Personal Information
- Birth date
- 13 авг. 1993 г. (32 years old)
- Special circumstances
- Ukrainian citizen, military servicemember
- Notes
- Senior sergeant of the National Guard of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Active participant in combat operations in Donbas until the start of the SVO. Separate Special Purpose Detachment "Azov" (Azov Regiment, banned in the Russian Federation), military unit 3057 NSU. Senior gunner of the gun crew of the howitzer artillery platoon of the howitzer artillery battery of the howitzer artillery division. Captured at Azovstal in Mariupol in May 2022, exchanged on May 6, 2023.
Dmitriev Yuriy Sergeevich (Dmitriyev Yuriy Sergiyovich)
Case Information
- Region of case initiation:
- Donetsk Oblast
- Detention date:
- 15 мая 2022 г.
- Charges:
- Art. 356 CC RF Part 1, Art. 105 CC RF Part 2 Clause e, Art. 105 CC RF Part 2 Clause zh, Art. 105 CC RF Part 2 Clause l
- Sentence:
- 24 years 6 months strict regime in absentia
- Case categories:
- War-related, POWs, Occupied territories, Azov
Case Description
In Mariupol, in the occupied Donetsk region, in May 2022, a 28-year-old Ukrainian citizen, commander of a mortar in military unit 3057 of the National Guard of Ukraine, the "Azov" regiment, Yuriy Dmitriev, was taken prisoner by Russian servicemen. A criminal case was opened against him for cruel treatment of the civilian population, the use of prohibited means and methods in an armed conflict, and murder committed by a group of persons in a generally dangerous manner motivated by ideological and political hatred. According to the Russian investigation, from March 10 to 15, 2022, Dmitriev, carrying out an illegal order from the command, fired at least 10 shots from a BM-37 82 mm mortar at a grain storage facility located on the outskirts of Mariupol. As a result, a man who was not involved in the armed conflict received fatal injuries. On May 6, 2023, the serviceman was released during a prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine. On February 26, 2025, the Supreme Court of the Donetsk People's Republic found Yuriy Dmitriyev guilty and sentenced him in absentia to 24.5 years in a strict regime penal colony. He was also placed on the international wanted list. The verdict was not appealed and entered into legal force.
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