Personal Information
- Birth date
- 1 апр. 1997 г. (29 years old)
- Special circumstances
- Ukrainian citizen, military servicemember
- Notes
- Participant in combat operations in Donbas before the start of the SVO. Special purpose unit "Azov" "Radioman of the artillery reconnaissance section of the platoon of the division of the howitzer artillery division."
Ruchka Vladislav Eduardovich (Ruchka Vladislav Eduardovich)
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, Art. 205.4 CC RF Part 2, Art. 205.3 CC RF
- Sentence:
- 24 года строгого режима,
- Estimated release date:
- 14 мар. 2046 г.
- Case categories:
- War-related, Occupied territories, POWs, Azov, War-related, Occupied territories, POWs, Azov
- Rosfinmonitoring status:
- Added 15 окт. 2025 г.
Case Description
In Mariupol, occupied Donetsk region, no later than March 2022, Ukrainian citizens, servicemen of the Ukrainian National Guard, senior soldiers of military unit 3057 of the NG "Azov" Regiment - 22-year-old Dmitry Ignatenko and 24-year-olds Vladislav Ruchka and Andrey Yaroshinsky - were taken prisoner by Russian military. Criminal cases were opened against them on charges of cruel treatment of the civilian population, use of means and methods prohibited by an international treaty of the Russian Federation in an armed conflict, 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, Ruchka, Yaroshinsky, Ignatenko, as well as Andrey Barsky and Yuri Dmitriev (whose cases were separated into a separate proceeding), while carrying out an illegal order from their command, fired at least 200 mortar rounds at a grain storage facility where peaceful citizens were located. As a result of these actions, a man who was not participating in the armed conflict received fatal injuries. On April 16, 2025, the Supreme Court of the Donetsk People's Republic found the defendants guilty and sentenced Vladislav Ruchka to 24 years imprisonment, Andrey Yaroshinsky to 24 years, and Dmitry Ignatenko to 23 years and 9 months, to be served in a strict regime penal colony. The verdict was not appealed and entered into legal force. Previously, the court sentenced Yuri Dmitriev in absentia to 24.5 years imprisonment and Andrey Barsky to 24 years in a strict regime penal colony. They were placed on international wanted lists. A criminal case was also opened against Vladislav Ruchka on charges of 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 Ukrainian Armed Forces' nationalist "Azov" battalion, which has been recognized as terrorist in Russia.
Contact Information
Mailing Address
Ручка Владислав Эдуардович (Ручка Владислав Едуардович), 1 апреля 1997 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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