Article of the Criminal Code:
Oleksandr Stafiichuk is a Ukrainian citizen and a senior soldier serving in the Azov Special Operations Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine. He was presumably captured in Donetsk Region in May 2022.
On 5 November 2025, Oleksandr Stafiichuk was added to the Russian Federal Financial Monitoring Service’s list of extremists and terrorists.
On 28 January 2026, Stafiichuk’s case was transferred to the Southern District Military Court. On 6 March 2026, Judge Igor Degtyaryov found him 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. The sentence was not appealed.
According to the investigation, in October 2015 Stafiichuk 'voluntarily signed a contract and was enlisted in the Azov Regiment. He underwent training at training bases for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities. After that, as a driver-mechanic in an artillery platoon, he took part in hostilities in the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic against servicemen of the Russian Federation and the civilian population.'
On 23 October 2026, he returned to Ukraine as part of a prisoner-of-war exchange.
