A Siberian court has sent to pretrial detention a man suspected of setting an out-of-service Su-24 military plane on fire at the Novosibirsk Aviation Plant in early May. The Lenin district court in Novosibirsk ruled on May 15 that Viktor Skorobogatov must stay in pretrial detention until at last July 12 on a charge of arson aimed at destroying an industrial facility and damaging Russia’s defense capability. Since Russia launched its ongoing invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, hundreds of arson attacks have been reported, mostly targeting military conscription centers. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Siberia.Realities, click here.
Siberian Court Sends Man Suspected Of Setting Military Plane On Fire To Pretrial Detention
A Russian Su-24 attack aircraft flies over the Baltic Sea (file photo)