Lviv resident, former KGB officer, found guilty of attacking Yavoriv training ground
The court sentenced him to 15 years in prison
A court sentenced 73-year-old Lviv resident Oleksandr Kostornyi to 15 years in prison and confiscation of property on charges of high treason. He was found guilty of correcting a Russian missile strike on the Yavoriv training ground in March 2022, which killed more than 60 people.
Source. This was reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.
The report says that Kostorny, who was once a member of the USSR KGB, has been cooperating with the Russian FSB since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, providing it with information about the location of Ukrainian military and infrastructure facilities to adjust strikes.
In particular, he sent a map of the Yavoriv training ground via Telegram to his supervisor from the 9th Directorate of the Operational Information Department of the 5th FSB Service, which showed the military camps of the International Peacekeeping and Security Centre. He also marked on the map the location of barracks and dormitories.
Kostorny did not repent of his actions and did not admit his guilt.
On 13 March 2022, the Russian military launched a cruise missile attack on the Yavoriv training ground. As a result, more than 60 people were killed and over 160 injured. Kostorny was detained in June of the same year during a special SBU operation, and was awaiting trial in custody.
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