Efremov Nikolay Dmitrievich (Yefremov Mikola Dmitrovich)

In the occupied Donetsk region, a criminal case was initiated against a local 21-year-old resident, a citizen of Ukraine, who likely has forced Russian citizenship, Nikolai Yefremov, on charges of "preparing a terrorist act, participating in a terrorist community, training for terrorism, illegal storage of explosives, and high treason. The exact date of detention is unknown. According to the security forces, in the spring of 2022, the young man began to contact an employee of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine. The curator gave Yefremov the task of blowing up cars belonging to the MIA of the self-proclaimed DNR. Starting in August 2022 and through October 2023, Yefremov allegedly collected information about vehicles. In addition, in the fall of 2023, he "received an assignment to undergo training in order to acquire knowledge, practical skills and abilities in handling explosive devices." At the same time, the Ukrainian was supposed to retrieve explosives from a cache, but the security forces replaced them with a dummy. On January 30, 2025, the Southern Military District Court found Nikolai Efremov guilty and sentenced him to 16 years in a strict regime penal colony, with the first 4 years to be served in prison, and a fine of 600 thousand." rubles. The verdict was not appealed and entered into legal force.