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Korneichuk Anton Oleksandrovych

Date of birth: May 2, 2002 (24 years old)
citizenship: Украина
Occupation: военная служба
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.5 ч. 2
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Date of arrest:  January 30, 2024
Sentence:  срок неизвестен, режим строгий
Date of sentencing:  March 4, 2026
Current location:  Prison No. 2, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Lipetsk Oblast
Lists of persecuted:  General list

Anton Korneichuk is a Ukrainian citizen and a serviceman of the Azov Special Operations Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine. He was presumably captured in Donetsk Region in January 2024.

On 11 February 2026, Korneichuk's case was transferred to the Southern District Military Court. On 3 March 2026, Judge Andrei Nikolaevich Minashkin found Anton Korneichuk guilty under Part 2 of Article 205.5 of the Russian Criminal Code ('Participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation') and sentenced him to an unknown term of imprisonment.

On 23 July 2026, the Military Court of Appeal upheld the sentence.

On 24 July 2026, Korneichuk was added to the Russian Federal Financial Monitoring Service's so-called list of extremists and terrorists.