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| name = Vita Zaverukha |
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| native_name = {{lang-uk|Вікторія Ігорівна Заверуха}} |
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|06|10|df=y}} |
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| birth_place = [[Vinnytsia]], [[Ukraine]] |
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| birth_name = Victoria Ihorivna Zaverukha |
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| allegiance = {{UKR}}<br>[[File:UNSO-flag.svg|22px]] [[UNA-UNSO]]<br>[[File:Flag of Right Sector.svg|22px]] [[Right Sector]]<br>[[File:Aidar battalion patch.png|22px]] [[Aidar Battalion|Aidar]]<br>[[File:AZOV logo.svg|22px]] [[Azov Regiment|Azov]] |
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| serviceyears = May 2014 – 2 May 2015;<br>February 2022 – present |
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| known_for = Ukrainian Joan of Arc, Lady Genocide, Nazist Terror Pussy Riot, Vitaminka |
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| battles = {{tree list}} |
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* [[Russo-Ukrainian War]] |
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** [[War in Donbas (2014–2022)|War in Donbas]] |
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*** [[Schastia|Battle of Shchastia]] |
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*** [[Shyrokyne standoff]] |
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** [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]] |
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*** [[Northeastern Ukraine campaign]] |
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**** [[Battle of Kyiv (2022)|Battle of Kyiv]] |
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| awards = Medal "For sacrifice and love for Ukraine" |
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| relations = [[Andriy Biletsky]], [[Nadiya Savchenko]], [[Dmytro Korchynsky]] |
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| signature = Vita-Zaverukha-sign.png |
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'''Victoria Ihorivna Zaverukha''' ({{lang-uk|Вікторія Ігорівна Заверуха}}'''),''' better known as '''Vita Zaverukha''' (born 10 June 1996, [[Vinnytsia]], [[Ukraine]]) is a Ukrainian [[Neo-Nazism#Ukraine|neo-Nazi]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-12-31 |title=Les excuses de ELLE pour son interview d'une néo-nazie ukrainienne |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/actualites/article/le-magazine-elle-s-excuse-pour-la-polemique-apres-son-interview-d-une-jeune-neo-nazie_55910.html |access-date=2022-11-22 |website=Le HuffPost |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Toronto Orchestra Drops Pianist Over Tweets About Ukraine |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/09/world/americas/toronto-orchestra-drops-pianist-over-tweets-about-ukraine.html}}</ref> political activist, ex-serviceman of the 24th separate assault battalion ([[Aidar Battalion|Aidar]]), member of a criminal group. |
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She participated in the [[War in Donbas (2014–2022)|war in Donbas]] on the side of the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine|Ukrainian Armed Forces]] since May 2014, as well as in an [[2014 Odesa clashes|attack on opponents of Euromaidan in the Odessa Trade Unions House]] on May 2, 2014, as an activist of the [[Right Sector]]. She is widely known for her open sympathies for radical nationalist ideas, calls for the destruction of [[Russian language in Ukraine|Russian-speaking citizens of Ukraine]].<ref name="insurgentwomen">{{Cite book |title=Insurgent Women: Female Combatants in Civil Wars |last=Trisko Darden |first=Jessica |isbn=1626166668 |url=https://books.google.it/books?hl=it&lr=&id=tzmDDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=Vita+Zaverukha&ots=8Bxwa4VZML&sig=adRh-BU124Hd3niB9fiphhtNzzc&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Vita%20Zaverukha&f=false |last2=Alexis |first2=Henshaw |last3=Ora |first3=Szekely}}</ref> The fact of the shelling of residential sectors of the village of [[Shyrokyne|Shyrokine]] by Zaverukha from a hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher was captured on video and made public on the Internet. |
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On May 4, 2015, she was detained in [[Kyiv]] on charges of shooting traffic police inspectors at the Bykivnia post, in 2014, robbing a gas station in the [[Desnianskyi District, Kyiv|Desnianskyi District]] of [[Kyiv]] on the night of May 3 to 4, 2015 with the attempted murder of police officers, planning a terrorist act on May 1, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Le magazine "Elle" s'excuse après la publication d'une interview d’une néo-nazie ukrainienne |url=https://www.lesinrocks.com/actu/le-magazine-elle-sexcuse-apres-la-publication-dune-interview-dune-neo-nazie-ukrainienne-101601-02-01-2015/ |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=Les Inrocks |lang=fr-FR}}</ref> |
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== Biography == |
