Date of birth: September 14, 1994 (32 years old)
citizenship: Украина
Occupation: военная служба
Pursuit stage:
end of prosecution
Sentence:
18 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима
Date of sentencing:
March 17, 2026
Current location:
not in custody
Date of release:
October 23, 2026
Lists of persecuted:
Archive
Eduard Spyzhevoi is a Ukrainian citizen and a serviceman of the Azov Special Operations Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine. He was presumably captured in Donetsk Region on 17 May 2022.
On 20 February 2026, Spyzhevoi’s case was transferred to the Southern District Military Court. On 17 March 2026, Judge Andrei Nikolaevich Minashkin found Eduard Spyzhevoi 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 ('Training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities') and sentenced him to 18 years’ imprisonment in a maximum-security penal colony.
On 23 October 2026, he returned to Ukraine as part of a prisoner-of-war exchange.
