Personal Information
- Birth date
- 6 мая 1998 г. (23 years old)
- Death date
- 15 мар. 2022 г.
- Special circumstances
- Ukrainian citizen, military servicemember
- Notes
- Born in the city of Kirovograd of Kirovograd region. At the age of 18, he went to serve under contract. Subsequently joined the "Azov" regiment. With the beginning of the SVO, he defended Mariupol, was on "Azovstal. Senior Sergeant, driver-radio operator of the mortar platoon of the 3rd company of the operational purpose of the 1st battalion of the operational purpose of the separate special purpose detachment "Azov" (military unit 3057) of the Eastern operational-territorial association of the NSU. Call sign "Bek. Died in March 2022 in g. Mariupol. Buried on October 21, 2022, in the Alley of Heroes at Mikulintsevsky Cemetery in the city of", Ternopil. Awarded the Order of Courage, 3rd Class (April 17, 2022, posthumously)."
Barskiy Andrey Igorevich (Barskiy Andriy Igorovich)
Case Information
- Region of case initiation:
- Donetsk Oblast
- Charges:
- Art. 356 CC RF Part 1, Art. 105 CC RF Part 2 Clause e, Art. 105 CC RF Part 2 Clause zh, Art. 105 CC RF Part 2 Clause l
- Sentence:
- 24 years strict regime in absentia
- Case categories:
- War-related, Occupied territories, Azov
Case Description
In the occupied Donetsk region, a criminal case was initiated in absentia against a 23-year-old citizen of Ukraine, a serviceman of the National Guard of Ukraine, Sergeant Andrey Barsky of military unit A-3057 of the "Azov" regiment, no later than March 2022. He was accused of cruel treatment of the civilian population, the use in armed conflict of means and methods prohibited by an international treaty of the Russian Federation, and murder committed by an organized group, in a generally dangerous manner, motivated by ideological and political hatred. According to the Russian investigation, in March 2022 in Mariupol, Barsky, following an illegal order from command, fired a mortar at a grain storage facility where civilians were located. As a result, a man who was not involved in the armed conflict received fatal injuries. On March 13, 2025, the Supreme Court of the Donetsk People's Republic found Andrey Barsky guilty and sentenced him in absentia to 24 years in a strict regime penal colony. The court also put him on international wanted list. The verdict was not appealed and entered into legal force. Andrey Barsky died in March 2022 during the fighting for Mariupol. On April 17, 2022, he was awarded the Order of Courage, 3rd class (posthumously)." He was buried on October 21, 2022, in the Alley of Heroes at Mikulinetsky Cemetery in Ternopil.
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