Trachuk Vadim Viktorovich (Trachuk Vadim Viktorovich)

On April 16, 2023, in Enerhodar, in the occupied Zaporizhzhia region, 39-year-old Vadim Trachuk, a driver in the transport workshop of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and a citizen of Ukraine, was detained. During a search of his apartment, medical gloves, a bag with a plastic substance, four magazines from an AK-47 and cartridges were allegedly found. Trachuk was accused of committing an act of international terrorism, participating in a terrorist community, attempting a terrorist act, undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities, and illegally manufacturing and trafficking in explosives and explosive devices. According to the Russian security forces, Trachuk, on behalf of the SBU, on May 22, 2022, in the entrance of house 38 on Kurchatova Street, attempted to assassinate the head of the occupation administration of Energodar, Andrey Shevchik, and also prepared a terrorist attack at house 7 on Kashtanova Street in Energodar. Trachuk was also accused of preparing another assassination attempt - on the deputy director for personnel of the Zaporizhzhia NPP. According to Trachuk's relatives, he was kidnapped right from the street by people in uniform, and he was held incommunicado for a long time. On June 3, 2025, the Southern Military District Court found Vadim Trachuk guilty and sentenced him to 25 years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. He must spend the first 5 years in prison, the rest in a strict regime colony. The court also imposed a fine of 700 thousand on him. rubles.