The Crimean Bridge Bombing Case and Punishment of Those Responsible

Defendants

8 persons charged in the Crimean Bridge bombing case. All defendants pleaded not guilty throughout the investigation and trial; the defense maintains that no direct evidence of guilt was presented. The Southern District Military Court verdict of November 27, 2025 sentenced all eight to life imprisonment.

Court verdict

All 8 — life imprisonment

Defense position

All pleaded not guilty

Solomko R.I.

Украина / Молдова

director of LLC "APK GRIN Layn"

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Coordinating arrival of the IED at the LLC "Agro-business" base in Armavir.

Terchanyan A.K.

Армения

officially unemployed

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Smuggling the IED from Georgia via Armenia into Russia.

Zlob V.V.

Украина

officially unemployed

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Transmitting information about the IED cargo arrival; coordinating Antipov and Bylin.

Azatyan A.S.

РФ

lawyer of LLC "Agro-business"

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Organising unloading and storage of the IED at the LLC "Agro-business" base.

Azatyan G.S.

РФ

general director of LLC "Agro-business"

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Jointly with his brother — unloading, storage and reloading of the IED.

Bylin A.G.

РФ

general director of LLC "EXTRA"

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Arranging a new truck for the IED transportation via Antipov.

Antipov O.A.

РФ

director of LLC "TEK-34"

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Placing the freight order via his company; arranging an unaware driver.

Tyazhelykh D.V.

РФ

individual entrepreneur

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Providing a SIM card via the OnlineSim service, used for ~20 minutes to register a Telegram account.