Citizen of Ukraine Pavel Zaporozhets pleaded guilty at a hearing in Rostov-on-Don for preparing a terrorist attack on May 9, 2022 in Kherson. It has been reported DEA News.
“Yes, I admit my guilt, but I do not admit that I was tried under the penal code, because I am a soldier, I must be tried under the Geneva Convention,” said Zaporozhets in the Southern District Army hall. Court.
For the first time in Russia, a case titled “International Terrorism Law” came to a substantive hearing in court. Zaporozhets is accused of international terrorism, that is, of being committed outside of Russia, since the Kherson region was still part of Ukraine at that time.
According to investigators, a citizen of Ukraine intended to plant two explosives on the site of the celebrations dedicated to the Victory Day in Kherson. Law enforcement officers managed to detain the attacker and prevent the explosions.
Pavel Zaporozhets became arrested May 6