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Plachkov Oleh Yuriiovych

Date of birth: May 15, 1970 (56 years old)
citizenship: Украина
City of residence: Мелитополь
Article of the Criminal Code:  неизвестно
Pursuit stage:  unknown
Current location:  unknown
Lists of persecuted:  General list

Oleh Plachkov is a citizen of Ukraine, a resident of Melitopol and an entrepreneur. On the night of 25–26 September 2023, Russian security forces came to Plachkov's home and detained him and his wife, Tetiana Plachkova.

Tetiana Plachkova was charged with espionage.

For five months, the couple's relatives had no information about their whereabouts. In February 2024, the Plachkovs' daughter learned that her mother was in a coma in the intensive care unit of a hospital in Melitopol.

Tetiana Plachkova died on 23 May 2024.

Oleh Plachkov has been held incommunicado since his detention. It is also unknown on what grounds he has been deprived of his liberty for almost three years.

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Media Coverage:

12 June 2026. The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group. Russians cause abducted Melitopol woman’s death, hold her husband incommunicado for 3 years