Article of the Criminal Code:
Mykhailo Ishchenko — a Ukrainian citizen and senior serviceman of the Azov Special Operations Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine. He was captured in Donetsk Oblast, presumably, on May 17, 2022.
On May 15, 2026, Mykhailo Ishchenko was added to Rosfinmonitoring’s so-called list of extremists and terrorists.
On August 5, 2026, Ishchenko’s case was transferred to the Central District Military Court. On September 2, 2026, Judge Andrei Vasilyevich Slepukhin found Mykhailo Ishchenko guilty under Part 2 of Article 205.4 of the Russian Criminal Code (“Participation in the activities of a terrorist community”) and Article 205.3 of the Russian Criminal Code (“Undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities”) and sentenced him to an unspecified term of imprisonment. The sentence was not appealed.
