Semion Zabairachnyi

Served in the Ukrainian Aidar battalion, drone operator. Captured in the spring of 2022, he was in the occupied territory of Donetsk region of Ukraine. He was forced to star in a propaganda video. He was charged under a number of articles of the Criminal Code of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic: the investigation considered him one of the organisers of the activities of a terrorist organisation. After the Russian Federation declared the DNR part of its territory, the charges were reclassified in accordance with the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation: Zabayrachny was accused of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation, forcible seizure 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 for actually participating in hostilities, and in addition, consider the charges absurd. On 17 October 2025, Zabayrachny was sentenced to 20 years in a strict regime colony.