Personal Information
- Birth date
- 12 дек. 1998 г. (27 years old)
- Special circumstances
- Ukrainian citizen, military servicemember
- Notes
- Senior soldier, OOSPN NSU "Azov" (*Banned in the Russian Federation), military unit A3057
Butenko Ivan Mikhaylovich (Butenko Ivan Mikhaylovich)
Case Information
- Region of case initiation:
- Donetsk Oblast
- Detention date:
- 30 дек. 2024 г.
- Charges:
- Art. 205.4 CC RF Part 2, Art. 205.3 CC RF
- Case categories:
- War-related, Occupied territories, POWs, Azov
- Rosfinmonitoring status:
- Added 14 янв. 2026 г.
Case Description
In Mariupol, the occupied part of the Donetsk region, no later than May 2022, 23-year-old Ukrainian citizen Ivan Butenko, a soldier of the Azov Regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, fell into the hands of Russian soldiers. A criminal case was opened against him for participating in 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.
Contact Information
Mailing Address
Бутенко Иван Михайлович (Бутенко Іван Михайлович), 12 декабря 1998 г. ФКУ СИЗО-1 ГУФСИН России по Ростовской области, адрес: 344022, Россия, г. Ростов-на-Дону, ул. Максима Горького, д. 219 (предположительно) связь через: Зонателеком
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