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Tokar Oleh Vasylovych

Date of birth: April 16, 1971 (55 years old)
citizenship: Украина
City of residence: с. Андреевка (Донецкая область)
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.2 ч. 2
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Sentence:  5 лет 6 месяцев лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  April 7, 2026
Current location:  Remand Prison No. 1, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR)
Lists of persecuted:  General list

Oleh Tokar is a citizen of Ukraine who lived in the village of Andreyevka in Donetsk Oblast, occupied by Russian forces. He was accused of publicly calling for terrorism and justifying it, over comments about military actions, including those of the Russian Volunteer Corps in Kursk Oblast. On April 7, 2026, a military court sentenced him to 5.5 years in a general-regime penal colony.

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