was detained as part of a criminal case that the KGB opened on the fact of an “attempt to commit an act of terrorism” in Machulishchi.
The main defendant in the case and, as the official bodies and propagandists claimed, the perpetrator of the sabotage, Nikolai Shvets, was released in June in a prisoner exchange with Ukraine. But despite this, the case is still on trial and his accomplices in Belarus face long prison terms. Shvets himself is also being tried in absentia.
Andrey Stepurko is 33 years old. The man graduated from the Radio Engineering College, and then «MITSO» International University. He worked as a software engineer in a polyclinic, a computer assembler, a computer operator, a sales consultant. It is known that he is fond of practical shooting, engaged in laser tag and other types of shooting games.
As far as we know, the man was detained in the case of the explosion of the plane in Machulishchi. He allegedly found an apartment for the alleged perpetrator of the sabotage in Machulishchi Nikolai Shvets.
Stepurko's parents and his brother were also detained.
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47 year old Oleg was born in Krasnoyarsk, but in 2000 he moved to Belarus and has already received citizenship.
In the film on the ONT TV channel, they showed how the Ukrainian terrorist Nikolai Shvets was detained on March 4 at Oleg's house in the «Berezovaya Roshcha» garden association in the village of Chertyazh (Borovlyansky Village Council).
Sychev with his wife Nastya Pilko was detained by law enforcement officers on March 3 in the same house.
According to human rights activists, both of them are now in the pre-trial detention center of the State Security Committee.
The detained couple has two juvenile children who are now with their grandmother.
Dmitry Mostovoy is 45 years old. He is a resident of Sinitsa, studied at the Polytechnic College in Minsk, a professional programmer.
He was detained during the protests in October 2020, and he was sentenced to several days of arrest.
Dmitry was detained in early March 2023. In the film «Gaspar did not get in touch» on the ONT TV channel, released on April 05, 2023. It was said in the film that Dmitry offered the telegram chat «Belarusian Gayun» to merge information about the airfield in Machulishchi: he set up an online broadcast from a computer, where all the actions taking place at the airfield for two weeks without a break were shown.
Now the man is in jail on charges of treason to the state and facilitation extremist activities.
10 years in prison.
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Detained together with his wife in the case of sabotage in Machulishchi.
Human rights activists received information that on March 3, Maxim Lopatin was detained by employees of the State Security Committee in the case of sabotage in Machulishchi. The man is being held in the pre-trial detention center of the State Security Committee.
Lopatin was severely beaten during the arrest. A film was released on ONT, which tells about some high-profile detentions, including the mention of Maxim. Allegedly his friend is a psychotherapist Evgenia Tochinskaya, who lives in Poland, asked to bring a Ukrainian agent Shvets from Stolin to the Lagoy highway on February 27.
The video shows that the man has dentures on his jaw, which may mean that it was broken. After splinting, there should be a serious stage of rehabilitation with eating and drinking water through a tube.
On March 23, Maxim's wife, Lyudmila Lopatina, was also detained.
The couple has two juvenile children.
On the morning of February 26, 2023, explosions occurred at the Machulishchi airfield near a Russian long-range reconnaissance aircraft DRLV A-50, it was blown up in two places. It was used to guide Russian missiles to targets in Ukraine. It was reported that the aircraft is currently undergoing repairs at the 325th aircraft repair plant, which is part of the Beriev Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex in Russia.
The main defendant in the case and, as official bodies and propagandists claimed , the perpetrator of the sabotage, Nikolai Shvets, was released in June in a prisoner exchange with Ukraine.
Nikolai Shvets, Alexander Azarov, Alla Yatsuta, Vitaly Yakutik, Evgenia Tochitskaya, Mikhail Demin and Sergei Loparov were tried in absentia.
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On the morning of February 26, 2023, in the vicinity of the military airfield of the 50th mixed base of the Belarusian Air Force in Machulishchi (Minsk region), local residents heard several explosions. According to BYPOL, they were the result of an attack by a drone of "Belarusian partisans" on a Russian military airborne early warning and control aircraft (AEW&C) A-50. On March 7, 2023, Lukashenko confirmed the information that the aircraft was in Russia, as well as the fact of the attack in Machulishchi. On the same day , the authorities reported that a Ukrainian citizen, Nikolai Shvets, was detained in this case, as alleged, and was named as the perpetrator of the sabotage. Later, state TV channels released an "investigation" about him. Before the sabotage, the man lived in Minsk for a month. At the end of June 2024, Minsk handed over Nikolai Shvets to Ukraine, who was accused of blowing up a military aircraft in the village of Machulishchi.
