Volodymyr Dudka

Volodymyr Dudka (, , born , Sumy, Ukraine) is a political prisoner of the Kremlin. One of the accused in the case of the so-called 'Crimean terrorists' (group of 'Sevastopol saboteurs'). Detained by the FSB on November 9, 2016. Sentenced to 14 years in prison. Reserve captain 2nd rank of the Ukrainian Navy, former Commander of the Simferopol control ship (1997–2001). Served at the Ministry of Emergency Situations in Crimea before the arrest. After school he worked at Frunze Sumy Research and Manufacturing Association.

Since 1982 he served in the Soviet Armed Forces. After graduation from the 41st Naval School (Mykolaiv), conscript service passed in communication units of the Baltic Fleet. In 1983 he enrolled, and in 1988 graduated from the Faculty of Signals intelligence of the Kaliningrad Higher Naval School. After Officer Candidates School he served in the 112th Brigade of reconnaissance ships of the Black Sea Fleet (the village of Mirniy on Donuzlav Bay in Crimea) at the Odograph and Ocean Vishnya-class intelligence ships. He has repeatedly participated in the intelligence services of reconnaissance ships in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. Since 1996, served in the Ukrainian Navy. From 1997 to 2001, served as Commander of the Simferopol control ship of the Ukrainian Navy. Participated in the Sea Breeze-96, Sea Breeze-97 exercises. Received the President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma on the board of the ship. After 2001 he served in posts of the operational shift of the Command post of the Naval Headquarters of Ukraine.

After retiring in 2009, until 2011, he worked at the Sevastopol City State Administration, then as a security engineer in a mobile detachment of the Ministry of Emergencies, which carried out demining of the Inkerman Storms and battle sites of World War II in the Mekenzie Mountains. For several days, Volodymyr Dudka's whereabouts were unknown. On November 10, the FSB stated that he was allegedly a member of the "sabotage-terrorist group of the Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine". He was charged with planning sabotage actions at military infrastructure and support facilities in Sevastopol.