In occupied Berdyansk, Zaporizhzhia region, on June 18, collaborator, traitor to the state, and war criminal Mykhailo Hrytsai was shot dead.
This was reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
According to the Main Intelligence Directorate, Hrytsai was born in Poltava region. He lived in Berdyansk and headed the local branch of the "Socialist Ukraine" party. After the city was captured by Russian forces, he voluntarily cooperated with them.
The Russian forces appointed Hrytsai to a position in the pseudo-administration they created — he served as the so-called temporary acting mayor and simultaneously as deputy for infrastructure, housing and communal services, and the fuel and energy complex. In fact, he embezzled state property in Berdyansk in favor of the Russian Federation. It was established that Hrytsai was involved in war crimes: he terrorized the local population, handed over pro-Ukrainian citizens to the Russians, and participated in organizing torture chambers in Berdyansk.
Hrytsai was charged in absentia on April 1, 2022, under part 2 of article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — state treason.
