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Ipatova Olena Anatoliivna

Date of birth: June 1, 1971 (55 years old)
citizenship: Украина
Occupation: военная служба; медицина
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.4 ч. 2
Form of repression:  pre-trial detention
Pursuit stage:  verdict delivered – appeal pending
Sentence:  5 лет 2 месяца лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  August 11, 2025
Current location:  Remand Prison No. 1, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR)
Lists of persecuted:  General list

Ipatova Olena Anatoliivna, born on 1 June 1971, a Ukrainian citizen and resident of Severodonetsk, a medical worker, served in the winter–spring of 2018 as a senior combat medic of the 24th Separate Assault Battalion “Aidar” of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

On 11 August 2025, she was sentenced under Part 2 of Article 205.4 of the Russian Criminal Code (“Participation in a terrorist community”) to 5 years and 2 months of imprisonment in a general-regime correctional colony.

She was deprived of liberty from February to mid-March 2025 until 2 April 2025, and then again starting from 11 August 2025.