According to the court decision published in the State Register of Court Decisions of Ukraine, the citizen of Belarus is a military pensioner and has a higher military education.

Being in the village of Zarechnoye, Varash district, Rivne region, the Belarusian in a conversation with a local "categorically denied the involvement of Russian troops in the shelling of Kharkov, Kiev, Mariupol and other Ukrainian cities, and justified the destruction of the Russian TV tower in Rivne and Rivne. thereby denying and justifying Russia's aggression, which began in 2014. "

During the trial, the Belarusian military pensioner "repented, admitted his guilt" and came to an agreement with the investigation, thanks to which he received a suspended sentence - imprisonment for three years with a probation period of 2 years.

The court ordered the man to periodically appear in the probation authorities, as well as to report a change of residence.

The court decision notes that as evidence the investigation confiscated three incendiary smoke cartridges from the Belarusian military pensioner, which must be destroyed after the verdict.

The village of Zarechnoye is located in the border area of ​​Belarus of Rivne region.

Directly through the swamps and forests to the nearest Belarusian village of Pare, Pinsk district, Brest region, a little more than 15 kilometers, but there is no border point.

The detour distance between these settlements is 44 kilometers.