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Shyrokykh Vsevolod Olehovych

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Shyrokykh Vsevolod Olehovych

Date of birth: October 27, 1993 (32 years old)
citizenship: Украина
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.3 ; 205.4 ч. 2
Pursuit stage:  verdict delivered – appeal pending
Sentence:  20 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима
Date of sentencing:  May 12, 2026
Current location:  Remand Prison No. 1, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR)
Lists of persecuted:  General list

Vsevolod Shyrokykh — a Ukrainian citizen and serviceman of the Azov Special Operations Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine. He was captured in Donetsk Oblast, presumably in March 2022.

On March 20, 2026, Shyrokykh was added to Rosfinmonitoring’s list of extremists and terrorists.

On May 12, 2026, Judge Oleg Dmitrievich Terentyev of the Southern District Military Court found Vsevolod Shyrokykh guilty under Part 2 of Article 205.4 of the Russian Criminal Code (“Participation in the activities of a terrorist community”) and Article 205.3 of the Russian Criminal Code (“Undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities”) and sentenced him to 20 years in a maximum-security penal colony.

On August 17, 2026, Shyrokykh’s case was transferred to the Military Court of Appeal.

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