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Vasilii Lomakin
Military
1981-04-07
Imprisoned
Biography
Ukrainian serviceman. According to the "War Tears" project, after being captured in the summer of 2022 he was held at a former penal colony in Olenivka, in Russian-occupied Donetsk Oblast, and was injured in an explosion that killed at least 53 Ukrainian prisoners of war.
He was then reportedly held in a specially created POW camp on the grounds of a penal colony in Udarny, a region in central Russia. Former detainees later told journalists that Ukrainians there were subjected to systematic and severe torture.
A criminal case was opened against Lomakin for participating in a terrorist group, allegedly linked to the
Ukrainian serviceman. According to the "War Tears" project, after being captured in the summer of 2022 he was held at a former penal colony in Olenivka, in Russian-occupied Donetsk Oblast, and was injured in an explosion that killed at least 53 Ukrainian prisoners of war.
He was then reportedly held in a specially created POW camp on the grounds of a penal colony in Udarny, a region in central Russia. Former detainees later told journalists that Ukrainians there were subjected to systematic and severe torture.
A criminal case was opened against Lomakin for participating in a terrorist group, allegedly linked to the "Azov" Battalion. On 4 February 2026, he was sentenced; further details are unknown.