Published on 13 October 2025
FIFTH SECTION
Application no. 17128/25
Yaroslav Mykolayovych ZAYIKA against Ukraine
and 20 other applications
(see list appended)
communicated on 24 September 2025
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASES
The applicants, all life prisoners, have been held in three different pre-trial and post-conviction detention facilities throughout Ukraine. They complain under Article 2 of the Convention about the lack of or restricted access to an air-raid shelter in detention facilities, which, in the circumstances of the ongoing war in Ukraine and in view of the possible shelling, puts their lives in danger. The applicants also complain under Article 13 of the Convention about the absence of an effective domestic remedy in relation to the above complaints.
QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES
1. Has the applicants’ right to life, ensured by Article 2 of the Convention, been put in danger in the present case? In particular, have the Government taken appropriate steps to safeguard the applicants’ lives?
2. Did the applicants have at their disposal an effective domestic remedy for their complaints under Article 2 of the Convention, as required by its Article 13?
APPENDIX
No.
Application no.
Case name
Lodged on
Applicant
Year of Birth
Nationality
Represented by
Detention Facility
Period of Detention
1.
17128/25
Zayika v. Ukraine
20/05/2025
Yaroslav Mykolayovych ZAYIKA
1983
Ukrainian
Olena Oleksandrivna NAZARENKO
Romny Detention Facility No. 56
17/11/2004 – pending
2.
17811/25
Lisovenko v. Ukraine
29/05/2025
Oleg
Vasylyovych LISOVENKO
1973
Ukrainian
Romny Detention Facility No. 56
04/10/2004 – pending
3.
17889/25
Khukalenko v. Ukraine
02/06/2025
Sergey
Petrovich KHUKALENKO
1971
Ukrainian
Romny Detention Facility No. 56
04/03/2009 – pending
4.
18004/25
Didenko v. Ukraine
02/06/2025
Viktor
Viktorovych DIDENKO
1973
Ukrainian
Romny Detention Facility No. 56
14/05/2009 – pending
5.
18035/25
Meya v. Ukraine
02/06/2025
Oleksandr Oleksandrovych MEYA
1981
Ukrainian
Romny Detention Facility No. 56
04/09/2010 – pending
6.
18040/25
Reuka v. Ukraine
03/06/2025
Yuriy Volodymyrovych REUKA
1969
Ukrainian
Zamkova Detention Facility No. 58
13/08/2006 – pending
7.
18060/25
Lys v. Ukraine
03/06/2025
Anatoliy
Vitaliyovych LYS
1965
Ukrainian
Romny Detention Facility No. 56
08/08/2023 – pending
8.
18078/25
Matyushchenko v. Ukraine
03/06/2025
Sergiy
Anatoliyevych MATYUSHCHENKO
1984
Russian
Romny Detention Facility No. 56
02/12/2011 – pending
9.
18085/25
Shpilchyn v. Ukraine
03/06/2025
Yuriy
Oleksiyovych SHPILCHYN
1958
Ukrainian
Romny Detention Facility No. 56
24/03/2009 – pending
10.
18088/25
Bredinevskyy v. Ukraine
02/06/2025
Volodymyr Georgiyovych BREDINEVSKYY
1974
Ukrainian
Romny Detention Facility No. 56
14/02/2010 – pending
11.
18090/25
Deyneka v. Ukraine
03/06/2025
Petro
Pavlovych
DEYNEKA
1967
Ukrainian
Romny Detention Facility No. 56
20/10/2021 – pending
12.
18163/25
Volonsevych v. Ukraine
03/06/2025
Yan
Yosypovych VOLONSEVYCH
1981
Ukrainian
Romny Detention Facility No. 56
01/01/2002 – pending
13.
18203/25
Ripka v. Ukraine
05/06/2025
Valeriy
Mykolayovych RIPKA
1974
Ukrainian
Romny Detention Facility No. 56
24/09/2016 – pending
14.
18246/25
Russu v. Ukraine
02/06/2025
Denys Oleksandrovych RUSSU
1984
Ukrainian
Romny Detention Facility No. 56
14/08/2009 – pending
15.
18252/25
Smirnov v. Ukraine
03/06/2025
Vitaliy Gennadiyovych SMIRNOV
1978
Ukrainian
Zamkova Detention Facility No. 58
25/12/2005 – pending
16.
18318/25
Morozov v. Ukraine
05/06/2025
Yevgen
Viktorovych MOROZOV
1992
Ukrainian
Cherkasy Pre-Trial Detention Facility
05/09/2024 – pending
17.
18487/25
Ponomarenko v. Ukraine
05/06/2025
Bogdan
Vasylyovych PONOMARENKO
1973
Ukrainian
Romny Detention Facility No. 56
02/01/2007 – pending
18.
18801/25
Lyebyedyev v. Ukraine
05/06/2025
Oleksandr Sergiyovych LYEBYEDYEV
1975
Ukrainian
Cherkasy Pre-Trial Detention Facility
13/03/2020 – pending
19.
18810/25
Zagreba v. Ukraine
03/06/2025
Ruslan
Vasylyovych ZAGREBA
1975
Ukrainian
Zamkova Detention Facility No. 58
18/04/2012 – pending
20.
18842/25
Kholodovskyy v. Ukraine
05/06/2025
Pavlo
Yuriyovych KHOLODOVSKYY
1980
Ukrainian
Romny Detention Facility No. 56
01/01/2009 – pending
21.
18945/25
Koval v. Ukraine
05/06/2025
Igor
Oleksandrovych KOVAL
1962
Ukrainian
Romny Detention Facility No. 56
04/07/2005 – pending