Kovzalin Ilya Aleksandrovich (Kovzalin Illya Oleksandrovich)

In occupied Luhansk, no later than September 2022, 31-year-old local resident, citizen of Ukraine Ilya Kovzalin was detained. He was accused of espionage. According to the Russian investigation, after the start of the so-called. During the "special military operation, a man established contact with Ukrainian National Guard soldiers through social networks and, as of September 2022, was transmitting information to them about the movement of military equipment and the deployment of air defense systems in the Svatovsky and Kremensky districts. The defendants in the case were placed in custody for the duration of the investigation. On June 26, 2024, the Supreme Court of the Luhansk People's Republic found Ilya Kovzalin guilty and sentenced him to 12 years in a strict regime penal colony. There is no information about appealing the verdict.