Dmitriy Danilchuk
Dmitriy Danilchuk, born 1993. Charges: Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code (Receiving training for the commission of terrorist crimes); Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in a terrorist community); “Dmitrii Danilchuk's case”. Sentenced on August 20, 2024. Status: not in Russia. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, February 20, 2025.
In brief
Military personnel · Terrorism cases
Sentence
Imprisonment (details unknown)
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code — Receiving training for the commission of terrorist crimes
- Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in a terrorist community
Latest event
July 4, 2025 — persecution ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, February 20, 2025
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Dmitrii Danilchuk's case
Criminal case
Dmitrii Danilchuk's case
Thematic group: The case of four servicemen of the Azov Bridage
Details and sources
Full summary
A Ukrainian serviceman, Danilchuk was captured on 17 May 2022 at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol. He was accused of involvement in a terrorist organisation and of receiving training to carry out terrorist activities. On 20 August 2024, he was sentenced to a term of imprisonment, although the specific details of the sentence remain unknown. On 4 July 2025, Danilchuk was returned to Ukraine as part of a prisoner exchange.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.