OSCE Official Sentenced to 14 Years in Russian-Held Donetsk for Espionage

Vadym Golda, accused of gathering intelligence on industrial sites, faces imprisonment along with two other OSCE staff members.

The court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic found Vadym Golda guilty of espionage for collecting data used to direct missile strikes.
Golda, a former security assistant for the OSCE, was sentenced to 14 years in a penal colony.
Two other OSCE officials, Maxim Petrov and Dmytro Shabanov, were previously sentenced to 13 years for similar charges.
The OSCE has condemned the verdicts and called for the immediate release of all three detained officials.
The OSCE's monitoring mission was active in eastern Ukraine from 2014 until its withdrawal in 2022 following Russia's full-scale invasion.