Alexander Merochenets

From 2018 to 25 March 2022, he served in the Ukrainian regiment "Azov" as a commander of the grenade launcher section. He was detained on 13 April 2022 in Mariupol. He was accused of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation, forcible seizure and retention of power and receiving training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities. Human rights activists note that he is a prisoner of war, so he should not have been held criminally liable actually for participation in hostilities, and in addition, consider the charges absurd. On 26 March 2025, Merochenets was sentenced to 22 years in a strict regime colony.