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Maksim Drabnica

Maksim Drabnica, a resident of Svetlahorsk, was sentenced to eight years in a high-security colony. He was accused of joining the 'Peramoha' extremist formation and allegedly planning to sabotage a railway. He is also included in the terrorist list.

LAST UPDATED · MAY 26, 2026

Svetlahorsk, Homel region

Protest

Dzmitryi Ravich

Dzmitryi Ravich is a resident of Svetlahorsk who was arrested for his involvement in the 'railway partisans' actions. He was accused of sabotaging railway signaling equipment near Zherd' station on the fourth day of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. He received a 22-year sentence in a high-security penal colony and is listed as a terrorist and extremist.

LAST UPDATED · MAY 26, 2026

Convicted