The artist is accused of subversive activities in favor of the aggressor country

The Security Service of Ukraine has served a notice of suspicion in absentia to the artist Taisia Povaliy, who obtained Russian citizenship and publicly supported russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

This was reported by the SBU press service.

"Based on the evidence collected, SBU investigators served Taisia Povaliy a notice of suspicion in absentia under three articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine: Part 6 of Art. 111-1 (collaboration activities); Article 436 (public calls for aggressive war); Part 1 of Article 436-2 (justification, recognition of the legitimacy of the armed aggression of the russian federation against Ukraine)", - the SBU's statement said.

The SBU clarified that Povaliy left for the territory of the russian federation before the full-scale invasion of the russian occupation forces and received citizenship there.

In addition, the artist tried to discredit Ukrainian defenders who took part in the battles for Kyiv during her interview with moscow publications. In September 2023, Povaliy also performed at a concert in the temporarily occupied Luhansk. She was invited to the concert by the terrorist pasichnyk.

"Since Povaliy is in russia, the SBU is taking comprehensive measures to bring her to justice for her crimes", - the SBU emphasized.

We will remind, the police of Dnipropetrovsk region detained a 33-year-old man suspected of murdering the deputy mayor of Nikopol.