Based on the evidence collected by the Security Service of Ukraine, nine individuals who fought against Ukraine’s Defence Forces in the Donetsk region have been sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment and confiscation of property.

The perpetrators have been identified as members of armed groups belonging to russia’s Southern military district. They attacked Ukrainian Armed Forces positions on the eastern front.

The militants were captured by Ukrainian defenders between December 2025 and July 2026 during fighting in the Kramatorsk, Pokrovsk and Lyman sectors.

One of them is a Kerch resident who signed a contract with the russian ministry of defence while in Samara and joined the 110th separate motorised rifle brigade.

Following a brief training period at the Ilovaisk training ground, he was deployed as part of a russian assault group to attack Ukrainian positions near Bilytske, where he was later captured.

Four other men, who are residents of the temporarily occupied part of the Donetsk region, joined russia’s 4th, 114th and 132nd separate motorised rifle brigades at various times.

Three of them served as riflemen and one served as a driver in these units. The militants attacked Ukrainian Armed Forces strongholds near Volnovakha and Pokrovsk.

Two residents of the Luhansk region were also sentenced for signing contracts to serve in the ruscist 7th and 88th motorised rifle brigades. One of the men was assigned as a rifleman and the other as a sapper.

The perpetrators initially fought in the Siversk area. They were subsequently redeployed to the Kramatorsk sector to storm Ukrainian defences.

Two more traitors from the temporarily occupied areas of the Zaporizhzhia region served as riflemen in russia’s 488th motorised rifle regiment and 90th separate motorised rifle brigade, attacking Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in the Lyman sector.

Based on evidence, the accused were found guilty under two Articles of the CCU:

• 111.1, 111.2 (high treason);
• 111-1.7 (collaboration).

The investigation was carried out jointly with investigators of the SSU Office in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions under the procedural supervision of the Donetsk Regional Prosecutor’s Office.