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Lilia Pavrianidis
Cooks
1994-12-16
Not in Russia
Rostov-on-Don
Biography
From 2020 to March 2022, she served in the Ukrainian special-purpose regiment "Azov" as a cook with the military rank of senior soldier. She was captured on 17 March 2022 during the battle for Mariupol. She was accused of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and violent seizure and retention of power. Human rights activists note that she is a prisoner of war, so she should not have been held criminally liable for participation in military actions, and in addition, consider her charges absurd.
On 13 September 2024, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Pavrianidis had been returned to
From 2020 to March 2022, she served in the Ukrainian special-purpose regiment "Azov" as a cook with the military rank of senior soldier. She was captured on 17 March 2022 during the battle for Mariupol. She was accused of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and violent seizure and retention of power. Human rights activists note that she is a prisoner of war, so she should not have been held criminally liable for participation in military actions, and in addition, consider her charges absurd.
On 13 September 2024, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Pavrianidis had been returned to Ukraine as part of an exchange. On 26 March 2025, she was sentenced in absentia to 13 years in prison.