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Панченко Виталий Васильевич

Date of birth: February 13, 1988 (38 years old)
City of residence: Винница
Occupation: военная служба
Article of the Criminal Code:  205 ч. 2 para. «а» ; 205 ч. 2 para. «в»
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Sentence:  15 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима, из них 3 года в тюрьме
Date of sentencing:  December 12, 2024
Current location:  Prison of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai
Lists of persecuted:  General list

Panchenko Vitaliy Vasilievich, born on February 13, 1988, citizen of Ukraine, resident of Vinnytsia, serviceman of the 61st separate mechanised brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

On December 12, 2024, he was sentenced under paragraphs "a" and "b" of Part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("A terrorist act committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy, which entailed grave consequences") to 15 years of imprisonment with the first 3 years to be served in prison, the rest in a strict regime penal colony.

He was taken prisoner on August 15, 2024.

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