Liudmyla Tiagnyriadno
Human rights defender Maksym Butkevych celebrates his third birthday in Russian captivity
On July 16, 2024, Ukrainian human rights defender and member of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Maksym Butkevych turned 47. He was celebrating his third birthday in a Russian prison because of a trumped-up criminal case in which a court in occupied Luhansk sentenced him to 13 years in prison. The human rights defender was accused of firing a grenade launcher at a high-rise building in Sievierodonetsk, Luhansk region, and injuring two civilians.