People hold placards and portraits of fallen soldiers during a hearing of the Odesa Court of Appeal to appeal the sentence of former Mykolaiv prosecutor Hennadii Herman, sentenced to life in prison for treason by the Prymorskyi Court of Odesa last June, Odesa, southern Ukraine, July 15, 2024. Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform/ABACAPRESS.COM

People hold placards and portraits of fallen soldiers during a hearing of the Odesa Court of Appeal to appeal the sentence of former Mykolaiv prosecutor Hennadii Herman, sentenced to life in prison for treason by the Prymorskyi Court of Odesa last June, Odesa, southern Ukraine, July 15, 2024. Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform/ABACAPRESS.COM

People hold placards and portraits of fallen soldiers during a hearing of the Odesa Court of Appeal to appeal the sentence of former Mykolaiv prosecutor Hennadii Herman, sentenced to life in prison for treason by the Prymorskyi Court of Odesa last June, Odesa, southern Ukraine, July 15, 2024. Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform/ABACAPRESS.COM

Former Mykolaiv prosecutor Hennadii Herman (L), sentenced to life in prison for high treason by Odesa Prymorskyi Court last June, attends a hearing to appeal his sentence in Odesa Court of Appeal, Odesa, southern Ukraine, July 15, 2024. Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform/ABACAPRESS.COM

Lawyers Stanislav Klymenko and Vladyslav Kalanzhov (L to R) are seen at the Odesa Court of Appeal hearing on the appeal against the sentence of former Mykolaiv prosecutor Hennadii Herman, sentenced to life in prison for treason by the Prymorskyi Court of Odesa last June, Odesa, southern Ukraine, July 15, 2024. Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform/ABACAPRESS.COM