According to Ukrinform, this was reported by the press service of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol.

“The Prosecutor’s Office of the Autonomous Republic has filed indictments with the court against two former employees of the Crimean Territorial Command of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine who defected to the enemy [Part 1 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine—treason]. They face up to 15 years in prison,” the statement reads.

It is noted that one of the defendants previously served as the deputy commander of a military unit responsible for educational work.

After the occupation of the peninsula, he voluntarily enlisted in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, where he was appointed “deputy chief of the Main Directorate for Personnel Affairs of the Main Directorate of the Russian Guard for the Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol.”

Another defendant is a former deputy commander of a patrol company responsible for training.

Despite an order to redeploy, the man remained in occupied Crimea and came under the enemy’s military command. He initially served in the Internal Troops of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs and later became “deputy company commander in one of the Russian National Guard (Rosgvardiya) units.”

The prosecutor’s office added that through their actions, they were advancing the interests and objectives of the aggressor state, thereby helping to consolidate Russia’s military presence in the temporarily occupied Crimea and causing harm to Ukraine’s national security and defense capabilities.

Earlier, Ukrinform reported that during the occupation of Crimea, the Prosecutor’s Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea had filed 1,136 indictments with the courts, resulting in 402 convictions.