On the morning of February 26, 2023, explosions occurred at the Russian long-range reconnaissance aircraft DRLV A-50 at the Machulishchi airfield, it was blown up in two places. It was used to guide Russian missiles to targets in Ukraine. It was reported that the aircraft is currently undergoing repairs at the 325th aircraft repair plant, which is part of the Beriev Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex in Russia.
The main defendant in the case and, as official bodies and propagandists claimed , the perpetrator of the sabotage, Nikolai Shvets, was released in June in a prisoner exchange with Ukraine.
Nikolai Shvets, Alexander Azarov, Alla Yatsuta , Vitaly Yakutik, Evgenia Tochitskaya, Mikhail Demin and Sergei Loparov were tried in absentia.
On the morning of February 26, 2023, explosions occurred at the Machulishchi airfield near a Russian long-range reconnaissance aircraft DRLV A-50, it was blown up in two places. It was used to guide Russian missiles to targets in Ukraine. It was reported that the aircraft is currently undergoing repairs at the 325th aircraft repair plant, which is part of the Beriev Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex in Russia.
The main defendant in the case and, as official bodies and propagandists claimed , the perpetrator of the sabotage, Nikolai Shvets, was released in June in a prisoner exchange with Ukraine.
Nikolai Shvets, Alexander Azarov, Alla Yatsuta, Vitaly Yakutik, Evgenia Tochitskaya, Mikhail Demin and Sergei Loparev were tried in absentia.
On the morning of February 26, 2023, explosions occurred at the Russian long-range reconnaissance aircraft DRLV A-50 at the Machulishchi airfield, it was blown up in two places. It was used to guide Russian missiles to targets in Ukraine. It was reported that the aircraft is currently undergoing repairs at the 325th aircraft repair plant, which is part of the Beriev Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex in Russia.
The main defendant in the case and, as official bodies and propagandists claimed , the perpetrator of the sabotage, Nikolai Shvets, was released in June in a prisoner exchange with Ukraine.
Nikolai Shvets, Alexander Azarov, Alla Yatsuta, Vitaly Yakutik, Evgenia Tochitskaya, Mikhail Demin and Sergei Loparov were tried in absentia.
On the morning of February 26, 2023, explosions occurred at the Machulishchi airfield near a Russian long-range reconnaissance aircraft DRLV A-50, it was blown up in two places. It was used to guide Russian missiles to targets in Ukraine. It was reported that the aircraft is currently undergoing repairs at the 325th aircraft repair plant, which is part of the Beriev Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex in Russia.
The main defendant in the case and, as official bodies and propagandists claimed , the perpetrator of the sabotage, Nikolai Shvets, was released in June in a prisoner exchange with Ukraine.
Nikolai Shvets, Alexander Azarov, Alla Yatsuta, Vitaly Yakutik, Evgenia Tochitskaya , Mikhail Demin and Sergei Loparov were tried in absentia.
A person involved in a criminal case that the KGB opened on the fact of an “attempt to commit an act of terrorism” in Machulishchi. It is known that he is the brother of Andrei Stepurko, through whom they allegedly found an apartment for the alleged sabotage artist Nikolai Shvets. He was accused under Art. 289 (act of terrorism) of the Criminal Code.
In December 2023, he was released and is under signature as a witness.
A defendant in a criminal case that the KGB opened on the fact of an “attempt to commit an act of terrorism” in Machulishchi. Allegedly, they found her apartment, which was rented to the alleged perpetrator of “sabotage” Nikolai Shvets. She was detained together with her husband Alexander Kuchinsky. She was accused under Art . 289 (act of terrorism) of the Criminal Code.
A person involved in a criminal case that the KGB opened on the fact of an “attempt to commit an act of terrorism” in Machulishchi. Allegedly, his wife Larisa had an apartment that was rented to the alleged perpetrator of the sabotage, Nikolai Shvets. Detained along with his wife. He was accused of fasting. 289 (act of terrorism) of the Criminal Code.
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41 year old Anastasia has worked a lot of places, but the last known place of work is the director of the printing house of LLC «Electronic Agent».
The film on the ONT TV channel showed how the Ukrainian terrorist Nikolai Shvets was detained on March 4 in the house of Nastya and her husband Oleg Sychev in the garden association «Berezovaya Roshcha» in the village of Chertyazh (Borovlyansky Village Council).
Nastya and her husband were detained by law enforcement officers on March 3 in the same house.
According to human rights activists, both of them are now in the pre-trial detention center of the State Security Committee.
The detained couple has two juvenile children who are now with their grandmother.