The defender of Donetsk airport "Bars" became another victim of the arbitrariness of law enforcement officers and Art. 263 of the Criminal Code (illegal handling of weapons). He was sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment already a year after his death at the front. 

Since 2014, Valery Krasnyan was a fighter of "Aidar" and the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps. He became a "cyborg", from which a wax figure was cast for a museum exhibition in Kyiv.

Stormtrooper, scout. Knight of the Order of Danylo Halytskyi. People's Hero of Ukraine.

📌 The "Bars" case concerns his social activities in 2016 in his native village of Hlyboka, Chernivtsi region. It was then that Krasnian was charged with the crimes of hooliganism and possession of a weapon, because three shell casings were found, but not the weapon itself. The investigation was on the spot for a long time. Considering the urgent need for the protection of the state, "Bars" asked to volunteer for the war from under house arrest - he fought in the UDA of Dmytro Yarosh, and then in the 107th separate brigade of ground defense.

The proceedings dragged on for several years. Despite the death of "Bars" on November 23, 2022 due to the detonation of an SUV with a mine in the Kharkiv region, on March 5, 2024, the Hertsaiv district court still found him guilty.

Read more about it at Ukrainian truth.


On May 22, 2024, the Chernivtsi Court of Appeal acquitted the convicted and deceased defense attorney Valery Krasnyan. The court satisfied the complaints of Barsa's defense and the petition of the Head of the Chernivtsi Regional Prosecutor's Office — annulled the sentence that convicted the cyborg and closed the criminal proceedings due to the lack of a crime.

Gratitude and respect to the judges Kyfluk Volodymyr Fedorovych, members of the Marchak collegium Vitaly Yaroslavovych, Stankovska Halyna Adolfivna, who showed a fair position and made a worthy decision regarding the Ukrainian soldier.

For almost one and a half years since the death of Valery Krasnyan, it was possible not only to protect his honest name. Bars chose for all of us the right to detain a person who commits illegal acts. Such a court decision regarding the right of citizens to detain criminals has already entered into force since the announcement.