Romenskiy Pavel Vitalevich (Romenskiy Pavlo Vitaliyovich)

Unknown assailants shot up the vehicle of the acting head of the Belovodsk district on August 3, 2024, in the area of the village of Novoderkul in the occupied Luhansk region. Later, a 29-year-old Ukrainian citizen, resident of Belovodsk district Vladislav Romensky and his father Pavel Romensky were detained on charges of attempting to assassinate an occupation official. The exact date of detention is unknown. Vladislav was accused of attempted murder committed by an organized group using a generally dangerous method, illegal possession of weapons and ammunition, and intentional infliction of moderate bodily harm. His father Pavel - for illegal possession of weapons and ammunition. According to the investigation, employees of the Security Service of Ukraine recruited Vladislav Romensky to collect and transmit information about the movements of Russian military equipment, as well as about officials of local self-government bodies and law enforcement agencies. In July 2022, the defendant allegedly received an order from a Kyiv curator to organize the murder of the acting head of the occupied Belovodsk district of the Luhansk region for 30 thousand. US dollars. He allegedly involved his father in carrying out the instruction. Having received the coordinates of the cache, they extracted firearms, ammunition for it, and explosive devices. 3 August 2024 Vladislav Romensky arrived at a section of the road near the village of Novoderkul, where he fired at least 20 aimed shots at a passing car of an official of a local self-government body. The driver was not injured, the passenger was wounded. November 15, 2024, the Belovodsk District Court of the Lugansk Region found the defendants guilty and sentenced Vladislav Romensky to 14 years and 10 months of imprisonment in a strict regime correctional colony." Also, he was ordered to pay compensation for moral damage to the victims in the amount of 400 thousand. rubles. His father was sentenced to 4 years and 11 months in prison to be served in a general regime colony.