Suspect in Farion's murder faces life in prison, and DPRK soldiers hunt drones with live bait: highlights for December 26

Suspect in Farion's murder faces life in prison

Viacheslav Zinchenko, detained in the case of the murder of Iryna Farion, has had his suspicion changed. Now he is suspected of intentional murder of a person in connection with the performance of their civic duty on the grounds of national intolerance, as well as illegal handling of weapons. The young man faces life imprisonment under the charges.

DPRK soldiers hunt Ukrainian drones with live bait

The Ukrainian military found a notebook with tactics for shooting down Ukrainian drones with bait in the Kursk region from a North Korean soldier. The description of the tactics is supplemented by illustrations from the soldier.

President Zelenskyy is urged to impose sanctions on Andriy Portnov

Members of the Media Movement, as well as Ukrainian media and civil society organizations, call on President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to submit proposals for sanctions against Andriy Portnov to the National Security and Defense Council.

Yaroslava Volvach, Head of Investigations at hromadske and a representative of the Media Movement, has already submitted a petition to the Cabinet of Ministers.

Voting for members of the Defense Ministry's council failed

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has decided to cancel the results of the online voting for members of the Public Anti-Corruption Council and postpone it. Ukrainians complained that they could not cast their votes. As explained by the agency, internal technical problems occurred during the voting, including unstable operation of the website and errors in user authentication.

Russian missile caused a plane crash in Kazakhstan

A preliminary investigation into the crash of an Embraer plane near Aktau, Kazakhstan, has found that a Russian missile was the cause of the crash. Euronews and Reuters wrote about this, citing sources. The plane was probably shot down by a Russian Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile system.

Officer of the 211th Brigade served with suspicion notice

Law enforcement officers have served a notice of suspicion to a platoon commander of the 211th Pontoon and Bridge Brigade. According to the investigation, he abused his subordinate soldiers, including ordering a soldier to be tied to a wooden cross. Law enforcement officials have not named the suspect, but the case file suggests that it is Vladyslav Pastukh.

Case against the head of the State Logistics Operator regarding trips to Crimea closed

The Main Department of the Security Service of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea has closed the criminal case against Arsen Zhumadilov, the director general of the Defense Ministry's procurement agency State Logistics Operator, due to the absence of corpus delicti. It concerns his trips to the occupied peninsula.

Other important news:

• The rector of the Kyiv National University told what was decided against Professor Vasylenko, who spoke about Ukrainian women “hungry” for sex.
• Ukraine has added Galustyan, Dugin and others to the list of “Kremlin mouthpieces”.
• The court did not consider Popovych's lawsuit against the Sahaidachny Academy. The soldier is appealing the decision.
• A suspect in drone fraud was thrown into a pre-trial detention center. Earlier he was seen in the Central Department Store under house arrest.
• Lukashenka wants to place ten Oreshnik complexes in Belarus.