About October 3 reported on Twitter of the Estonian Security Police.
“Remember the drones we confiscated from the man who tried to donate them to the Russian aggression in Ukraine? Well, these drones have arrived in Ukraine,” the report said.
Estonian law enforcement officers retweeted the country’s embassy post in Ukraine.
In him noticedthat the police seized the drones from Shilov and handed them over to the Ukrainian army.
Remember the drones we confiscated from someone trying to donate them for the Russian aggression in Ukraine? Well, these drones have still arrived in Ukraine. But in the right way around and to the right side of the battle front. https://t.co/No38Bbjkom
– Defense Police Agency (@kaitsepolitsei) October 3, 2022
Shilov is known in social networks as “truck driver singing”, he worked extensively as a pilot in Europe. After the start The large-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia Shilov regularly discussed the war with the public and said he “always supported the president [РФ] Vladimir Putin “.
In May, Shilov promised to use drones to help Russian invaders fighting in Ukraine – the “Pskov paratroopers” – and announced a fundraiser on his VKontakte page. On May 15, he announced the completion of the fundraiser. In total, 1,797 euros were spent on the purchase of three DJI Mini 2 Fly More Combo drones, of which around 1,500 euros were donated to Shilov.
On May 28, the truck driver announced on social networks that he would be leaving Estonia with the drones purchased for the Russian Federation. On the same day, the Estonian security police (KaPo) arrested Shilov, who was trying to smuggle them across the border. Kapo announced Shilov’s arrest on May 31, before Harju County Court, at the request of the prosecutor’s office, issued an arrest warrant on May 30.
On 21 July, an Estonian court sentenced Shilov, 43, to one year in prison for supporting an act of Russian aggression against Ukraine. From this period must immediately serve four months.
