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Sergey Solomko
Former security officials
Imprisoned
Biography
He served in the special forces of the Interior Ministry of Ukraine and headed a battalion based in Crimea. He took part in the suppression of the Maidan protests in 2013. After the occupation of Crimea, he began serving in the Russian Interior Ministry, then in the navy; he was the commander of a boat division in a training unit in Buryatia, then served in a Murmansk military unit. Later he resigned. In autumn 2024, Solomko was taken into custody on charges of attempted purchase of explosives. He was later accused of clandestine cooperation with foreign nationals. In June 2025,
He served in the special forces of the Interior Ministry of Ukraine and headed a battalion based in Crimea. He took part in the suppression of the Maidan protests in 2013. After the occupation of Crimea, he began serving in the Russian Interior Ministry, then in the navy; he was the commander of a boat division in a training unit in Buryatia, then served in a Murmansk military unit. Later he resigned. In autumn 2024, Solomko was taken into custody on charges of attempted purchase of explosives. He was later accused of clandestine cooperation with foreign nationals. In June 2025, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office because it saw grounds for a more serious reclassification of the second charge. Later, Solomko's charge was reclassified as treason. On 12 February 2026, he was sentenced to 20 years in a strict regime colony.