Woman sentenced for false bomb threat against UOC church
A Volyn Region court has sentenced a woman for making a false bomb threat against a UOC church in the village of Kortelisy.
The Ratne District Court of the Volyn region has sentenced local resident Olha Zakharchuk for a knowingly false report of a bomb in the Dormition Church of the UOC in the village of Kortelisy, reports Zaxid.net.
The incident occurred on May 24, 2026, when at about 7:25 p.m. the defendant called the 102 line and stated that a bomb had been planted near the Dormition Church. The operator of the emergency line warned the woman about criminal liability for a false call, but this did not stop her.
Police officers and explosives experts went to the scene, but no dangerous objects were found during the inspection of the building and the territory. Later the offender explained that she had made the call on her way home after drinking a bottle of wine with an acquaintance. During the court proceedings, the defendant fully admitted her guilt.
Judge Oksana Svystun found the woman guilty under Part 1 of Article 259 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and sentenced her to three years of imprisonment. Taking into account the circumstances of the case, the court released the convicted woman from actual serving of the sentence, replacing it with a one-year probationary period.
In addition, the offender's Redmi Note 8T mobile phone, used to commit the offense, was confiscated, and 2.9 thousand hryvnias in procedural costs were recovered from her.
Earlier, the UOJ reported that in Rivne region a court imposed a fine on a man for criticizing the parish's "transfer" to the OCU.
