The Dnipropetrovsk Court of Appeals has upheld the sentence of national guardsman Artemii Riabchuk, who shot ten people at the Pivdenmash plant in January 2022, five of whom died.
Suspilne reports this.
On December 10, the Dnipropetrovsk Court of Appeals held a hearing in Riabchuk's case.
The convict's lawyer asked to reduce the sentence from life imprisonment to 15 years behind bars. However, the court upheld the sentence.
"I apologize again, I apologize to those whose lives I took. I am very sorry that this happened. Would I return the past, if it were possible, would I change something - yes, 100%. But I cannot do this. I am very sorry that I found myself in such a situation," Riabchuk said during the meeting.
What happened at Pivdenmash
On January 27, 2022, a National Guard serviceman shot a guard of servicemen with a Kalashnikov assault rifle during the issuance of weapons, after which he fled with the weapon. This happened in the premise where the weapons room is located.
As the investigation established, after being called up for military service, the accused encountered unconstitutional relations from his senior conscript colleagues.
Several times he witnessed conflicts and quarrels, which he reported to the leadership. Because of this, other servicemen developed a negative attitude towards him.
A few hours before the tragedy, while on combat duty, the soldier was supposed to rest, but he received an order to sort out the documentation in the guardhouse.
This order from the senior conscript Riabchuk was perceived as mockery, after which he decided to take revenge for all the previous insults.
On April 23, 2023, the Krasnohvardiiskyi District Court of the city of Dnipro sentenced Riabchuk to life imprisonment.
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