Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office announced today that it has launched an investigation against Volodymyr Bandura, the mayor of the Ukrainian city of Sviatohirsk, on charges of treason foreseen under martial law, “switching sides” and spreading the ideas of post-invasion Russia. your country..

The suspected betrayal was reported by the head of the regional prosecutor’s office in the pro-Russian separatist Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, according to a statement by the Prosecutor General of Ukraine. The memo points out that the mayor has “turned over to the enemy” and made a call in the media that “supports the ideas of ‘Russian peace'”.

“The suspect also expressed his gratitude to the Russian Armed Forces, who peacefully captured the city,” the statement said.

The Attorney General’s text also indicates that Bandura would accept Denis Pushilin, the leader of the separatist Donetsk region, to continue his administration of the city of Sviatohirsk, even after the region was taken by the Russians. This action, points out to Ukraine, “injured the country’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability, state, economy and information security.”

Yesterday, the official Telegram account of the Ukrainian government posted a photo. Bandura (at the beginning of the story) sat at a table with Denis Pushilin and accused him of treason. At the meeting, according to Ukraine, there would have been an invitation to the mayor to keep the administration of the city in Russian hands.

“Traitor Bandura, memorize this paragraph, which you will hear many times over: ‘If a citizen of Ukraine voluntarily occupies a position related to the performance of organizational or administrative functions in illegal authorities established in the temporarily occupied territory, he may be imprisoned for more than 5 years. Up to 10 years, certain 10 to 15 years of prohibition of the right to use positions or activities and confiscation of assets”.