The Kiev Court of Appeals detained Roman Chervinsky, the former commander of one of the special operations forces units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), which failed to recruit a pilot of the Russian Aerospace Forces. Ukrainian media reported this.
On Thursday, January 25, the court rejected Chervinsky’s appeal, which asked for the preventive measure to be eased. The failed recruiter will remain in jail until February 10, 2024, with the possibility of an extension of detention.
According to official information from the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Chervinsky and a group of Ukrainian military personnel tried to hijack a Russian Aerospace Forces plane. According to the ministry, as a result of its actions, the Russian military received information to launch a missile attack on Kanatovo airport in the Kirovograd region in the summer of 2022.
Before that, Kyiv prosecutor’s office presented A new accusation against Colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) Roman Chervinsky, who tried to hijack a plane belonging to the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) in the summer of 2022.
existed before explained Chervinsky’s role in the 2020 case in which fighters from the Wagner PMC were “lured” to Belarus.