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Krasovskyy Vyacheslav Oleksandrovych

Date of birth: August 13, 1973 (53 years old)
citizenship: Украина
Occupation: военная служба
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.3 ; 205.4 ч. 2
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Sentence:  19 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима
Date of sentencing:  April 9, 2026
Current location:  Remand Prison No. 1, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR)
Lists of persecuted:  General list

Vyacheslav Krasovsky is a Ukrainian citizen and a serviceman of the Azov Special Operations Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, holding the rank of sergeant. He was captured in Mariupol in May 2022.

On 6 March 2026, Krasovsky's case was transferred to the Southern District Military Court. On 9 April 2026, Judge Pavel Gubarev found Krasovsky guilty under Part 2 of Article 205.4 of the Russian Criminal Code ('Participation in a terrorist community') and Article 205.3 ('Training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities') and sentenced him to 19 years' imprisonment in a maximum-security penal colony.

According to the prosecution, 'in autumn 2016, Krasovsky voluntarily joined the Azov Regiment, where he underwent training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities. After that, as the senior gunner of a mortar crew, he participated in the terrorist activities of the said community.'