Personal Information
- Birth date
- 12 апр. 1999 г. (27 years old)
- Special circumstances
- Ukrainian citizen, military servicemember
- Notes
- Subunit: 1 BOP MB Military rank: senior soldier Call sign: Tsoi Date of conscription: 22.11.2019 Separate Regiment "Azov" (banned in the Russian Federation), military unit 3057 NSU. Captured in Mariupol. Was in Yelnovka. As of 13.02.2023 was in captivity.
Kim Igor Vasilevich (Kim Igor Vasilovich)
Case Information
- Region of case initiation:
- Donetsk Oblast
- Detention date:
- 20 мар. 2022 г.
- Charges:
- Art. 356 CC RF Part 1, Art. 167 CC RF Part 2, Art. 30 CC RF Part 3, Art. 105 CC RF Part 2 Clause a, Art. 105 CC RF Part 2 Clause e, Art. 105 CC RF Part 2 Clause zh, Art. 205.4 CC RF Part 2, Art. 205.3 CC RF
- Sentence:
- 24 года строгого режима, 27 лет строгого режима
- Estimated release date:
- 31 авг. 2051 г.
- Case categories:
- War-related, Occupied territories, POWs, Azov, War-related, Occupied territories, Azov, POWs
- Rosfinmonitoring status:
- Added 30 апр. 2025 г.
Case Description
In occupied Mariupol, Donetsk region, no later than May 2022, Ukrainian citizens, servicemen of military unit 3057 of the Eastern Operational-Territorial Association of the National Guard of Ukraine, the Azov Regiment, fell into captivity of Russian servicemen - 24-year-old junior sergeant Alexey Zhernovsky, 49-year-old senior sergeant Gennady Kharkenko, and 22-year-old senior soldier Igor Kim. Subsequently, criminal charges were brought against the servicemen for cruel treatment of the civilian population and the use of prohibited means and methods in an armed conflict, attempted murder committed by a group of persons, motivated by political and ideological hatred and enmity, and intentional damage to another's property by a dangerous method. According to the Russian investigation, from March 13 to 20, 2022, Kharchenko, who was at a firing position near the Mariupol Mechanical and Metallurgical College during this period, following orders from the command, gave his subordinates, servicemen Kim and Zhernovsky, knowingly illegal orders to fire from the PRAM (L) vz 82 mortar with a caliber of 120 mm at residential buildings and civilian infrastructure objects. As a result of the shots fired, the man sustained a shrapnel wound, civilian buildings were damaged, and private houses were destroyed. On November 14, 2023, the Supreme Court of the Donetsk Republic found the defendants guilty and sentenced Gennady Kharcheko to 25 years, Igor Kim and Alexei Zhernovsky to 24 years in prison each, to be served in a strict regime penal colony. There is no information about appealing the verdict. On October 18, 2024, Gennady Kharkhenko was released during a prisoner exchange. A criminal case was also opened against Igor Kim for participating in the activities of a terrorist community and undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities. The reason for the criminal prosecution was service in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the nationalist "Azov" battalion, recognized as a terrorist organization in Russia. According to the Russian investigation, the Ukrainian joined the battalion in spring 2020, wanting to improve his financial situation. At the beginning of the war, Kim served in Mariupol, and fired artillery at Russian troops and settlements of the self-proclaimed DNR. 26 August 2025 the Southern Military Court found Igor Kim guilty and sentenced him to 27 years in a strict regime colony. The verdict was not appealed and entered into legal force.
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