Источник: "Вясна"
The Supreme Court has rejected the appeal in the “Black Nightingales” case. The verdict of the court of first instance has been upheld and has entered into legal force, the Prosecutor General’s Office reported.
The defendants in the case were detained in spring 2024. At the same time, a propaganda film titled “Children in the Crosshairs. Recruited by the Enemy” aired on state television, reporting the detention of seven teenagers for “cooperation with Ukrainian special services”. Some of them were accused of an “act of terrorism” and “treason”. The film claimed that six teenagers had allegedly formed an “anarchist cell ‘Black Nightingales’”, which was supposedly created “under the guidance of the National Liberation Army of Ukraine” by a 16-year-old Ukrainian citizen, Maria Misyuk.
“By the verdict of the criminal chamber of the Brest Regional Court, Misyuk, as the organiser and leader of the criminal group, was sentenced, on the totality of crimes, to 13 years of imprisonment; Zhihalyou and Barysau to 12 years; Zakharoshka to 10 years and six months; and Pulinovich to 10 years and three months,” the Prosecutor General’s Office said.
The convicted individuals filed appeals challenging the legal qualification of their actions and requesting a change in the verdict and a reduction of their sentences.
It should be noted that Maria Misyuk was released in November last year and handed over to Ukraine.