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She was born on June 9, 1996 in [[Vinnytsia|Vinnitsia]]. |
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=== Start of political activity and participation in Euromaidan === |
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She was an activist of [[Ukrainian National Assembly – Ukrainian People's Self-Defence|UNA-UNSO]], and since 2013 of the [[Right Sector]]. Participated in protests during the [[Euromaidan]] period, being an activist of the [[Right Sector]]. Zaverukha participated in an attack on opponents of Euromaidan in the Odessa Trade Unions House on May 2, 2014. She took part in the seizure of the Vinnytsia Regional State Administration. |
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=== Military service === |
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She took part in the fighting in the Donbass from May 2014 to May 2 2015. As part of the 24th separate assault battalion ([[Aidar Battalion|Aidar]]), she took part in the battle of [[Shchastia|Schastia]] on the night of June 13-14, 2014, the seizure of the bridge over the Seversky Donets River and attempts to undermine the [[Luhansk power station]] in June 2014. As part of the [[Azov Regiment]] participated in the [[Shyrokyne standoff|battle of Shirokine]] from winter to May 2, 2015. The Aidar battalion and the Azov unit, in which Zaverukha was a member, are accused of [[War crime|war crimes]] by the [[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights|UN Human Rights Office]], [[Amnesty International]], etc.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-09-08 |title=Amnesty обвиняет бойцов "Айдара" в преступлениях |url=https://www.bbc.com/russian/rolling_news/2014/09/140908_rn_amnesty_international_aidar |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=BBC News Русская служба |language=ru}}</ref> |
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She became widely known after the publication on November 14, 2014 in the french magazine [[Elle (magazine)|Elle]] of a report on women in the war in Donbass, in which Victoria Zaverukha was called "Ukrainian Joan of Arc". The publication in the magazine caused a scandal in the media and the Internet after the response messages of the American pianist [[Valentina Lisitsa]], originally from Kyiv. Lisitsa, in her messages on the Internet, drew attention to the fact that Victoria Zaverukha, in her messages and photos on the Internet, demonstrated open sympathy for radical nationalism and supported the destruction of [[Russian language in Ukraine|Russian-speaking citizens of Ukraine]];<ref name="insurgentwomen"/> in one of the photos published on the Internet, Zaverukha raises her hand in a Nazi salute, on the other she is depicted in a military uniform holding a grenade launcher shot, on which "Death to the Orthodox (people)" is written with a felt-tip pen, unfurls a red and black flag against the background of the [[Luhansk power station]] building on the third, poses with a weapon against the background of a [[swastika]] flag on the fourth. After the intervention of Valentina Lisitsa, the editorial board of the French magazine Elle apologized for publishing a report about Victoria Zaverukha and other women involved in the [[War in Donbas (2014–2022)|war in Donbas.]] |
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In December 2014, as part of a group of unknown persons who introduced themselves as fighters of the [[Aidar Battalion|Aidar battalion]], Zaverukha broke into the office of an intercom company, accused the company of "Working for Russia" and "financing the separatist republics of Donbas" A verbal altercation between Zaverukha and an employee of the company turned into a fight, but as a result, the group left the premises of the company's office.<ref>{{Cite web |title=В Виннице активисты ворвались в офис фирмы, обвинив ее в работе на Россию |url=https://korrespondent.net/ukraine/3461497-v-vynnytse-aktyvysty-vorvalys-v-ofys-fyrmy-obvynyv-ee-v-rabote-na-rossyui |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=korrespondent.net |language=ru}}</ref> |
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In March 2015, a video appeared on the Internet showing Victoria Zaverukha firing a grenade launcher at the residential sector of the village of [[Shyrokyne|Shyrokine]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Вита Завируха из батальона "айдар" бомбит мирную деревню |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goMt5HZkC8Y |language=en |access-date=2022-12-05}}</ref> |
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=== After retirement === |
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On the night of May 3 to 4, 2015, a gas station was robbed in the [[Desnianskyi District, Kyiv|Desnianskyi District]] of [[Kyiv]], while attempting to detain the alleged robbers that night, two police officers were killed and three wounded as a result of a shootout. Later, during May 2015, all five suspects in the robbery were detained: Evgeny Koshelyuk, Andriy Romanyuk, Mykola Monishenko and Viktoria Zaverukha; Vadim Pinus was killed in a shootout. The case received considerable public publicity due to the severity of the composition of the prosecution and the openly radical position of the accused.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Novosti |first=RIA |date=2015-05-07 |title=Расстрел милиционеров. Вита и маргиналы живут по принципу: Убей! |url=https://rian.com.ua/inquiry/20150507/367201287.html |access-date=2022-11-22 |website=РИА Новости Украина |language=ru}}</ref> |
