Made weapons to protect against the Russian Federation: prosecutors explained why a resident of Sumy region was in prison

To spread: a resident of Sumy region Vitaliy Kukol was sentenced to three years in prison for the production of weapons at the beginning of Russia's invasion. The man assures that the state did not provide it with protection. Vitaliy Kukol was tried for the unwillingness to hand over the weapons after the region's de -occupation, the local prosecutor's office said. The suspect was deprived of three years, but immediately released from serving a sentence with a probation for 1 year.

Police officers claim that he was held liable six times for illegal storage of ammunition and drugs, and he made weapons at his place of residence. According to their version, he voluntarily did not want to hand over weapons and allegedly "covered with the need to protect against Russians. " Prosecutors say that if a person wants to defend Ukraine, he goes to war. "Everything else is outlawed. Indeed, in the first days of the war, many civilians in their hands had a weapon.

After the de -occupation of the Sumy region, the police repeatedly asked people to hand over weapons," the prosecutor's office added. Those who voluntarily brought weapons were not criminally liable. The accused Vitaliy Kukol plans to appeal. He made an explosive himself and replaced the path between the Trostyanets and Kamianka occupied at that time, helped to bring people out of occupation and cooperated with the 93rd Cold Yar brigade.

After the war, the man planned to hand over weapons to one of the museums. The court began in 2024, during a search of Vitaliy Kukol at home found a homemade rifle, two guns and gunpowder. "The state of weapons did not give me, how I have to protect the family, the community? Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets drew attention to the case against Vitaliy Kukol. According to him, the man performed his duty to defend Ukraine, and eventually found himself on the dock.