SBU detained a fighter of “self-defense of Yalta”, awarded the Russian medal “For the return of Crimea”

Officers of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained in the Kherson region a former resident of Yalta, who was a member of a local “self-defense squad” and contributed to the Russian aggression, which culminated in the annexation of the Crimean peninsula in March 2014. Subsequently, the “militia” was awarded a Russian military award.

How reported in the SBU, detained in 2014, “for ideological convictions, he joined the so-called“ Yalta company of the “people’s self-defense of Crimea”. In February and March, he “patrolled Ukrainian cities” with arms in hand, “took an active part in countering peaceful actions and intimidating patriotic residents of the peninsula.”

“The assistance of the attacker to the occupation” administration “on the territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea was highly appreciated by the military leadership of the aggressor country: he was awarded the medal” For the Return of Crimea “of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation,” a press release from the Ukrainian counterintelligence service says.

The department noted that the man is charged with Part 2 of Art. 260 (creation of illegal armed groups) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

Earlier, the SBU reported that they prevented in the Kherson region “attempts by the Russian special services” to destabilize the socio-political situation in the southern regions of Ukraine during the Crimean Platform summit, writes project “Crimea. Realities”.