Kiryl has lived with a disability since childhood; at 18 he gave up his disability status in order to work and study. In February 2022, he was detained in a criminal case over his participation in the 2020 protests in Minsk and held in a pre-trial detention center until the trial.
In May 2022, Kiryl was found guilty in a criminal case opened under the article "Organisation and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" for taking part in the protests and sentenced to restricted freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
