Ukrainian pardoned and deported after two years in Shklov colony mobilized to the front
Oleksandr Katovich was conscripted into the army on February 19.
Oleksandr Katovich before the Belarusian colony
Odesa resident Oleksandr Katovich, who spent more than two years in the Shklov colony due to critical comments against the Belarusian authorities, was mobilized to the front in his homeland, reports "Euroradio".
Law enforcement officers accused Oleksandr of creating the "Belarus za MKADam" (Belarus beyond the Moscow Ring Road) channel. But this is not true — he only wrote comments in its chat. The man was released and exchanged with other Ukrainian citizens in November 2025.
Katovich said that he was conscripted into the army on February 19. This means that he has not yet received the status of a victim of political persecution by the aggressor country from the Ukrainian authorities.
This status grants Ukrainian citizens the right to medical rehabilitation and an official deferral from military service. Katovich explained that he did not have time to submit a request, and now his case is being handled by a lawyer.
Ukrainian human rights activist **Volodymyr Yavorsky** previously explained to "Euroradio" that the situation with recognizing the status of civilians who were in Belarusian captivity or in Belarusian places of detention is quite complex and ambiguous.
"In addition, obtaining the status is directly related to the concept of an 'aggressor state.' Currently, only the Russian Federation is officially recognized as such. Belarus is formally not included in this list."
Nevertheless, in practice, there have already been cases where people released from detention facilities in Belarus were still granted the appropriate status.
"This is a systemic problem related to the fact that the mechanism for the commission's work was developed before the full-scale invasion and was not designed for the current scale," Yavorsky emphasized.
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Все, кто прошёл лукашистские тюрьмы, знают это.
О чем думал, когда , будучи гражданином Украины и живя в стране-союзнице России, привлекал к себе внимание?
В Беларуси хватали даже без причин граждан Украины, приписывая им шпионаж, а тут сам напросился