Ex-producer of 112 Ukraine channel to stand trial for cooperation with enemy – SBI
State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) employees have completed a special pre-trial investigation regarding the former creative producer of the 112 Ukraine television channel, who cooperated with the Russians following the occupation of part of Zaporizhia region, the SBI has reported.
The former creative director of the Ukrainian television channel 112 has been indicted by the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) for collaborating with Russian forces following their occupation of part of the Zaporizhia region. Pursuant to a report from SBI on Wednesday, the individual in question became a deputy in an illegally established Legislative Assembly of the Zaporizhia Region in September 2023, subsequently leading the Committee on Defense, Interaction with Law Enforcement Agencies, and Emergency Situations.
In his role, he allegedly aided occupation authorities, expanded Russian jurisdiction to the seized territory, and implemented the aggressor state's policies. Furthermore, he utilized his connections and the resources of related enterprises to bolster the occupation regime, illegal armed groups, and Russia's information campaigns.
The SBI reminds that they had previously filed an indictment against the same individual in connection with the events of the Revolution of Dignity, accusing him of involvement in the abduction of Ihor Lutsenko and Yuriy Verbytsky, their torture, and the murder of Yuriy Verbytsky, as well as organizing the murder of journalist Viacheslav Veremiy in February 2014.
The ongoing court proceedings are currently in effect. The ex-producer is charged with high treason, committed under martial law and while voluntarily occupying a position in an illegally established authority within the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territory (Section 2 of Article 111, Section 5 of Article 111-1 of the Ukrainian Criminal Code).
The defendant, identified as Viktor Zubrytsky, a Ukrainian media manager and producer, is believed to be hiding in both the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine and Russia, and as such, he has been declared an international fugitive. The investigation was conducted in his absence, and procedural oversight was provided by the prosecutors of Ukraine's Office of the Prosecutor General.
According to Interfax-Ukraine's law enforcement sources, Zubrytsky is Viktor Zubrytsky, the creator and former creative director of the 112 Ukraine television channel.
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