Rafael Lusvarghi

A Brazilian military mercenary who fought on the side of the terrorists of the so-called "DPR".

The mercenary came to Ukraine in the autumn of 2014. In Brazil he had been a police officer.

The investigation established that until May 2015 he was a member of the so-called 1st Motorised Rifle Battalion "Viking" of the 1st Brigade of the so-called "DPR".

In an interview with terrorist media, Lusvarghi described how he "worked" on Ukrainian military checkpoints and was wounded near Donetsk airport.

On October 6, 2016, SBU officers detained him at "Boryspil" airport.

In January 2017, Lusvarghi was sentenced to 13 years in prison, but on August 18, 2017, the Kyiv Court of Appeal overturned the Brazilian's sentence.

On May 2, the former militant, who fought on the side of the mercenaries of the so-called "DPR", was spotted at the Holy Protection Holosiivskyi Monastery of the UOC-MP in Kyiv.