Sergey Shchepkiv

Ukrainian serviceman. In the spring of 2022, he was captured in Mariupol. On 18 March 2024, a court in the occupied part of the Donetsk region of Ukraine sentenced him to 26 or 27 years in a high-security colony on charges of attempted murder, conducting prohibited methods of warfare and damage to property: according to the investigation, he and other Ukrainian servicemen shelled residential houses and civilian infrastructure on the outskirts of Mariupol. On 18 March 2024, Shchepkiv was sentenced to a long term in a strict regime colony. In addition, a case was brought against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion. In September 2025, the case went to court. On 4 March 2026, he was sentenced in this case, taking into account the previous sentence, to 29 years in a strict regime colony.