“I love this country, I love Kharkov endlessly.” The last word of the Ukrainian powerlifting champion, who received 19 years for blowing up power lines and spying on a VKS colonel
Photo: Yulia Lemeschenko / VKontakte The 2nd Western District Military Court in Moscow sentenced 42-year-old Yulia Lemeschenko to 19 years in prison on charges of treason, teaching terrorism, sabotage and preparing a terrorist attack. In 2014, Lemeschenko, along with her husband and son, moved from Voronezh to Kharkov. There she took up powerlifting and in 2021 took first place at the Ukrainian Championship in the weight category up to 57 kg.