited by an international treaty of the Russian Federation in an armed conflict, as well as the murder of a person committed in a generally dangerous way, by an organized group, motivated by political and ideological hostility. The court found that for several days in March 2022, Barsky and other Ukrainian servicemen indiscriminately shelled Mariupol with mortars. More than 210 shots were fired. As a result, a civilian was killed. Barsky was put on the international wanted list and arrested in absentia.

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