The Southern Area Military Court sentenced Oksana Shevchenko, accused in the fabricated “case of the assassination attempt on Aksionov,” to 10 years in custody and a fine of 500,000 rubles.
According to the occupation media, earlier the prosecution had demanded 9 years in the penal colony for her.
As stated by the occupation “investigation”, Oksana Shevchenko rented a garage bay in Simferopol for the night of May 9, 2023, where a self-made explosive device was stored in the hidden place.
“From January 22 to February 2, 2024, she together with another member of criminal group was exploring potential crime places, spying also the locations where Sergey Aksionov lived and visited. Volodymyr Bodnar is accused of traveling to Zaporizhzhia and bringing back to Crimea components for making an explosive device. Then the components were stored for some time in Volodymyr Ananiev’s house. The bomb made of these components was moved to the garage rented by Shevchenko. It was Bondar with whom the convict was spying upon Aksionov”, the occupiers reported.
As reported, in February 2024, the FSB stated the detention a group of three persons (V.Ananiev, V.Bodnar and a woman with Shevchenko as last name) that allegedly was preparing a car bomb attack as instructed by the SBU.
In January 2025, the CHRG reported that the case of Volodymyr Ananiev, a Crimean public figure, was sent to the Southern Area Military Court (Rostov-na-Donu, Russia) for a further consideration.
According to the information currently available, Volodymyr Ananiev was detained on February 2, 2024, and the occupation “court” took him into custody on February 5. Ananiev is charged under RF CC, Article 222.1-1 (illegal acquisition, transfer, sale, storage, transportation, or carrying of explosive substances). In November 2024, another charge was added to Ananiev’s case – RF CC Article 205.1 (aiding in preparing a terrorist act commitment).
In February, 2025, the occupation “prosecutor’s office” of Crimea reported that it had approved the indictments against all the defendants and sent them to the “court”. The occupiers reported that the defendants were charged under RF CC Article 30-1, Part Article 205-3b) (preparation for a terrorist act), Article 222.1-1 and -4 (illegal acquisition, storage, carrying, transportation of explosive substances and explosive devices).
In April 2025, Volodymyr Ananiev, who is accused of the assassination attempt on Aksionov, refused to admit his guilt. The other defendants in the fabricated “case of the assassination attempt on Aksionov” – Volodymyr Bodnar and Oksana Shevchenko – were reported to have pleaded guilty to the crime.
According to the occupiers, Volodymyr Bodnar and Oksana Shevchenko have signed pre-trial cooperation agreements.
