{"id":1519,"date":"2026-01-07T13:42:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T11:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pravotvorets.info\/?p=1519"},"modified":"2026-01-07T13:42:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T11:42:48","slug":"news_vs_z","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pravotvorets.info\/en\/news\/news_vs_z\/","title":{"rendered":"The Supreme Court supported the position of the State Medical Service regarding the \u201cexpulsion\u201d of a veteran and defender of the Donetsk airport\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

On December 29, 2025, a panel of judges (Ukhanenko S.A., Kashpur O.V., Sokolov V.M.) of the Cassation Administrative Court made a decision that could become a fatal precedent for hundreds of foreign volunteers defending Ukraine. The court actually legitimized the deprivation of the legal residence status of Leonid Chemodanov (call sign "Zelony"), the defender of the Donetsk airport, based on bureaucratic formalism and dubious data from the aggressor country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Supreme Court sided with the State Migration Service (SMS), overturning the decisions of the courts of first and appellate instances that had previously protected the volunteer. The panel of judges recognized information from the so-called \u201claw enforcement officers\u201d of the Russian Federation as \u201csufficient grounds\u201d for repressions against the veteran. This is despite the official position of the SBU, which confirms that deporting Chemodanov to Russia is a direct ticket to a torture chamber or extrajudicial execution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The panel, which ignored the soldier's contribution to national security and the threat to his life, included the following judges:
\u2014 Ukhanenko Serhiy Anatoliyovych<\/a> (Chairman) \u2014 previously received a negative opinion from the Public Integrity Council (PIC), which mentioned issues regarding his family's income and compliance with integrity criteria. Elected to the Supreme Court in 2019.
\u2014 Kashpur Olga Valeriyevna<\/a> \u2014 elected to the Supreme Court in 2019.
\u2014 Sokolov Volodymyr Mykolayovych<\/a> \u2014 previously received a negative opinion from the Public Integrity Council. Elected to the Supreme Court in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In its decision, the Court recognized that data from the Russian Federation's registers is a weighty argument for Ukrainian justice during a full-scale war. \u201cYour feat will not protect you from the Ukrainian bureaucracy, which feeds on Russian registers.\u201d \u2014 this is the signal that Themis is sending today to volunteers defending Ukraine.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leonid Chemodanov<\/a> came to Ukraine more than 15 years ago, having renounced Russian citizenship. Since 2014, he has been defending Ukraine with weapons in his hands as part of the Right Sector State Unitary Enterprise, in particular in the hottest spots of the ATO and at the Donetsk airport. Despite his status as a combatant, the State Migration Service (SMS) canceled his residence permit. The reason was information from the National Police, which, in turn, used data from Russian registers that Leonid was allegedly another person wanted by the Russian Federation for \u201ccriminal crimes.\u201d \u201cZelony\u201d continues to volunteer for the army, and his main fight is for the right to reside in the country for which he risked his life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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