The Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Chernivtsi found 36-year-old local resident Denys Koblyuk guilty of high treason.
This is reported «Court Reporter» with reference to the verdict of December 25.
In June 2024, a citizen of Ukraine filed a complaint about the crime, who reported that he had a YouTube channel, in which he highlights and exposes war criminals and collaborators. In May 2024, on the website «Chat-roulette», which allows anonymous communication via video and text chat , he met Koblyuk and introduced himself to him as a military officer with the call sign «Thunder». Koblyuk believed him and expressed support for Russia's military aggression.
In the correspondence, the man gave the so-called «Colonel Grom» the coordinates of the oil depot, airport and factories in the city of Chernivtsi. He noted that he had already reported this to «one marine», but for some reason he ignored it. In the correspondence, Koblyuk wondered why the Russians were not bombing Chernivtsi, wrote that they were manufacturing drones there.
The blogger recorded a 47-minute video, during which Koblyuk said that he was a supporter of the policy of the Russian leadership, supporting the so-called «SVO» on the territory of Ukraine.
During the conversation with «Colonel» Koblyuk burns the Ukrainian flag, demonstrating contempt for the state of Ukraine. At the same time, he repeatedly emphasizes that he can transmit the coordinates in Chernivtsi to the enemy to adjust air strikes.
At the trial, the man pleaded not guilty. He tried to convince the court that he had communicated with the blogger while intoxicated, and therefore understood little. Blogger Burachas allegedly incited him, this was not his position. The defendant explained that for about two years he had been sitting at home, not working, because he was afraid that he would be mobilized, and therefore he was in a depressed state. He did not shoot a video or transmit specific data, but only wrote in the chat the streets where certain objects are located, because he wanted to show off. Koblyuk pleaded only guilty to insulting the state flag. He insisted that he had lied a lot to the «colonel». In fact, he supposedly did not want any arrivals in Chernivtsi, he understood that he was communicating with a blogger.
Kobluk was sentenced to 15 years in prison with confiscation of all property, except for his home.
The term of his sentence will be counted from the moment of his detention, namely from June 20, 2024.