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Nina Bondarenko
Cooks
1984-03-11
Не в России
Rostov-on-Don
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From 2020 to 17 March 2022, she served in the Ukrainian special purpose regiment "Azov" as a cook with the military rank of soldier. She was captured on 17 March 2022 during fighting in Mariupol. She was accused of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and violent seizure and retention of power. Human rights activists noted that she was a prisoner of war and therefore should not have been held criminally liable for participation in hostilities. In addition, they consider the charges absurd.
On 13 September 2024, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Bondarenko had been returned to Ukraine
From 2020 to 17 March 2022, she served in the Ukrainian special purpose regiment "Azov" as a cook with the military rank of soldier. She was captured on 17 March 2022 during fighting in Mariupol. She was accused of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and violent seizure and retention of power. Human rights activists noted that she was a prisoner of war and therefore should not have been held criminally liable for participation in hostilities. In addition, they consider the charges absurd.
On 13 September 2024, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Bondarenko had been returned to Ukraine as part of an exchange. On 26 March 2025, she was sentenced in absentia to 13 years in prison.
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