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Holovatenko Dmytro Viktorovych

Date of birth: February 21, 1977 (49 years old)
Occupation: военная служба
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.4 ч. 2
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  currently serving a sentence
Date of sentencing:  October 29, 2025
Current location:  unknown
Lists of persecuted:  General list

Dmytro Holovatenko is a native of the city of Starobilsk, Luhansk Region, Ukraine, and a serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, where he served as a rifleman. In October 2026, he was found guilty by a Russian court under an article on participation in a terrorist community. The date of his deprivation of liberty and the sentence imposed are unknown.

According to the prosecution, he voluntarily joined the Aidar Battalion in 2014 and took part in combat operations in Luhansk Region.