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Ilchenko Yevhen Hennadiiovych

Date of birth: May 12, 1975 (51 years old)
City of residence: Мелитополь
Occupation: адвокатура; блогинг
Article of the Criminal Code:  неизвестно
Form of repression:  extrajudicial deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  unknown
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Current location:  (presumed address) ; Remand Prison No. 2, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Rostov Oblast
Lists of persecuted:  General list

Yevhen Ilchenko is a lawyer from Melitopol in the Zaporizhzhia oblast of Ukraine. In May 2022, he started the Telegram channel where he wrote about events in the city under occupation. Two months later, Ilchenko was kidnapped, and a video was published of his "confession" to collaborating with the SBU, inciting ethnic hatred, money laundering, and other charges. However, the lawyer has never been formally charged, and he remains in captivity. There are reports that Ilchenko was tortured and forced to dig trenches.

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22 May, 2026 | 11:56

Yevhen Ilchenko is a political prisoner