Sergey Shchepkiv
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.3, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Terrorism cases
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (strict regime)
- Sentence
- 29 years
- Date of verdict
- 2026-03-04
Case summary
Ukrainian serviceman. In the spring of 2022, he was captured in Mariupol. On 18 March 2024, a court in the occupied part of the Donetsk region of Ukraine sentenced him to 26 or 27 years in a high-security colony on charges of attempted murder, conducting prohibited methods of warfare and damage to property: according to the investigation, he and other Ukrainian servicemen shelled residential houses and civilian infrastructure on the outskirts of Mariupol. On 18 March 2024, Shchepkiv was sentenced to a long term in a strict regime colony. In addition, a case was brought against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion. In September 2025, the case went to court. On 4 March 2026, he was sentenced in this case, taking into account the previous sentence, to 29 years in a strict regime colony.
Others charged under Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code
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