Russians sentenced nine defenders of Mariupol.

The occupiers of Donetsk region sentenced Ukrainian soldiers who defended Mariupol. They were accused of shelling the village of Staryi Krym and received various prison terms. Ukrainian defenders will serve their sentences in a strict regime correctional facility.

It is also known that the Russian 'DPR' court sentenced Ukrainian soldier Oleksandr Malovychko, accusing him of killing a resident of Mariupol.

Previously, Russian courts illegally sentenced Ukrainian prisoners of war, Vladyslav Plakhotniuk and Pavlo Zaporizets, as well as three other Ukrainian soldiers, in temporarily occupied territories.

Furthermore, the occupiers are conducting an aggressive mobilization of youth in the Mariupol district, forcing Ukrainians to become blood donors for the Russian army.