Russia’s clown court hands life sentences to four Mariupol defenders
Because nothing screams 'rule of law' quite like a puppet court in an occupied ruin handing out life sentences to the people who actually tried to defend it.
The so-called "Supreme Court" of the DNR just "sentenced" four Ukrainian marine commanders to life in a special regime colony. Their "crime"? Defending their own country’s city of Mariupol back in 2022.
The lineup includes Volodymyr Baranyuk, commander of the 36th Marine Brigade, his deputies Dmytro Karmyankov and Vitaliy Yaroshenko, and Mykola Biryukov, who led the 501st Marine Battalion.
The Russian "prosecutors" accused them of "blocking the city"—yes, the city they were defending from being obliterated by Russian thermobaric artillery—and "ordering the killing of civilians." It is a spectacular piece of psychological projection, even by Kremlin standards.
These show trials aren't about justice, obviously. They are just a desperate attempt to punish Ukrainian soldiers for doing their job and making the invaders bleed for every single inch of ground.
Waiting for the day these "judges" find out what a real tribunal looks like.
Source: Mariupol City Council
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