Sergey Vorsenyuk
Sergey Vorsenyuk, born 1991. Charges: Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code (Receiving training for the commission of terrorist crimes); Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “Sergei Vorsenyuk's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organization”. Sentenced on October 9, 2025. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since January 1, 2025; place of detention: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Occupied territory of Donetska oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, February 12, 2026.
In brief
Military personnel · Terrorism cases
Sentence
17 years
Imprisonment (strict regime)
Upheld May 5, 2026
Charges
- Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code — Receiving training for the commission of terrorist crimes
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
Latest event
May 5, 2026 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, February 12, 2026
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 17 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
Sergei Vorsenyuk's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
- Case number
- 1-455/2025
Write a letter
Facility: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Occupied territory of Donetska oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
283086, Респ. Донецкая Народная, г. Донецк, ул. Кобозева, д. 4, ФКУ СИЗО-1 ГУФСИН России по Донецкой Народной Республике, Ворсенюк Сергей Валентинович, 1991 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Ukrainian serviceman. Captured no later than January 3, 2025. Charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the 48th separate assault battalion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan. On October 9, 2025, Vorsenyuk was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
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