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Metlytskyy Oleksandr Oleksandrovych

Date of birth: April 27, 2002 (24 years old)
citizenship: Украина
City of residence: Одесса
Occupation: военная служба
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.3 ; 205.4 ч. 2
Pursuit stage:  verdict delivered – appeal pending
Sentence:  срок неизвестен
Current location:  Remand Prison No. 1, Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for Volgograd Oblast
Lists of persecuted:  General list

Oleksandr Metlytskyi — a Ukrainian citizen and serviceman of the Azov Special Operations Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, a soldier. He was captured in Mariupol in 2022.

On January 13, 2026, Oleksandr Metlytskyi was added to Rosfinmonitoring’s list of extremists and terrorists.

In March 2026, Metlytskyi’s case was transferred to the Southern District Military Court. He was found guilty under Part 2 of Article 205.4 of the Russian Criminal Code (“Participation in a terrorist community”) and Article 205.3 of the Russian Criminal Code (“Undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities”). The sentence imposed is unknown.

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