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Vasyleiko Valentyn Volodymyrovych

Date of birth: February 14, 1996 (30 years old)
citizenship: Украина
Occupation: военная служба
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.4 ч. 2 ; 205.3
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Sentence:  17 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима
Date of sentencing:  October 10, 2025
Current location:  (presumed address) ; Prison No. 2, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Vladimir Oblast
Lists of persecuted:  General list

Vasyleiko Valentyn Volodymyrovych, born on 14 February 1996, is a citizen of Ukraine and a native of the city of Berdiansk in Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine. He served in the Azov Separate Special Purpose Detachment of the National Guard of Ukraine as an instructor-sniper of the first sniper unit and held the rank of junior sergeant. On 10 October 2025, he was convicted under Part 2 of Article 205.4 of the Russian Criminal Code (‘Participation in a terrorist community’) and Article 205.3 (‘Undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activity’) and sentenced to 17 years’ imprisonment. He was taken prisoner in September 2022.

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