Personal Information
- Birth date
- 11 мая 1973 г. (53 years old)
- Special circumstances
- Ukrainian citizen, military servicemember
- Notes
- 92nd Brigade. Taken prisoner in the Kursk region in August 2024. As of Apr 22, 2025 held as POW.
Safronov Sergey Vladimirovich (Safronov Sergiy Volodimirovich )
Case Information
- Region of case initiation:
- Kursk Oblast
- Detention date:
- 23 авг. 2024 г.
- Charges:
- 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. 30 CC RF Part 3, Art. 167 CC RF Part 2, Art. 205 CC RF Part 1, Art. 205 CC RF Part 2 Clause v
- Sentence:
- 15 years strict regime
- Estimated release date:
- 23 авг. 2039 г.
- Case categories:
- War-related, Kursk, POWs, War-related, Kursk, POWs
- Rosfinmonitoring status:
- Added 21 июл. 2025 г.
Case Description
Also accused of attempted murder of two or more persons by a generally dangerous method, committed by a group of persons on grounds of ideological hatred, as well as intentional destruction of another's property. According to the investigation, on August 23, 2024, Safronov, as part of a Ukrainian Armed Forces unit, illegally invaded the territory of the Sudzhansky district of the Kursk region. While there, he systematically shelled buildings in the village of Spalnoe, where civilians were located, as a result of which civilian infrastructure was damaged and residential houses were destroyed. In the Kursk region, no later than August 2024, during hostilities, Ukrainian citizens, soldiers of the 92nd Separate Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Sergey Safronov, Yaroslav Mazur, Dmitry Ogaranko, and Kirill Komarov, were taken prisoner by Russian military personnel. Criminal charges were brought against them for committing a terrorist act by a group of persons by prior conspiracy, resulting in significant damage. According to the Russian investigation, in August 2024, Ogarenko, Komarov, Safronov and Mazur, as part of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on armored personnel carriers, illegally invaded the territory of the Sudzhansky and Belovsky districts of the Kursk region. Ogarenko and Komarov advanced to the villages of Giry and Kamyshnoye to block them. Safronov and Mazur headed to the village of Spalnoe. While on Russian territory, the military personnel "equipped observation and fire positions, mined roads, opened fire on Russian military personnel and local residents, as well as intimidated civilians and hindered their evacuation." "On April 22, 2025, the 2nd Western Military Court found the defendants guilty and sentenced Sergey Safronov and Dmitry Ogaranko to 15 years of imprisonment each, and Yaroslav Mazur and Kirill Komarov to 16 years of imprisonment." "For the first 3 years they must serve in prison, and the remaining part of the sentence - in a strict regime correctional colony. The verdict was not appealed and entered into legal force.
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