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=== After being released from custody === |
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Shortly after her release from the [[Lukyanivska Prison]] in [[Kyiv]], Zaveruha suffered in a fight with members of the Ukrainian nationalist organization [[S14 (Ukrainian group)|S14]]. Serhiy Bondar, Mykola Panchenko and others, who helped the girl suspected of the murder to be released. S14 participants stated that Zaverukha was not injured in the brawl, only Zaverukha's husband Ihor (Oles) Pavlov (Chernyak or Nevidomenko) was beaten.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Муж Заверухи заявил, что их избили бывшие побратимы из "С14" |url=https://kp.ua/incidents/566827-muzh-zaverukhy-zaiavyl-chto-ykh-yzbyly-byvshye-pobratymy |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=КП в Украине {{!}} КП в Україні {{!}} KP in Ukraine |language=ru}}</ref> |
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Zaverukha was involved in the [[Anti-LGBT rhetoric|anti-LGBT movement]]; in particular, it was stated that Vita Zaverukha and her first husband Ihor Pavlov were involved in an attack on transgender people in Kyiv on July 9, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-21 |title=Calls To "Fight" LGBT People By Ukrainian Cleric Emblematic Of Church's Proximity To Far Right |url=https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/06/21/calls-to-fight-lgbt-people-by-ukrainian-cleric-emblematic-of-churchs-proximity-to-far-right/ |access-date=2022-11-22 |website=bellingcat |language=en-GB}}</ref> After the attack on transgender people, the three detainees were put into service vehicles by the police to be taken to the Shevchenkivsky District Department of Internal Affairs. Zaveruha blocked the road to the car in which Chernyak was. Zaveruha held on to the hood of the car, even when the car started moving, and fell. After the arrival of Volodymyr Bokhnyak, a member of the Kyiv City Council from the VO “Svoboda”, an employee of the Committee for the Release of Political Prisoners Tetiana Kavepeshchenko (Blyznyuk), the deputy chairman of the VO “Svoboda” for political issues, Andriy Mokhnik, Vlas Shmidt, the police released all the detainees.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-07-13 |title=Нападение на трансгендеров в Киеве: жертвы узнали двух лиц с криминальным ''шлейфом'' |url=https://incident.obozrevatel.com/kiyany/crime/51709-napadenie-na-transgenderov-v-kieve-zhertvyi-uznali-dvuh-lits-s-kriminalnyim-shlejfom.htm |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=OBOZREVATEL INCIDENT |language=ru}}</ref> |
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In 2020, a human rights report by the US State Department states that Vita Zaverukha and other activists of the Unknown Patriot group are among the suspects in an attack on participants of the 8 March women's rights rally.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.state.gov/report/custom/b18c9ef210/ |title=HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS |website=state.gov}}</ref> |
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== Personal life == |
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* First husband Ihor (Oles) Olegovich Pavlov (Chernyak or Nevidomenko) (born 2 October,1992) is a [[military personnel]] of [[Azov Regiment]]. |
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* Second husband Evgeniy Strokan (born 12 March, 1993) is a leader of the far-right organization "Unknown Patriot". |
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* Third husband Oleksiy Serediuk (born 29 December, 1983), the "Bratstvo" battalion commander.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-21 |title= On the River at Night, Ambushing Russians |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/21/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-river.html |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=nytimes |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CdiX_IWoiJt/ Олексій Середюк] «[[instagram]]»</ref> |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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[[Category:1996 births]] |
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[[Category:Living people]] |
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[[Category:Pro-Ukrainian people of the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine]] |
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[[Category:Military personnel from Vinnytsia]] |
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[[Category:Pro-Ukrainian people of the war in Donbas]] |
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[[Category:Ukrainian military personnel of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]] |
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